In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing California strawberry chocolate French toast with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 T Raw Butter 2 Eggs…
Strawberry Fields … Forever
The latest segment in the Growing California video series, a partnership with California Grown, is “Strawberry Fields…Forever,” a profile of a grower and his commitment to water efficiency….
Use of Fumigant to Face Additional State Restrictions
…Leahy said. As a pre-plant soil fumigant, chloropicrin is used primarily by strawberry and tomato growers and by nut growers prior to the planting of new orchards. Chloropicrin has been…
Port Slowdowns are Affecting Farm Shipments
…Carolyn O’Donnell of the California Strawberry Commission. Fresh fruit such as table grapes, peaches, nectarines and plums had finished or nearly finished their seasons, so avoided the worst of the…
Annual Santa Maria Vegetable Meeting
The University of California Cooperative Extension’s Strawberry and Vegetable Crops Advisor, Surendra Dara is hosting his Annual Santa Maria Vegetable Meeting on Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 from 8:00 am to…
California Milk Advisory Board Partners with Coolhaus to Celebrate Ice Cream Month and the Sensational “Ice Cream” Sandwiches of Summer
…Let cool for 1 hour. Pair with your favorite California ice cream flavor found in your grocer’s freezer. We suggest flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, salted caramel, strawberry or coffee….
Crop Progress for June 4
…peaches, and plums were harvested. Growers thinned fruit on later varieties. Reflective foil remained in stone fruit orchards to enhance fruit color. Prune fruit continued to develop. Strawberry and blueberry…
Growers’ Input Helping Researchers in Organic Strawberry Study
Growers are playing a critical role in setting priorities for research efforts towards the development of new organic strawberry production systems. Julie McPeake reports. Research in Organic Strawberry Study…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…flower clusters were forming. Apple bloom continued while pear trees were leafing out. Pomegranate trees bloomed and developed fruit. Blueberry harvest and olive bloom began. Strawberry harvest progressed. Almond growers…
Upcoming Strawberry Field Day
The California Strawberry Commission is sponsoring a Strawberry field day at Manzanita Berry Farms in Santa Maria, May 7th. There will be a wide variety of presenters from UCCE Advisers…
CAPCA Conference Wraps Up
…Bagrada Bug: Biology and Management on Desert Cole Crops; An update on strawberry pests, diseases, and their management; Invertebrate control; The north coast’s perspective on red blotch virus; and the…
Strawberry Commission Awarded Grant
…and nutrient management education program in major strawberry growing areas across the state. Findings from the Strawberry Water Assessment and Management Project (SWAMP), conducted over the last year by commission…
California Ag Headlines for October 7
…Governor Brown and Mr. Alejo in advocating for a huge segment of the population integral to California’s culture, economy and communities.” The strawberry commission represents 400 strawberry farmers. It has…
Research into Methyl Bromide Alternatives
…growing area. the next step in the strawberry research is to see if these alternative methods can be used in large commercial production fields, and if they work in California’s…