grower

"That has to be a booster which can improve the apple economy and provide a better position for apple growers."

Rob Roy, president of the Ventura County Agricultural Association, said he has been warning growers since November that this time would come and providing training on their legal rights.

I was told by a city official that the local economy was all about corn, but local growers couldn’t compete with American farmers who had the benefit of federal subsidies.

Rain will at least be welcomed by gardeners and growers after a long dry period in May.

“Woo! Feel it and kill it,” says Rivera, a retired grape grower who’s suffered from a rare optic nerve disease since he was 22.