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By Jorge Mercado / Monday, July 14th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Central Coast ag gross value up in 2024
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By Jorge Mercado / Friday, July 11th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County / Comments Off on 200 people arrested by federal agents following Glass House raid
The fallout from the federal agent’s raid of Glass House Farms’ operations in both Carpinteria and Camarillo is still being felt, with approximately 200 people across both sites being arrested, the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 11. Federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security agents stormed both Glass House Read More →
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By Jorge Mercado / Thursday, July 10th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on Feds raid area cannabis operations
Federal agents took aim at one of the Central Coast’s publicly traded companies on July 10 when a Homeland Security Investigations unit raided Glass House Farms, a cannabis farm with operations in both Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Raids at Glass House’s farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo were conducted concurrently on July 10. Glass House Read More →
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By Mike Harris / Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 / Agribusiness, Central Coast, Latest news, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Economy, Ventura County / Comments Off on Central Coast agriculture gross value up in 2024
The gross value of agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties increased by 7% in 2024 over 2023, according to their recently released annual crop and livestock reports. In 2024, Ventura County’s estimated gross value was $2.3 billion, its findings, made public June 24, said. Santa Barbara County’s was $2 billion, its report, released July Read More →
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By Henry Dubroff / Friday, June 13th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story, Tri-County Public Companies / Comments Off on Former Dole owner David Murdock dead at 102
David Murdock, the last of the old-school Los Angeles developers who helped transform greater Thousand Oaks into a major corporate center, has died at age 102. Murdock, a high school dropout from Missouri, built homes in Phoenix and Los Angeles in the boom years of the 1980s. After observing the growing use of leverage in Read More →
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By Mike Harris / Monday, May 19th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Latest news / Comments Off on Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s thousands of farmworkers was the focus of a May 8 conference aimed at developers. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put on Read More →
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By Mike Harris / Thursday, May 8th, 2025 / Agribusiness, Latest news, left, Ventura County / Comments Off on Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s farmworkers was the focus of panel discussions at a May 8 program in Santa Paula. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put Read More →
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