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  • Dec 1, Trina Filan: Your mandarin layer (crops) is missing some key areas, including western Placer County, where mandarins are a major crop.
  • Nov 7, constance washburn: There are a lot of farms missing in Marin that are open to the public at least some of the time. and some names are wrong and locations incorrect. Point Reyes Farmstead in the wrong place Point Reyes Vineyards and Bivalve Dairy ( Instead of Doughty dairy and vineyard. ) Redhill Ranch is open with a farmstand at the same place as County LIne Harvest. Marin French Cheese Co. in in the wrong location. Nicasio Valley Cheese Co. is missing. Devil's Gulch Ranch is missing Cow Track Ranch missing Stemple Creek Ranch missing Stubbs Vineyard missing Pacheco Vineyards missing Gospel Flats Farm missing Stewart Ranch missing Windrush Farm missing
  • Nov 7, constance washburn: In the big map overview it would be nice to have the name of someplace in West Marin as that is Marin's primary growing region. Point Reyes would be the most logical choice.
  • Nov 1, Louis Jaffe: There's are a few errors in the entry for Tomales Bay Oyster Co (on Hwy 1, north of Pt Reyes Station). 1) The locator point on the map is about a mile southeast of TBOC's actual location. TBOC is actually north of Millerton Point. 2)The last digit of TBOC's phone number is missing. The complete number is 415-663-1242. 3) Despite SAGE's pro forma warning that "farms are not open to the public, unless explicitly noted otherwise," TBOC is open to the public for retail sales and picnicking 365 days a year.
  • Oct 7, Louis Jaffe: This is a great resource. Question: When I search places, why are some growing districts colored yellow and others not?
  • Oct 5, Diane Meier-Phelps: Great to see the focus on California farms and farmers. However, similar information is already being aggregated and made available by other organizations, e.g., Local Harvest, Eat Well Guide from Grace Communications Foundation, Eat Real iPhone app from the folks at Eat Real Fest. Are you collaborating with any of these? How is this site different/better? Are you duplicating effort or bringing something new?
  • Oct 3, Andrew Arnold: Fresh from a trip to the SLO area, I looked up Avocados on the map and don't see some significant groves near Morro Bay. Where are you getting your crop geography data from? Very interesting project, but depending on its intended usage, a pretty high degree of accuracy is important.
  • Sep 28, Bill Nunes: OK, good start. I can locate my farm. The map is good and very recent! Having trouble searching a particular local area. Pick from a list gives me a statewide list. Kind of cumbersome. How can I update the data on my farm? Obviously, if we want our farm data to be accurate and current, we should take responsibility and do that ourselves.
  • Sep 26, Rob Cary: You have a lot of work to do! I think that your launch is premature. You need significant ground truth verification of your data in Sonoma County. The mapping is really rough and NOT very useful. Some of your information is misleading. I am trying to understand what are your goals?
  • Sep 23, Jenika Florence: Looking good!
  • Sep 23, Helen Krayenhoff: I'm pretty sure the beehive market in Berkeley is defunct.
  • Sep 8, Larry Orman: The Ag Almanac site is now live, in beta!
  • Sep 2, GreenInfo Network : The Ag Almanac site is undergoing final revisions during Aug. 28-Sept 7. There are frequent updates and minor revisions. Please check back on/after Sept. 8 when it will be launched!
  • Aug 3, Rhonda F: It's good to see this project come as far as it has. A good crop guide is a great thing.
  • Aug 1, Greg A: The new site is coming together nicely. Thanks a lot to everybody for their support and cooperation, especially those folks at CUESA, Om Organics, and UC Davis. You're worth your weight in nutrient-rich soil!
  • Jul 25, Jennifer S: It's looking good. Good job, all!
  • Jul 14, Larry O: Just an update to everybody, that there will be another round of updates shortly. We'll tidy up a few items, fix a few small bugs, and get this thing ready to go!
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