Students, Imagine this...
You could become a published author! Write a creative story based on real facts about California agriculture. Talk to your teacher about how to enter the Imagine this... Story Writing Contest.
- Watch videos of past winning authors.
- Read winning stories!
- Here are a few more ideas and resources to help get you started.
Write your own story about...
- One of California's commodities or the nutrients that help plants grow,
- Bad bugs attacking California crops,
- A trip across California's diverse farmland,
- or your very own story idea!
- Learn more!
- Read about California agriculture in the What's Growin' On? student newspaper.
- Explore statistics about the California agricultural industry on the California Department of Food and Agriculture website.
- Did you know... California grows more than 400 agricultural commodities?! Here's a list of California crop and livestock commodities in which California leads the nation. The bolded commodities are ones that California grows 99% or more of! This information comes form the 2014 Crop Report.
- Almonds
- Apricots Flowers
- Artichokes
- Asparagus
- Avocados
- Beans-Dry Lima
- Beans F.M. Snap
- Bedding/Garden Plants
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage-Chinese
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chicory
- Corn-Sweet
- Cotton-American Pima
- Daikon
- Dates
- Eggplant
- Escarole/Endive
- Figs
- Flowers-Bulbs
- Flowers-Cut
- Flowers-Potted Plants
- Garlic
- Grapes-Raisins
- Grapes-Table
- Grapes-Wine
- Greens-Mustard
- Hay-Alfalfa
- Herbs
- Jojoba
- Kale
- Kiwifruit
- Kumquats
- Lemons
- Lettuce-Head
- Lettuce-Leaf
- Lettuce-Romaine
- Limes
- Mandarins & Mandarin
- Hybrids
- Melons-Cantaloupe
- Melons-Honeydew
- Milk
- Nectarines
- Nursery-Bedding Plants
- Nursery Crops
- Olives
- Onions-Dry
- Onions-green
- Parsley
- Peaches-Clingstone
- Peaches-Freestone
- Pears-Bartlett
- Peppers-Chile
- Peppers-Bell
- Persimmons
- Pigeons and Squabs
- Pistachios
- Plums
- Plums-Dried
- Pluots
- Pomegranates
- Raspberries
- Rice-Sweet
- Safflower
- Seed-Alfalfa
- Seed-Bermuda Grass
- Seed-Ladino Clover
- Seed-Vegetable and Flower
- Spinach
- Squash
- Strawberries
- Tomatoes-F.M.
- Tomatoes-Processing
- Triticale
- Vegetables-Greenhouse
- Vegetables-Oriental
- Walnuts
- Watercress
- Wild Rice