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2025 XERCES MONARCH & POLLINATOR KITS AVAILABLE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025. BY XERCES SOCIETY. Many insect pollinators continue to decline in California, including bees and butterflies. The western monarch butterfly population has declined more than 95% since the 1980s. One step we can take to protect these...
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STUART SPENCER HONORED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: Stuart Spencer, Executive Director of the Lodi Winegrape Commission. Photo by Mitch Tobias. The Lodi Winegrape Commission Board of Directors proudly recognizes Executive Director Stuart Spencer...
THE VINEYARD TEAM’S TOP PODCASTS OF 2024
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025. BY THE VINEYARD TEAM. The Vineyard Team’s Sustainable Winegrowing podcast brings you the latest in science and research for the wine industry. This popular on-the-go sustainable farming educational resource provides in-depth technical...
HOW THE DECK GOT STACKED AGAINST AMERICAN WINEGROWERS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2025. BY STUART SPENCER, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. In the past two years, hundreds of thousands of tons of California winegrapes have been left on the vine unharvested. Across the Central Valley this winter, farm workers are going door to door,...
WHO IS THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY? ⏤ TIME TO REFRAME TARIFF MESSAGING
MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2025. BY NATALIE COLLINS, CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS. Featured image: Unsubsidized, unwanted, unpicked grapes in California vineyard. Photo by Randy Caparoso. Open any one of the wine industry’s major news aggregator email blasts,...
NEXT WEEK AT UNIFIED: 5 THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025. BY STEPHANIE BOLTON, PhD, LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image above showing Lodi Grower leadership at our booth for the Unified trade show in 2023. From left to right: Kevin den Hartog, Bruce Fry, Stuart Spencer, Ben Kolber and Diego...
THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN WINE INDUSTRY
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025. BY RANDY CAPAROSO. The business of Lodi is grapes. In fact, the region's climate and soils are so ideal for the cultivation of grapevines, Lodi has become the largest winegrowing region in America. To what extent? According to most...
SAFELY DISPOSE OF OUTDATED PESTICIDES IN SAN JOAQUIN CO.
MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 2025. BY LODI WINEGRAPE COMMISSION. Featured image: Lovely red barn, Fuyu persimmon tree and grapevines at sunset in Acampo. Photo by Stephanie Bolton. There are many reasons why a farmer or citizen may have outdated chemicals on their property...
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