Local Farms and Producers

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (173+ words) An International Benchmark Looms From England Any grower hoping to set a new world record this year has a steep new target: Ian Paton of Lymington, on England's south coast, grew a 2,857-pound giant squash named Bagheera in a greenhouse…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) Thirty pallets of pumpkins, squash and gourds arrived at a Piedmont field Sept. 26, opening the Wildwood Dads' Club Pumpkin Patch a week earlier than usual. The fundraiser runs through Halloween at 898 Red Rock Road, at the corner of Moraga Avenue,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (106+ words) The World Wildlife Fund is offering free school programs to help reduce food waste in the cafeteria. Food left behind in school cafeterias is adding up across the country. U.S. schools throw away tens of thousands of tons of food every…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (910+ words) It's harvest time in California wine country, but many growers are struggling to sell their grapes as changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge. The decline is forcing some growers to tear out vineyards that their families have grown…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (132+ words) A Morgan Hill winery is struggling as trade pressures, weather concerns and lower demand plague the state’s vineyard business. Scott Budman reports. Guglielmo Winery has been serving the Morgan Hill community since 1925, after George Guglielmo's grandfather bought the land that…...