Salinas Valley Groundwater Agency seeks applicants for Advisory Committee to guide sustainable water management
SALINAS VALLEY ā Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) is now accepting applications for its Advisory Committee, a crucial body responsible for guiding groundwater management strategies in the region.
The committee provides valuable input and consensus-based recommendations to the SVBGSA Board of Directors, playing...
Salinas Valley Fair to host online livestock auction Saturday
KING CITY ā Salinas Valley Fair will host a virtual livestock auction this Saturday, June 20.
This yearās auction is a charitable auction, with no meat product exchanging hands. Proceeds will instead be directed to 4-H and FFA exhibitors who participate in the auction. Some...
Wine festival features four days of activities
Ranked 11th by last yearās U.S. food and wine festival calendar critics, the 2017 Paso Robles Wine Festival is scheduled for May 18-21.
Arizonaās Salad Bowl becomes fertile ground for Covid-19
YUMA, Ariz. ā The Rev. Emilio Chapa was delivering a homily on a recent Sunday when he paused to lament a sight that had shaken him as he entered the sacristy before Mass.
The board where his staff posted requests for funeral services was covered...
Monterey County plans for return of migrant farmworkers
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey County health officials have been working with agricultural companies and have reiterated safety plans with the onset of the new growing season, with the goal of keeping ag workers safe and the food supply network stable.
āWith the start of the...
18 farmworkers treated for possible pesticide exposure
The Monterey County Agricultural Commissionerās Office is investigating an incident of possible exposure of farmworkers to pesticides.
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...
Cannabis represents 10 percent of Monterey County crop production as fruits, nuts decline
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Henry Gonzales has released the countyās 2019 Crop Report, which included an evaluation of cannabis production for the first time.
āThis report reflects a production value of $4,409,992,000, which is an increase of 3.5 percent from 2018,ā Gonzales...
Lavender Creek awarded 2024 SBDC Business of the Year for Monterey Bay region
GREENFIELD ā Lavender Creek, a family-owned lavender farm and wellness brand located in South Monterey County, has been awarded the 2024 Central Coast Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Business of the Year for the Monterey Bay region.
The Central Coast SBDCās recognition highlights Lavender Creekās...
Monterey Countyās Covid-19 infection rates highest in agriculture
SALINAS VALLEY ā Monterey County Health Department reports that 475 agriculture workers, or 36.79 percent of the countyās total confirmed cases, have been infected with Covid-19 as of June 22.
A large gap separates that figure and the 261 āunknown or under investigationā category, and...
















