Agriculture

Demand for pistachios continues to rise around the world with viral trends making the nut popular on the internet. But farmers in the Central Valley must battle with the climate to keep up with demand.

Hundreds attended the 18th annual Organic Stone Fruit Jubilee in Kingsburg, California, for a taste of locally grown fruit.

Citrus growers across the state rely on Lindcove Research and Extension Center in Exeter for solutions to their produce problems. But as Congress struggles to pass a new farm bill, the center’s funding is in limbo.

Farmer Cesar Mora has been unable to sell his nectarine crop for the second year in a row due to a lawsuit with a food market and distributing company who claims exclusive rights over the variety of white nectarine he grows.

Tricia Stever Blattler led one of the country’s top ag producing counties through historic floods, wildfires and disease outbreaks – and her own personal tragedy.

A red International Harvester from Fresno sits in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

The unique geography of the Orange Cove area makes it an ideal place to grow citrus trees.

This creek turned irrigation canal is named for early Fresno-area rancher John Fancher.

Fowler developed a vibrant African American community beginning in the late 1800s thanks to one remarkable woman: Julia Bell.

The farm was established as an agricultural experimentation station by UC Merced in 2022 and was meant to be a home for research primarily on climate efficiency, engineering and technology.