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UCANR: Safeguarding abundant and healthy food for all Californians
Unique conditions in Modoc County drive organic agriculture adaptations
  • Author: Lexie Wilson, UC Organic Agriculture Institute
Published on: December 11, 2024
Three people crouch to look at tomatoes in a high tunnel system
Leah Larsen (middle) of Bidwell Canyon Farm in Modoc County shows her high tunnel tomato trellising system to Krista Marshall (left) and Shriya Rangarajan of the UC Organic Agriculture Institute. Photo by Houston Wilson

UC Organic Agriculture Institute visits area to hear innovations, needs of local producers

Modoc County, home to 8,500 people and tucked in the remote northeastern corner of California, has been a leader in advancing organic agriculture through its significant ranching and agronomic crop production, namely of potatoes and hay.

In fact, Modoc County is California's number one county for organic beef cattle production (119,782 acres in 2022), and consistently in the top five counties for total harvested certified organic acres in the state, according...

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