The upper Sacramento Valley
North up the Sacramento Valley: Yuba City, Live Oak, East Nicolaus, Colusa, Maxwell, Richvale and Hamilton City.
The farms
- Bosworth Farms rice (Calrose, jasmine, basmati; organic and conventional)
- Lundberg Family Farms organic rice, wild rice blends, rice cakes, risotto
- Massa Organics medium-grain brown rice, almonds, almond butter, satsuma mandarins
- O'Connell Ranch / Barb's Produce tree fruit (60+ varieties), Asian pears, peaches, nectarines, pluots
- Oak Acre Farms satsuma mandarins, Fuyu persimmons, pluots, walnuts
- Organic Roots Olive Oil Arbequina olives, Koroneiki olives, Arbosana olives, extra virgin olive oil, organic rice
- Sutter Buttes Olive Oil Co. extra virgin olive oil, infused olive oils, balsamic vinegar, tapenades, jams and mustards
In season here in November
Pears: in season Jul – Nov.
Grown by O'Connell Ranch / Barb's Produce
Persimmons: in season Oct – Dec, best in Nov.
Grown by Oak Acre Farms and O'Connell Ranch / Barb's Produce
Placer mandarins: in season Nov – Jan, best in Dec.
Grown by Massa Organics and Oak Acre Farms
Walnuts and almonds: in season Aug – Nov.
Grown by Massa Organics and Oak Acre Farms
Where to eat it
- Mulvaney's B&L Names Bosworth Farms