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March 28, 2024

Newsom signs bill to protect farmworkers from wildfire smoke

SACRAMENTO ā€” Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 73, Assemblymember Robert Rivasā€™ Farmworker Wildfire Smoke Protections Act, into law on Sept. 27. Californiaā€™s wildfire season, combined with heat waves and the Covid-19 pandemic, has helped shine a light on the necessary safety protocols agricultural...

Assemblymember Rivas kicks off statewide agricultural tour in Salinas Valley

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) kicked off his statewide agricultural tour last month alongside local leaders and the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California. This first leg of the tour, beginning in Rivasā€™ Assembly District 30 on the Central Coast, included a celebration of...

South Monterey County cattle business evolves into growing beef producer

KING CITY ā€” Jeremiah Casey arrived in San Lucas, Calif., in 1861 as a young Irish immigrant. He started homesteading and ranching, raising beef, finishing them on grass and marketing them as best he could, given the limited resources at hand.Ā  Back then, ranchers didn't...

Monterey County enters escrow on ag commissioner office in King City

KING CITY ā€” Monterey County Supervisor Chris Lopez announced last week that the county has entered escrow on a property in King City that will host the return of the Monterey County Agricultural Commissionerā€™s Office in South Monterey County. The location at 1011 Broadway St....

King City teacher seeks funds to build school garden

KING CITY ā€” Kacey Hass, a seventh-grade life science teacher at Chalone Peaks Middle School, has started a GoFundMe page to raise money to start a school garden. Hass is also the gardening teacher for both seventh and eighth grades, but the campus currently does...

Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction returns with in-person show Saturday

MONTEREY ā€” The thrill of in-person bidding at a livestock auction with live auctioneers and an engaged audience returns this Saturday, Aug. 28, with the Monterey County Fair Junior Livestock Auction. The 2021 auction, returning for the first time since 2019, begins at 10 a.m....

Monterey County crops decline in value after pandemic and fires

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Crop values fell in 2020 by a total of $499 million from 2019, with 2020ā€™s total at $3.9 billion, according to the Monterey County Crop Report issued by Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales on July 20. The 11.3% decrease in production...

CHISPA receives $680,000 loan for King City housing development

KING CITY ā€” Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association Inc. (CHISPA) has received a $680,000 acquisition loan to purchase property in King City and create 40 affordable homes aimed toward farmworkers in the region. The funding is being made available through the Monterey Bay...

Greenfield High receives Farm to School grant

GREENFIELD ā€” South Monterey County Joint Union High School District (SMCJUHSD) will launch two farm-to-cafeteria educational programs between Greenfield High School and the districtā€™s Food Services Department. The first-of-its-kind collaboration was made possible by a new grant from the California Department of Food and Agricultureā€™s...

Work continues on King City Highā€™s new FFA facility

KING CITY ā€” Construction continues at King City High School as the new Future Farmers of America facility begins to look more like a finished building. The site will include new agriculture classrooms and workshops for KCHS students in the FFA program, and replaces...
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