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  2. Central Valley (California) - Wikipedia

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    The Central Valley is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. [46] [5] More than 230 crops are grown there. [5] On less than 1 percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces 8 percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43.5 billion in 2013. [47]

  3. San Joaquin Valley - Wikipedia

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    An 1873 map shows Tulare Lake prior to shrinkage from large-scale agriculture.. The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. [4] It extends from the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in the north to the Tehachapi Mountains in the south, and from the California coastal ranges (Diablo and Temblor) in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east.

  4. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    On less than one percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces eight percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43.5 billion in 2013. [179] The top four counties in agricultural sales (2007 data) in the U.S. are in California's Central Valley: Fresno ($3.731 billion), Tulare ($3.335 billion), Kern ...

  5. Clovis, California - Wikipedia

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    The city of Clovis began as a freight stop along the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.Organized on January 15, 1890, by Fresno businessmen Thomas E. Hughes, Fulton Berry, Gilbert R. Osmun, H.D. Colson, John D. Gray, and William M. Williams, in partnership with Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky, the SJVRR began construction in Fresno on July 4, 1891, and reached the farmlands of Clovis M ...

  6. As climate change impacts the future of farming ... - AOL

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    Academic and agriculture experts weigh in on alternative solutions to combating climate change in how we grow our food. As climate change impacts the future of farming, experts seek ways to adapt ...

  7. The claim: Climate change has only had 'positive effects' on global food production. An Oct. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a graph that shows global wheat, rice and coarse ...

  8. Village Green is a 7-acre park in the Loma Vista area of Clovis that has been planned for more than two decades. City officials envision the Village Green as a new “community hub” for special ...

  9. Economy of California - Wikipedia

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    According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, "California agriculture is a $42.6 billion dollar industry that generates at least $100 billion in related economic activity." [37] The state's agricultural sales first exceeded $30 billion in 2004, [33] making it more than twice the size of any other state's agriculture industry.