The campaign helps raise money and awareness for Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE), a nationally recognized nonprofit founded by industr…
Don and his wife Ann run San Marcos Farms Honey Company, a small family-owned business specializing in artisanal bee products. Whereas some ap…
Miller Family Wine Company announced its recent acquisition of BNA Wine Group’s portfolio of wines, which according to a company spokeswoman, …
The first phase of a survey of California farmworkers about the impacts of COVID-19 found a community afraid to seek medical help, suffering f…
There are about 200,000 unwanted horses in the United States that need new homes.
The great pumpkin was won at El Rancho Market in 1984.
Proceeds from the annual women winemakers celebration are donated to a local nonprofit organization of choice. This year the Foodbank of Santa…
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Despite a 5.5% decrease from the record $1.2 billion set in 2018, San Luis Obispo County’s 2019 total crop value of just over $979 million was…
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Located within the larger Central Coast AVA, Alisos Canyon AVA spans 5,774 acres and is home to nine producing commercial vineyards on a combi…
During the month of September, Grace Rose Farm will donate 25% of proceeds from the sale of Love Song roses to benefit the Alzheimer's Association.
The expo will include access to a greater diversity of topics and speakers from all over the world, including Tasmania, New York and Pennsylvania.
A lack of access to COVID-19 personal protective equipment and an adequate labor force are among the greatest needs of Central Coast farmers a…
“We’re excited to continue to grow our efforts in community food access and supporting local farmers."
After failing to get approval from the Board of Supervisors to move forward with a regional 1.5% wine assessment on all tasting room sales, th…
Work is expected to begin soon on developing a long-awaited ordinance to allow Santa Barbara County farms and ranches to host overnight guests…
UC Cooperative Extension’s fourth Ag Innovations Conference: Comprehensive Crop Care, postponed from an earlier date, will be held in a virtua…
Having grown up on the farm, Dittmar says his apple knowledge comes straight from his dad who at one time planted more than 900 fruit trees on…
Since making the move to their “Rancho Olivos,” Shannon and John have been hands-on every step from tending to the seven acres of olive trees,…
Santa Barbara County’s tax revenue from cannabis operations took a big jump in the fourth quarter of the 2019-20 fiscal year, totaling more th…
Residents in Santa Barbara County are among those nationwide who have received “mysterious and unsolicited seeds from China,” and the County A…
The three-generation family business recently announced that the 2020 pumpkin growing season is officially in full swing. And corn is on the way too.
Santa Maria Strawberry Field Day will be presented by UC Cooperative Extension in a virtual format Tuesday, July 28, said Surendra Dara, entom…
The value of agricultural crops produced in Santa Barbara County in 2019 rose 5.1% over the previous year, exceeding $1.6 billion, according t…
The agricultural nonprofit Vineyard Team has this year awarded $21,500 in scholarships to 12 undergraduate students entering or already attend…
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Already reeling from a wine glut and a softening of consumer demand, wine grape growers were hit with another economic punch by COVID-19 as th…