Kay Mercer
Addressing issues, initiatives, policies and regulations dealing specifically with water quality and agricultural production.
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Surface Water Management
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Irrigation
Groundwater Management
Seawater Intrusion
CSIP
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Rangelands
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Growing Regions
Agri-Stats: Apples
Agri-Stats: Apples
Agri-Stats: Artichokes
Agri-Stats: Artichokes
Agri-Stats: Celery
Agri-Stats: Citrus
Oranges and Climate Change?
The History of Navel Oranges
Agri-Stats: Cole Crops
Agri-Stats: Cut Flowers
Agri-Stats: Lemons
Agri-Stats: Potatoes
Agri-Stats: Salad Bowl
Agri-Stats: Lettuce
Agri-Stats: Romaine
Lettuce
Agri-Stats: Lettuce History
Agri-Stats: Lettuce History
Avoid the Bitter Harvest
Lettuce Has Had Fanciful Names Over the Years
Why Is Your Lettuce from the West?
SJV Lettuce: The Shortest Harvest
This is Where American Gets Almost All Its Winter Lettuce
Lettuce Has a Long Pedigree
Where Did Romaine Lettuce Originate
Lettuce Connections of the Etymological Kind
Lettuce Count the Types
The Many Uses for Lettuce
Agri-Stats: Spinach
Agri-Stats: Small Grains
Agri-Stats: Strawberries
Agri-Stats: Sugar Beets
Traces of the Past
The Missions, Asistencias, and Presidios
The Santa Margarita De Cortone Asistencia
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission de Maria Santisima, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
San Carlo Borromeo de Carmelo
Monterey Presidio
Co-evolving Communities
Northern San Luis Obispo County
Santa Margarita
Atascadero
Templeton
Paso Robles
San Miguel
Southern Monterey County
Bradley
San Ardo
San Lucas
Lockwood
Ft. Hunter Liggett
Pleyto
Jolon
King City
Mid-Salinas Valley
Greenfield
Soledad
Gonzales
Chualar
Monterey Coast
Carmel Valley
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Pacific Grove
Monterey
Lower Salinas Valley
Salinas
Spreckels
Honoring Ethnic Roots and Settlers
Native American
Ohlone
Salinan
Chumash
Californios
Chinese
Eastern U.S./European Settlers
Croatians
Japanese
Filipinos
Eastern U.S./European Settlers
Swiss Italians
Portuguese
Okies
Dustbowl Days, WeedPatch, California
Mexican
Central American
Ag Innovations
Ag Innovations: Year-round production
Ag Innovations: Ready Packed Salads
Ag Innovations: Field Pack
Ag Innovations: Strawberry Plant Breeding
Ag Innovations: Drip Irrigation
Ag Innovations: Automatic Lettuce Thinning
Ag Innovation: Automatic Transplant Tape
Ag Innovations: Automatic Strawberry Picker
Ag Innovations: Automatic Strawberry Picker
Ag Innovations: Vacuum Cooling
Ag Innovations: Field Pack – cardboard
Ag Innovations: Ice and Transportation
Ag Innovations: Blossom Contract
Ag Innovations: Cold Storage
Rural Communities
Solutions and Prosperity
Challenges
Rural Challenges: Hunger and the SNAP Program
Rural Hunger in America
The Value of Rural Communities
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Agri-Musings
Welcome to Agri-Musings
News/Events
Windshield Views
Windshield View: Jul 31, 2015
Windshield Update: July 29, 2015
Windshield Views: October 9, 2014
Windshield View: August 23, 2014
Windshield Views – May 25, 2012
Windshield View – May 10, 2012
Windshield View – April 13, 2012
Windshield View – April 9, 2012
Agri-Stats
Americans’ budget shares devoted to food
Agri- Stats: California
Food Systems: Organic
Where do you get your fresh fruits and veggies?
Agri- Stats: Climate Change and Pest Management
Agri-Stats: Demographics
Aging Agricultural Communities (Wyoming)
Agri-Stats: Big Data
Agri- Stats: Who Buys Produce?
Food and Drink
Have we reached ‘peak food’?
Food History
In Defense of the Humble Casserole
Food History: Cumin
2012 National Locally-Grown Food Statistics
Wine from Great Britain?
For My Wineo Friends – SLH
Santa Lucia Highlands – A Special Wine Country
Factoids
Factoids: Colloquialisms with a country twist
Factoid: Abraham Lincoln and Agriculture
Factoids: George Washington on Ag
Pest Management
Agri- Stats: Climate Change and Pest Management
Stopping Invasive Pests
Celebrating Agricultural Abundance
CSA Is Rooted in Black History
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