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April 19, 2024

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Double Up Food Bucks

Nutrition incentive program launches in Greenfield, King City

GREENFIELD ā€” Aspire Health, in close collaboration with Blue Zones Project Monterey County, has announced the expansion of the Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB)...
News Briefs

Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 17, 2024

COFFEE WITH A COP KING CITY ā€” California Highway Patrol and King City Police Department will host Coffee with a Cop on Thursday, April 18,...
Salinas Valley lettuce

Weed control effort seeks to curb virus threat for Salinas Valleyā€™s...

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Monterey County has enacted a mandatory abatement program for select weeds as part of an effort to contain the impatiens necrotic...

Monterey County supervisors to honor original Bracero workers

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey County Supervisors Luis Alejo and Chris Lopez will be conducting a special honoring of living Bracero workers who reside in...

Rancho Cieloā€™s Veggie Box fundraiser a big success

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Rancho Cieloā€™s annual Veggie Box and BBQ Fundraiser took place Aug. 8-11 on the Rancho Cielo Youth Campus in Salinas. The fundraiser...

Monterey Countyā€™s 2022 Crop Report reveals strength in lettuce industry, weakness...

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Monterey Countyā€™s crop production increased in value last year by more than $500 million despite decreases in both wine grapes and...

Salinas Valley farmers seek rebound after floods, virus hit lettuce crops

SALINAS VALLEY ā€” Things were challenging enough for lettuce growers in Monterey Countyā€™s Salinas Valley before Mother Nature dealt a one-two punch in this...

Winter storms cause $600M in Monterey County ag losses

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” This yearā€™s onslaught of winter storms have cumulatively impacted a total of 20,073 acres and created $600 million of damage to...

Gonzales City Council adopts ordinance to protect farms

GONZALES ā€” At its April 17 meeting, Gonzales City Council adopted an Agricultural Resource Mitigation Ordinance, which adds a new chapter ā€” Agricultural Resource...

Farms statewide hit by storms and floods

MONTEREY COUNTY ā€” Warm atmospheric river storms wreaked havoc on California last week, causing widespread flooding from rain and snowmelt, which overfilled rivers and...

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Salinas Valley News Briefs | April 19, 2024

CLEANUP DAY GREENFIELD ā€” A Greenfield Reuse, Recycle and Cleanup Day is planned for Saturday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., or until...