The California Strawberry Commission estimates about $150 million in losses to the industry statewide after March’s storm, Pajaro making up a big majority. As of right now, the future for agriculture in Pajaro is left in limbo, agriculture experts foresee a slow process toward recovery. Growers are forced to wait, and farmworkers are left without their only paycheck, many of whom on top of losing their homes in the flood.
By John Murphy From dairy farms in Tulare to strawberry fields in Salinas, farmers in California have been dealing with the relentless back-to-back West Coast storms washing out their crops and fields, hitting them financially. The damage caused by the storms has threatened the state’s vast agricultural production, which produces more than one-third of the