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California Agriculture Is Big Business

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I’m a proud California boy. I’ve had the tremendous luxury of seeing what this state has to offer, from two very different vantage points. I was raised in a relatively urban environment in Los Angeles, but my parents have agricultural property in the central California area. Just under 200 miles separates my home in L.A. from my parents vineyard in Paso Robles but it’s light years apart in lifestyle.

While in Paso Robles recently, I noticed the homemade sign that you see in the picture above. It was proudly displayed in front of a ranch near my parents. Obviously I needed to take a picture for this website being that it is all about purchasing domestic goods. As I photographed this sign I thought about how I grossly overlook just how important agriculture is to not only California but to our Nation. According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, “California agriculture is nearly a $36.6 billion dollar industry that generates $100 billion in related economic activity.” [1] The state’s agricultural sales first exceeded $30 billion in 2004, [2] making it more than twice the size of any other state’s agriculture industry.

Manufactured goods come to mind first when thinking of buying domestic, but clearly its not because they have more of an impact on our domestic product. I have made a commitment to purchase American made goods to support all US industry and that certainly includes our great American farmers.


[1] “CDFA History”. California Department of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved January 30, 2010.

[2] “Agricultural Statistical Review, 2006 Overview”  California Department of Food and Agriculture. p. 17. Retrieved January 30, 2010.


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