Showing posts with label intoxicants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intoxicants. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Sonoma County crop report

The 2018 edition is out, and available here
https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Agriculture-Weights-and-Measures/Crop-Reports/
A friend reported that the conference yesterday launching it was not well attended. She brought by a copy of the power point handout. Under reporting, especially from small specialty crop growers, continues. But

  • For the first time, the gross value of agricultural product in Sonoma County exceeded one billion dollars.
  • It was a bumper year for wine grapes.
  • Tree fruit volume was down, but value way up. So local fruit is even less affordable for many of our residents?
  • Hard to figure out what's happening with the burgeoning cider business - how many of the processed apples are becoming an alcoholic beverage - or with cannabis production, which I'm guessing comes under another agency, even though it uses precious ag land. 
I am drinking more cider these days than wine. I enjoyed the cider tasting at the Gravenstein Apple Fair on Sunday. But it concerns me that more and more land is growing crops for alcohol or other intoxicants. I want the statistics on that.
And a btw. The pictures in the report are great, and much less fuzzy than this thumbnail. .
Crop Report 2018