San Joaquin Valley
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Known for its rich farmland.
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They’ll say that farming is unsustainable in the San Joaquin Valley, a region of incomparable fertility that produces more than half of California’s agricultural output.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Michael Thurlow, whose family grows peaches, nectarines and plums in California’s San Joaquin Valley, has been a longtime supplier of D’Fresh.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026
Named for the man who came across it blazing a trail from the San Joaquin Valley to the Mojave Desert in 1861, it was a storied place just beyond my horizon.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
The revised plan will increase water deliveries to farmlands and communities across the San Joaquin Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
As usual, after the strawberry season was over in Santa Maria, Papa decided to move to the San Joaquin Valley in Central California to pick grapes.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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