Lavender Creek expands wellness experience into community workshop series
GREENFIELD ā Lavender Creek, a family-run lavender farm and growing wellness brand near Greenfield in South Monterey County, has transformed its first Lavender Wellness Experience at the farm into a growing series of community workshops that bring calm and comfort directly to seniors and...
Salinas Valley Fair to host online livestock auction Saturday
KING CITY ā Salinas Valley Fair will host a virtual livestock auction this Saturday, June 20.
This yearās auction is a charitable auction, with no meat product exchanging hands. Proceeds will instead be directed to 4-H and FFA exhibitors who participate in the auction. Some...
Soledad family food company names first COO
SOLEDAD ā Braga Fresh is promoting Colby Pereira to chief operating officer, making her the first person to hold that title as the company enters its 95th year in business.
āColbyās family farming background and reasoned, no-nonsense approach to problem-solving are an asset for this new...
Raleyās, FirstFruits Farms deliver 30,000 pounds of apples to Food Bank for Monterey Country
MONTEREY COUNTY ā Raleyās and Washington-based FirstFruits Farms donated 30,000 pounds of fresh apples on April 1 to the Food Bank for Monterey County.
The contribution was made possible by Raleyās customers who purchased select apples during January and February as part of a give-back...
Greenfield FFA, ag leadership students donate to animal rescue
GREENFIELD ā Greenfield High School Ag Leadership and Greenfield FFA students recently donated pet supplies to a South County Animal Rescue (SCAR) collection drive.
āIt is always so heartwarming to get community support for our cause, but it is even more special to have...
Salinas Valley Fair ākicks offā 2023 season
SALINAS VALLEY ā It was a packed house inside the Orradre Building at the Salinas Valley Fairgrounds in King City on April 15, as 600 supporters of the Salinas Valley Fair attended the annual Fair Kick-Off dinner, dance and auction fundraiser.
Guests were served a...
Farmers suffer losses as Salinas Valley fields flood
Salinas Valley was initially spared the worst of the damage as storms battered California last month. But then the Salinas River overflowed its banks Jan. 10, breaching berms and levees. Over the ensuing hours and days, thousands of acres of some of the countryās most...
CRU Winery celebrates 20th anniversary at Soledad, Madera tasting rooms
SOLEDAD ā CRU Winery will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with special tastings, wine dinners and a commemorative 20th anniversary bottling.
Wine lovers can take part in CRU Wineryās 20th anniversary tastings at its Santa Lucia Highlands (Soledad)Ā and Central Valley (Madera) tasting rooms Sept. 9-10....
New farmworker housing opens in Greenfield
GREENFIELD ā New farmworker housing units recently opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, directly before a farmworker vaccine clinic at the same site in Greenfield.
The first two buildings at the Third St. Apartments, located at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Third Street, will eventually...
Women in agtech: Martha Montoya
Editorās Note: The following profile is an excerpt from Amy Wuās upcoming book, āFrom Farms to Incubators: Women Innovators Revolutionizing How Our Food is Grown,ā which tells the stories of women entrepreneurs who are transforming agriculture through high technology.
Martha Montoya never imagined that her...
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Soledad adopts new five-year strategic plan to guide city priorities
SOLEDAD ā City of Soledad has adopted a new citywide strategic plan designed to guide operations, budgeting and long-term decision-making over the next five...






















