Tri-county growers, florists flourish despite drought
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Oxnard’s Coastal Green Vegetable Co. closing
Oxnard-based food processing company Coastal Green Vegetable Co. is closing after 27 years in business. Coastal Green contracts with growers of cauliflower, peppers, kale, spinach, broccoli and other produce, freezes the food and sends it to repackagers. Increasing costs have slimmed margins, President and General Manager James Pickworth said. About 34 full-time employees and 100 Read More →
Food processing game changer for Ventura County
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Ceres awarded patent in Australia for trait that increases crop yields
Thousand Oaks-based Ceres Inc., an ag-biotech company, was awarded a patent in Australia for a trait that allows growers to increase yields without increasing crop inputs like fertilizer. The patent extends intellectual property protection to the Australian market of a key gene that Ceres has licensed to a multinational crop developer. It covers uses of Read More →
Ventura County ag producers urged to build food-processing facilities
The Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County is calling for the agriculture community to build food-processing facilities based on findings from a study it commissioned. The report, gathered by the Hatamiya Group and Applied Development Economics, estimated that the total additional revenue from crop processing would create thousands of jobs and double the value of Read More →
Los Olivos wine appellation gains American Viticultural Area designation
Federal officials have given final approval for a new American Viticultural Area in Santa Barbara County: the 22,820-acre Los Olivos District in the Santa Ynez Valley. The wine appellation has won recognition as a locale with distinctive climate, geology, soils and topographical features affecting the character of its wines. The federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Read More →
Tri-Counties race to control marijuana
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