California farms grow more than half the nation's fruits, vegetables and nuts from just three percent of the nation's farmland.

The value of California's top ten commodities was $15.7 billion in 2000.

California farms cover approximately one-third of the state's total land area.

In 2000, California produced 15.5 million tons of fruit and nuts, or forty-two percent of the national fruit and nut production.

California is the sole producer (99 percent or more) of: almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, olives, clingstone peaches, persimmons, pistachios, dried plums (prunes), and walnuts.

California accounts for more than ninety percent of all U.S. wine production and vineyard acreage.

California has nearly 37 million acres of forests in public and private ownerships, more that one-third of the state's entire land base.


VENTURA COUNTY produced 1.1 billion in farm products in 2003.

VENTURA COUNTY's top ten crops for 2003:
Strawberries - $301 million
Nursery stock - $173 million
Lemons - $149 million
Celery - $113 million
Avocados $101 million
Tomatoes - $47 million
Cut flowers $45 million
Peppers - $23 million
Valencia oranges - $19 million
Raspberries - $18 million