Ventura County devotes a significant amount of acreage and annual production to vegetable crops. According to the California County Agricultural Commissioner's Reports for 2019 the annual gross production value of Ventura County vegetable crops was $601,454,000.
Celery, tomatoes and bell peppers are our leading vegetable crops with a annual gross production value of $243,455,000 for celery, $46,485,000 for tomatoes and $42,880,000 for bell peppers.
To learn more about some of the work we are doing with vegetables, visit the following webpages:
Recent Meetings: This webpage provide links to presentations and meetings given by UCCE Ventura related to vegetable production. These presentations allow the public to review the information presented in the meeting at their own pace.
Water: Irrigation, water use and water quality issues are important to vegetable production particularly in drought prone Southern California. The meetings and publications presented here focuses on water related areas.