San joaquin valley

Nation’s ‘Salad Bowl’ produces 15% of agricultural output, extensively relying on Cornell pumps. The lunch you may be sitting down to enjoy while reading PUMPLINE could very well feature a product from the San Joaquin Valley. Fifteen percent of US agriculture products are grown in this fertile central valley of California; more than 150 different crops in all. Cornell Pump Company supplies pumps for irrigation and food processing throughout the San Joaquin Valley. The valley is uniquely…

A newcomer arriving into California’s San Joaquin Valley – the most lucrative and industrialized agricultural region in the United States – might think that the entire place is burning. On the horizon in all directions the brown hue of the air suggests a distant fire. As the traveler advances along, say, Highway 99, the fire […]

San Joaquin Valley. Oil on board Private Collection

Photographs of National Register Sites and other points of historic interest in San Joaquin County, California

San Joaquin Valley, Bakersfield, Ca.

It will be California’s first new state park in 13 years.

The San Joaquin Valley has been called “the food basket of the world.” At 61,000 vineyard hectares (151,000 acres), this is by far the largest wine region in the state.

The San Joaquin Valley is the southern half of California's Central Valley. Famed as a major breadbasket, the San Joaquin Valley is an important source of food,...

Natali and family (and their dog) take on the San Joaquin River Gorge. Take advantage of the fall weather ahead and plan your own family hike to San Joaquin River Gorge.