Created in 1978, the California Avocado Commission strives to increase demand for California Avocados through advertising, promotion and public relations, and engages in related industry activities that benefit the state's nearly 5,000 avocado growers.
The mission of the California Avocado Society to promote efficiency of production and orderly marketing toward assuring long term profitability for the business of avocado growing.
California Department of Food & Agriculture
Agriculture is a major industry for the Golden State. With 76,400 farms and ranches, California agriculture is a $54 billion dollar industry that generates at least $100 billion in related economic activity.
California Farm Bureau Federation is a nonprofit organization of farmers and ranchers consisting of county Farm Bureaus from nearly every county in California, established in 1919 to work for the betterment of family farmers and ranchers in California.
The Hass Avocado Board (HAB) is an agriculture promotion group established in 2002 to promote the consumption of Hass Avocados in the United States.
In San Diego County the Farm Bureau is the leading advocate for the farm community and works with elected officials, government agencies, educators, the public, and the media.
United States Department of Food & Agriculture
United States Department of Food & Agriculture's vision is to provide economic opportunity through innovation, helping rural America to thrive; to promote agriculture production that better nourishes Americans while also helping feed others throughout the world; and to preserve the Nation's natural resources through conservation, restored forests, improved watersheds, and healthy private working lands.
USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is a multi-faceted Agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities.
California Bountiful magazine promotes connections between farm and city, introducing readers to farmers, ranchers, chefs and others who bring us food and farm products; visiting towns and locations that are hidden gems; featuring mouth-watering recipes that include California-grown products; sharing gardening tips from experts; and more.
Repositories of Annual Research Reports for the following California crops: Walnuts, Dried Plums, Stone Fruit.
Central Coast Farm & Ranch, which includes news, features, photography and commentary about agriculture in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, is distributed for free to Farm Bureau members.
San Diego Grown is a publication of the San Diego County Farm Bureau and is available to members and industry groups. Contact the San Diego County Farm Bureau to be added to the mailing list.
This web site is funded and managed by the Hofshi Foundation; a non-profit foundation dedicated to the dissemination of avocado knowledge around the globe.
From the Grove is a quarterly print publication from the California Avocado Commission providing the latest news from the California avocado industry.
UC ANR California Agriculture Peer Reviewed Journal
California Agriculture is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal reporting research, reviews and news on California’s agricultural, natural and human resources. The journal's first issue was published in December 1946, making it one of the oldest, continuously published, land-grant university research publications in the country.
UC Davis Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center
The Fruit & Nut Research and Information Center was created in 1995 to make University of California research-based information publicly available and coordinate extension activities in planting, growing and harvesting fruits and nuts.