County Agriculture Spotlight

Let's try something new. Every week I'm going to feature a different county in California for an agricultural spotlight! From going to FFA meetings and leadership conferences where we worked on memorizing the top five ag commodities in California, (dairy products, nursery products, grapes, almonds, and cattle), I have realized that there is a lot more to California agriculture than the ranches and youth opportunities that I see in the desert. This is my way of highlighting the different agriculture industries of California's 58 counties.


This week I will be featuring Alameda county. Alameda County's top agricultural commodity is Nursery Products, which are closely followed by grapes and a variety of livestock production. Alameda county has a lot of urban land use in addition to their agricultural land use. Therefore, they have taken on a major urban agriculture project that involves over 200 community farms and gardens in their urban areas. Alameda county has two FFA chapters, with a total of three ag teachers.






My sources for this spotlight include:



http://www.calaged.org/caescripts/school-listing.asp?Option=County&HasURL=YES



http://www.acgov.org/cda/awm/



And my own experiences at FFA meetings and conferences!