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California’s cling peach orchards lurched to life this summer as harvest crews stripped the fruit off trees. For the first time, nearly all of it was bound for canning facilities owned by a single processor. Earlier this year, the closure of Del Monte Foods’ cannery in Modesto following the company’s bankruptcy left cling peach growers with just one major buyer, Pacific Coast Producers, which processes fruit at canneries in Lodi and Oroville. Unlike freestone peaches, cling peaches are typically not sold fresh.
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It’s been a tough period for California processing tomato growers as contracted acreage has declined during the past couple years. But with a steady start to the harvest season, growers say they’re on the road to recovery. California tomato processors this year contracted 185,000 acres, the lowest in more than 30 years, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Long before Larry Balma was tending avocado trees in San Diego County, he helped transform the sport of skateboarding. In many ways, his career has mirrored the evolution of skateboarding, both undergoing continual reinvention. “When I tell people about my life, they go, ‘Oh, my God, how many lives has he lived here?’” he said. “Between climbing telephone poles to fishing to manufacturing in several different industries and now, a farmer.”
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Rachel Boring grew up on a Georgia farm but never saw farming as her future. Instead, she spent years studying contemporary ballet and building a dance career. Then an injury forced her to change direction. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, joined an organic farm work program and signed up to pick blueberries on a farm in Sonoma County. Nearby—and for sale—was a historic 89-acre property south of Sebastopol that she described as “a diamond in the rough.”
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