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California rice production provides approximately 500,000 acres of habitat annually. This habitat provides nearly 60% of the food resources consumed by wintering waterfowl in the Central Valley and is the sustenance for 2.5 million of the 5 million ducks using the Pacific Flyway.
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California is the leading producer of fresh citrus in the country! California’s citrus farmers grow nearly 77% of the country’s fresh market citrus. (Florida’s citrus primarily goes to making orange juice!)
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California leads the nation in tomato production, producing approximately 95% of the nation’s tomatoes.
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California grows about 90% of the country’s cantaloupe melons every year.
Today, February 26, is National Pistachio Day! To help celebrate we’ve brought together some fun facts, while some of California’s food bloggers and Setton Farms have teamed up to bring us some very special recipes.
Continue readingDid you know? Did you know that California is America’s most productive Dairy State? California produces nearly 21% of the country’s dairy. California dairy farmers collectively tend to about 1.8 million cows. Those cows gave us approximately 42 billion pounds of milk. Did you know that California’s dairy cows prefer California-Grown food? Some dairy cows […]
Did you know? Walnuts have been cultivated in California since the 1700’s when Franciscan missions planted walnut trees. Commercial production began in the late 19th century with orchards in Southern California. California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley grow 99% of the english walnuts grown in the United States. 3/4 of the walnuts traded in the […]
About Pistachios in the U.S. During the 1880s, imported pistachios were popular in the USA. With immigrants from middle-eastern countries importing the popular nut. The pistachio received further distribution through vending machines installed in undergroundtrain stations, bars, restaurants and other common locations. “A dozen for a nickel” soon developed into a familiar slogan. It […]