Agriculture

Plan for nonprofit produce-handler part of local-food movement

By Jim Downing - Updated: Sunday, October 25 2009 - 4:59 pm

Sacramento-area farmers harvest a cornucopia of food each year – 3.4 million tons. More than 98 percent of this bounty is then shipped out of the region, and 2.2 million tons of food grown or processed elsewhere is hauled in to feed us.

State almond industry breaks sales records

Published: Saturday, October 17 2009 - 12:00 am

California's almond industry continues to draw down the mountain of nuts left over from last year's harvest.

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