I know this was made 4 years ago but sooo appreciative. I’m from the Central Valley and still trying to educate people that we are not all from LA or SF. We have major farming here. Thank you again!!
My grandparents, great aunts & uncle’s were farmers, they came from Sweden around 1903. Bought land in Stanislaus county, Modesto California… They grew almonds, apricots and more! Today it’s all gone, there are two homes left that they owned. I have really great memories! The rest of the land was sold after they died, now covered with apartments, parking lots and stores...😕
I was born and raised in Central and Northern CA. I’ve hauled more produce out of CA than I can count. As this video says, most people have no idea just how much of the produce we eat comes from CA. And CA is the only place in the world that almonds are grown. Farming in CA is great for everyone.
Awesome vid! Well done to! You guys rock! Keep it up with the great work! Thanks for giving our California farmers love, support, and above all....the credit they need! God bless each of you! Where about's was this video filmed at!? Looks like it's in/near San Andreas Valley! Both of my parents grew up in California! I know they've been really hurting for the rain in the last few years! Please keep California in your prayers and thoughts!
still love your songs my son sings them to his uncles and dad wale there cutting of whatever there doing right now were cutting here in kansas but its true la is a big farming area and vetchtebel and other stuff theres a lot in a farmers life
As someone from LA I always wished people would care about the farmers from this state more often. It's the biggest breadbasket in the states and one of the biggest in the world yet it's so overlooked in favor of the big cities. I'm very grateful for the farmers who work day and night to feed this state, and I wish more people would feel that way.
We are Northern California farmers and homesteaders. Lost it all in the Camp Fire and moving back to do it all over again! Our middle son is presenting to his class in the Spring about what it is like to live on a farm and raise our own food and food for other people. I hope they let him show this video to his tiny class of 6 kids.
“Why can’t the crops be grown elsewhere” do you won’t to add food miles, Why don’t the farmers grow crops that use less water” we do the more water we use the more cost to produce and we ant getting paid more because our cost go up! “Farmer waste our water” do not what to eat? Thanks for the video!!
“Farmers waste our water” they say as they leave the water running full blast while washing dishes and looking out the kitchen window at their perfectly manicured, luscious green lawn.
Born and raised in the Central Valley on a small farm that grew blackberries. Those blackberries were everything to us, they decided if we got spoiled at Christmas or not. As I grew older and expressed my interest in an agriculture career, everyone around me said "no, go for something else, medicine or research. Don't waste yourself on agriculture." Well, ya wanna know what I'll be at college for next year?? Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems with a possible minor in International Agriculture Development. I'm sticking proud to my heritage, unlike all those people who told me to go into medicine. California Agriculture can't get rid of me! I'm in it for life. Been in it since my childhood on the farm, watching the berries getting picked and eating berries right off the Vine during the summertime. You can't get memories like that when all the agriculture is gone though. I've since moved from the family farm and am finishing out high school in a small town that has no agriculture around whatsoever. It pains me to watch all these people have no respect for agriculture, but I am very pleased to have my high school training the next generation of Farmers in our very anti-farming town. FFA has done everything I my high school to prevent this little town (not naming the town) from taking away passions from students who would want to go into something like this. Anyway I'm going off on a weird rant so umm.. huh.. thanks for doing this video and promoting agriculture.
Pretty good representation of California agriculture. Thanks for the Modesto shout out! Stanislaus County/Central Valley is the largest almond producer in the world, as well as walnuts, peaches, apricots and dairy! Napa/Sonoma, as well as Central Coast and Sierra counties produce some of the best wines in the world. Lettuce, Celery, Garlic come from Central California inland counties. Our products are as diverse as our people...and we ROCK...I'm just sayin'!
Oh my gosh I love your videos but this one!! Really hit home. I am constantly trying to educate people about what CA really is. Only a small portion is like San Fran and Los Angeles and not all liberals. Much of the population is hard working country people. We grow food here. All the time there are trucks on our highways hauling fruits and vegetables and nuts-to auto trucks overflowing and in the fall our Central Valley becomes a dust bowl from the harvesting of the almonds which are shaken onto the ground and then swept up by a machine and all the dusty dirt that comes up with them us blown into the air (cough,cough). But I love seeing those full almonds trucks driving around. Don’t ever let them take the water from the farmers- take away the swimming pools first.
Very cool video seeings how I live here in so Cal. Wish I knew you boys were at the fair, I'd have come down. Did you see the giant alligator? Pretty impressive. I know the people that own it. Thank you for acknowledging our need for farming water here. Very cool. Be safe!
As a former farmer of peaches, plum, nectarines and raisins in Tulare County I love your videos. But, my friends and family still in it say be glad your out, because there is TO MUCH REGULATION, it's not fun anymore.
I have the solution to protect your land from the next major drought. The answer is to stop mono-crop farming. It strip the land of nutrients and destroys the top soil. Check out the movie "The Biggest Little Farm" for a lot of good info on how farming should be done.
