by Lodi Growers | Dec 2, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2024. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. San Joaquin Delta College, a junior/community college headquartered in Stockton, CA, is excited to announce a new Lodi-based viticulture and wine course to be taught at the Lodi Winegrape Commission’s Wine...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 25, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024. BY STEVEN GORHAM, AGE 13. My name is Steven Gorham, I am 13 years old, and I want to be a farmer. I have wanted to be a farmer as long as I can recall riding in a John Deere tractor with my Grandfather, Steve Stoltenberg. Since then, I have...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 18, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2024. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. We’re here to clue you in on another fabulous and delicious California secret: Chez Panisse Zinfandel Week. Alice Waters’ iconic Chez Panisse restaurant (1971) in Berkeley has...
by Lodi Growers | Nov 4, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2024. BY STAN GRANT, VITICULTURIST. A noncash companion crop in the tractor rows of a vineyard benefits environments both above and below ground. These so-called cover crops are nearly always helpful for improving or maintaining soil conditions...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 28, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024. CONTACT: CLAIRE HEINITZ, PhD, USDA-ARS DAVIS GERMPLASM RESEARCH LEADER. Featured image: Dr. Harold Olmo selection grapes. Collected and photographed on September 13, 2024 by Stephanie Bolton, PhD, during a Lodi Grapevine Rootstock Research...
by Lodi Growers | Oct 21, 2024 | Blog
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2024. BY USDA NRCS. More than $100 million is available for conservation practices on farms, ranches and private non-industrial forestland. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California runs both the Environmental Quality...
