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Paso Robles Pasolivo olive ranch sold

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A Newport Beach family has purchased the Pasolivo olive oil business and its surrounding 131 ranch in Paso Robles, with the proceeds slated to help pay the victims of hard money lenders Karen Guth and Joshua Yaguda. [Tribune] Though the... (Continue reading)

Board of Supervisors’ land grab

Written on 12 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 33 comments

Opinion by TOM and ELSA DAWSON The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors is at it again. They appear to be pushing through as many fee increases (read higher taxes) limiting use of private property and slowing economic growth and job creation... (Continue reading)

More safety violations at Maldonado family farm

Written on 6 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 52 comments

Since Abel Maldonado announced his plans to run for congress, his 6,000-acre farm in Santa Maria has had three Cal/OSHA citations for issues regarding employee safety. Since the 1990s, Agro-Jal has accumulated dozens of Cal/OSHA violations and hundreds of thousands... (Continue reading)

Central Coast is fungi heaven

Written on 31 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The nation’s second-biggest (legal) mushroom producing area can be found on the Central Coast. (San Francisco Chronicle) Only Pennsylvania, where mushroom farming was pioneered, puts to market the volume and variety of edible fungus that can be found in the... (Continue reading)

Farmers hear warning about global warming

Written on 28 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

California’s agricultural industry will be faced with making major amendments to farming methods and crop plantings as Earth’s climate continues its warming evolution. [San Francisco Chronicle] “Climate change is stacking the deck,” biologist Stuart Weiss said in an article prepared... (Continue reading)

Avocado and Margarita Festival, event photos

Written on 20 Sep, 2012 in Eye on the Coast, Featured | No comments

Morro Bay celebrated two of its best-loved products, avocados and margaritas, on Saturday at the sixth Annual Avocado and Margarita Festival. Find local events as at CalCoastNews’ Event Calendar. If you would like to buy a high-resolution print of any of... (Continue reading)

22,400 marijuana plants seized near Nacimiento Lake

Written on 24 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

Federal and San Luis Obispo County law enforcement officers raided three marijuana grows with a total of 22,400 plants west of Nacimiento Lake in the Lime Mountain area on Thursday. No arrests have been made and the pot has been... (Continue reading)

E. coli found in Salinas lettuce

Written on 19 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Romaine lettuce samples  from a Salinas farm  have been found to be contaminated with E. coli and a recall was voluntarily initiated by the producer on Sunday. Canadian food inspectors notified Tanimura & Antle producers that a check of the... (Continue reading)

Worker shortage threatens state crops

Written on 6 Aug, 2012 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 73 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A plaintive, years-long cry from California farmers worried about an adequate supply of harvest laborers now is being heard statewide as the prediction – often scorned by critics — begins to materialize. And while the looming shortage... (Continue reading)

Photos of the Mid-State Fair annual cattle drive

Written on 20 Jul, 2012 in Discovered, Featured | 4 comments

Tradition lived on in Paso Robles Wednesday as the annual cattle drive through city streets signaled the start of the California Mid-State Fair. A riderless horse was led along the route in memory of the late George Randolph Hearst Jr.,... (Continue reading)