Lloyd Properties donates 860 acres on Ventura hillsides to conservation trust
Owners of the Lloyd Ranch in Ventura donated 860 acres of agricultural and open space to the Rancho San Buenaventura Conservation Trust. Gary Brummett, president of Lloyd Properties, said he is proud to partner with the conservation trust to preserve part of the Ventura hillsides, an area that has been eyed by developers for many Read More →
Ventura company wins prize from Regenerative Business Alliance
Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, headquartered in Ventura, won the top prize for “fooding” from the Seattle-based Regenerative Business Alliance. Recipients showed “a deep and extended scope of aspiration to pursue and achieve shifts in one or more industries, show transformation in a social system, work to unravel and evolve cultural paradigms, and leverage governing agreements to give Read More →
Suit against SLO County challenges water policy
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Calavo Growers to pay 90 cent dividend per share
The board of directors for Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers announced Sept. 27 that it would pay a 90 cent dividend per share of its common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 8 to shareholders of record Nov. 17 and amounts to $15.7 million, a 12.5 percent increase over an 80 cent dividend 2015. Calavo stock Read More →
Limoneira declares dividend of 5 cents per common share
Limoneira declared a dividend of 5 cents per common share for stockholders of record as of Oct. 3. The board of directors for the Santa Paula agribusiness and real estate development company announced Sept. 21 that it would pay the dividend Oct. 17. As of 12:34 p.m. Sept. 23, Limoneira stock was up 0.7 percent Read More →
Santa Barbara County may allow wine tasting at small wineries
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Commission recommendation would benefit small wineries in Santa Barbara County
Small wineries throughout Santa Barbara County cleared a major hurdle that could boost the region’s burgeoning wine industry. After more than four years of workshops and public hearings, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission recommended to allow tasting by appointment only at wineries in some of the fastest-growing wine regions in the county. Much of Read More →
