Coffee Shop Blog
The Coffee Shop is Open for Business
On any given morning in the parking lot of small town coffee shops across the Country a handful of dusty pickup trucks are parked. Coffee shops have long been a place where farmers gather to catch up on just about everything, especially on things related to...
Welcome to the new Lodi Grower Website!
After six months of development, the Commission staff is excited to launched this new grower-oriented website. Thank you for visiting www.lodigrowers.com. This website fills an important and previously unmet need. The site is a “one-stop shop” for information on the...
Grower Bio: The Dhaliwal Family
Harinder and Ravinder (Bobby) Dhaliwal told me that for them, growing winegrapes is a “hobby”. I spoke with the brothers over lunch one day in July, and it quickly became clear that they are definitely not hobby farmers. Modest and hardworking most accurately describe...
Invite your neighbor to the next field day and expand your knowledge network
Most pickup trucks seat two people comfortably. But most growers show up to outreach events such as field days and breakfast meetings solo, with nothing but the radio to keep them company. How connected are you to Lodi's rich knowledge network of growers, PCAs, farm...
Barn Owl Research
The LWC is in its third year of successful collaboration with Mark Browning and PG&E to research and promote the use of barn owls to control rodents in Lodi vineyards. In January, the Research and Education Committee voted to fund Browning’s third year of data...
Matthew Hoffman – New Grower Program Coordinator
I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. In October, I was hired as the new Grower Program Coordinator and am responsible for viticulture research, grower outreach, and the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing certification program. My first five...
Mechanical Pruning Field Day
Many winegrape growers, especially those with larger scale operations, are increasingly looking toward mechanical methods of canopy management as a means to achieve higher yields, streamline their production costs, and simultaneously maintain and even improve...
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