If you had been up most of the night, sometimes as long as a week at a time for up to three months, and that challenge had ended, wouldn’t you be ready to celebrate?
Before almond growers developed the technology to protect their orchards against frost damage by modifying their irrigation systems, this was the challenge […]

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Even you’re not engaged in farming, ranching or forestry, you probably have some understanding of our area’s part in the Central Valley’s contribution to the production of food and fiber for the United States and the world.
Tangentially, those who live here or travel through the Chico area can’t miss the contribution of private land use […]

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Chico is blessed with variations of the seasons. We are just entering one of the most beautiful, when the winter rains turn the foothills to emerald green as the grass emerges from dormancy. This is the season the livestock and wildlife have been waiting for to receive their most abundant source of high quality feed.

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Water is the essence of life, and we in the North Valley are blessed with a relative abundance of this precious, life-giving substance!
You have probably seen a sign as you travel around the area saying, “Food grows where water flows.” This axiom promoted by the Family Farm Alliance, and possibly others, stresses […]

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