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Composting gets easier for Monterey County residents

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey County residents can now put food scraps, including cooked meat and bones, among other kinds, in the green curbside cart, to be composted with their yard trimmings. With the greater convenience comes a big reduction in harm to the climate. When food...

Lofgren visits Salinas Valley, receives nod from Panetta and Rivas

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SALINAS ā€” As the decennial redistricting process wrapped up last month, the concern from The Worldā€™s Salad Bowl started to mount. Local politicians, regional business giants and other community leaders asked how a plan to pair the international agricultural hub with the Silicon Valley...

Taylor Farms donates vegetables to Mee Memorial clinic patients

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” In honor of both National Diabetes Month and Diabetes Education Week, Taylor Farms donated 500 bags of salad and packages of assorted vegetables to the families visiting Mee Memorial Healthcare System clinics in King City and Greenfield on Nov. 15. There were...

South Monterey Countyā€™s first marijuana dispensary opens

GREENFIELD ā€” South Monterey Countyā€™s first marijuana dispensary has opened for business in Greenfield, selling recreational cannabis products in the area. Higher Level, a locally owned cannabis retailer with operations in Seaside and Hollister, opened its third location in Greenfield earlier this month. A grand...

Public input sought on Salinas Valley Subbasin Groundwater Sustainability Plans

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SVBGSA) Board of Directors on Aug. 12 approved Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) drafts to be released for public comment for the following subbasins: Eastside, Forebay, Langley and Upper Valley.  This comes after the 180/400 Foot Aquifer...

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...
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