California Travel Tips
Digging Food, Loving the Farm in California
Published on: April 01, 2017
The so-called “Bad Boys of Brexit” are reportedly investing over $1 million for Cal-Exit to split up California. Unlike previous proposals splitting the state into North and South, this one places most the coast from Los Angeles to the Oregon border in West California. Orange County and San Diego are part of Eastern California — home to California’s fertile farm land. While technology giants like Google and Facebook get more media attention and contribute a large portion of taxes to the state budget, it’s primarily “East California” that feeds us. Living in OC, I would be part of the East, home to California’s rich farmland.
Here are the latest farm statistics as to what counties bring home the bacon:
East California
- #1 Tulare $6,980,772,000 (nearly $7 billion) Milk, Cattle & Calves, Oranges, Table Grapes
- #2 Kern $6,878,664,000 Almonds, Table Grapes, Milk,
- #3 Fresno $6,605,943,000 Almonds, Poultry, Raisin Grapes, Milk
- #5 Stanislaus $,879,333,000 Almonds, Milk, Chickens, Walnuts
- #6 Merced $3,589,900,000 Milk, Almonds, Chickens, Cattle & Calves
- #7 San Joaquin $2,732,900,000 Almonds, Milk, Grapes -Wine, Walnuts
West California
- #4 Monterey $4,841,519,000 Strawberries, Lettuce, Broccoli, Cauliflower
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