by Lodi Growers | Oct 20, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD & NUFFIELD USA. Nuffield Farming Scholars like those pictured above from the USA, Brazil, Australia, England, Netherlands and Ireland inspire people to make a difference in the world of agriculture. With a...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 13, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2025. BY CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. CAWG Announces 2026 Awards of Excellence Recipients Jackson Family Wines named Grower of the Year; Stuart Spencer named Leader of the Year The California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG)...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 6, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025. BY SLEWS PROGRAM, CENTER FOR LAND BASED LEARNING. The Center for Land Based Learning’s SLEWS Program is now recruiting volunteer mentors for the 2025–2026 school year! Mentors should be working or have experience in agriculture or...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 29, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2025. BY STOCKTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Featured image above: Inductees Rodney and Gayla Schatz enjoying the fruits of their labor. Photo by Randy Caparoso. 2025 San Joaquin County Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees to be Honored October 16,...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: The author enjoying a you-pick flower farm experience at Michael David. Photo by Randy Caparoso. There is no doubt that we need to create more ways for farmers and...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 15, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Earlier this month, I was invited back on California Insider to share the grower’s perspective on the state of California’s wine industry. You can find the interview linked HERE and below. I...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above: 1936 Lodi Grape Festival, a three-day harvest festival kicking off under the city’s historic Mission Arch. Ralph Lea, Lodi Historic Society. Once every year...
by Lodi Growers | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Enjoying the culinary delights of our winegrowing and hunting community is a true pleasure of the agrarian Lodi lifestyle. To celebrate the first days of dove season in Lodi, we asked...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 25, 2025 | Blog, Vineyards
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above: Lodi growers pictured from left to right – Pieter A. den Hartog (son), Pieter den Hartog (father), Hadyn Schatz (son), Rodney Schatz (father), Jacylyn Stokes Iniguez (daughter), Bill Stokes...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 18, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025. BY MARC FUCHS (1) & STEPHANIE BOLTON (2). (1) Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Geneva, NY (2) Research and Education, Lodi Winegrape Commission, Lodi, CA Featured image above: A cluster of vine mealybugs at various life stages in a...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 12, 2025 | Blog
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Want a fun way to check in with people during these chaotic times? Ask them to name 5 things that are growing right now. No google searches or AI necessary. Just 5 quick things will give...
by Lodi Growers | Aug 4, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2025. BY MARIA ZUMKELLER, MS. What if we could all help solve one of the biggest threats to our local ecosystems (including agricultural systems), just by using our smartphones? That’s the idea behind citizen science: a collaborative approach to...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 21, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 21, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Thankfully, California winegrowers recently voted to extend funding for the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s (CDFA) Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter...
by Lodi Growers | Jul 14, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025. BY STEWARD AG FOUNDATION. The mission of the grassroots Steward Ag Foundation is to honor the integrity of the California farm worker by providing scholarships for their children, allowing them to transform their lives by pursuing higher...
by Lodi Growers | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Welcome to a Monday morning pick-me-up with five pieces of good news for California wine industry research. 1. The University of California Oakville Experiment Station (pictured above with...
