Farming on the Edge
While the sprawling cities of Los Angeles and Orange counties have built up and paved over most of their agricultural spaces, Ventura County retains much of it’s agricultural rich heritage. Positioned along the coast of Southern California, there are approximately 3 acres of farm for every urbanized acre in Ventura County, according to the California Department of Conservation's Farmland Mapping Program.
That acreage and the way it is used, impact the county’s economy. Agriculture provides as many as 47,000 jobs in Ventura County and makes up nearly 5 percent, or $2 billion a year, of the region's total economic activity.
The following pages are excerpts from a nine-part print and web series documenting farming and related business in Ventura County California. Photography by Karen Quincy Loberg.
Farming on the Edge
While the sprawling cities of Los Angeles and Orange counties have built up and paved over most of their agricultural spaces, Ventura County retains much of it’s agricultural rich heritage. Positioned along the coast of Southern California, there are approximately 3 acres of farm for every urbanized acre in Ventura County, according to the California Department of Conservation's Farmland Mapping Program.
That acreage and the way it is used, impact the county’s economy. Agriculture provides as many as 47,000 jobs in Ventura County and makes up nearly 5 percent, or $2 billion a year, of the region's total economic activity.
The following pages are excerpts from a nine-part print and web series documenting farming and related business in Ventura County California. Photography by Karen Quincy Loberg.
Farming on the Edge
While the sprawling cities of Los Angeles and Orange counties have built up and paved over most of their agricultural spaces, Ventura County retains much of it’s agricultural rich heritage. Positioned along the coast of Southern California, there are approximately 3 acres of farm for every urbanized acre in Ventura County, according to the California Department of Conservation's Farmland Mapping Program.
That acreage and the way it is used, impact the county’s economy. Agriculture provides as many as 47,000 jobs in Ventura County and makes up nearly 5 percent, or $2 billion a year, of the region's total economic activity.
The following pages are excerpts from a nine-part print and web series documenting farming and related business in Ventura County California. Photography by Karen Quincy Loberg.
Farming on the Edge
While the sprawling cities of Los Angeles and Orange counties have built up and paved over most of their agricultural spaces, Ventura County retains much of it’s agricultural rich heritage. Positioned along the coast of Southern California, there are approximately 3 acres of farm for every urbanized acre in Ventura County, according to the California Department of Conservation's Farmland Mapping Program.
That acreage and the way it is used, impact the county’s economy. Agriculture provides as many as 47,000 jobs in Ventura County and makes up nearly 5 percent, or $2 billion a year, of the region's total economic activity.
The following pages are excerpts from a nine-part print and web series documenting farming and related business in Ventura County California. Photography by Karen Quincy Loberg.
Farming on the Edge
While the sprawling cities of Los Angeles and Orange counties have built up and paved over most of their agricultural spaces, Ventura County retains much of it’s agricultural rich heritage. Positioned along the coast of Southern California, there are approximately 3 acres of farm for every urbanized acre in Ventura County, according to the California Department of Conservation's Farmland Mapping Program.
That acreage and the way it is used, impact the county’s economy. Agriculture provides as many as 47,000 jobs in Ventura County and makes up nearly 5 percent, or $2 billion a year, of the region's total economic activity.
The following pages are excerpts from a nine-part print and web series documenting farming and related business in Ventura County California. Photography by Karen Quincy Loberg.
The World Between
Ventura County Star staff photographers Dana R. Bowler and Karen Quincy Loberg
documented the little-known and less understood world of the transgender person. For almost 2 years, the two photographers followed the lives of Stephanie Robinson of Thousand Oaks and Steve Constant of Oxnard. They photographed them at home, at work, with friends and with family in the hope of spreading a little more understanding of the world in which they reside.
The World Between
Ventura County Star staff photographers Dana R. Bowler and Karen Quincy Loberg
documented the little-known and less understood world of the transgender person. For almost 2 years, the two photographers followed the lives of Stephanie Robinson of Thousand Oaks and Steve Constant of Oxnard. They photographed them at home, at work, with friends and with family in the hope of spreading a little more understanding of the world in which they reside.
The World Between
Ventura County Star staff photographers Dana R. Bowler and Karen Quincy Loberg
documented the little-known and less understood world of the transgender person. For almost 2 years, the two photographers followed the lives of Stephanie Robinson of Thousand Oaks and Steve Constant of Oxnard. They photographed them at home, at work, with friends and with family in the hope of spreading a little more understanding of the world in which they reside.
The World Between
Ventura County Star staff photographers Dana R. Bowler and Karen Quincy Loberg
documented the little-known and less understood world of the transgender person. For almost 2 years, the two photographers followed the lives of Stephanie Robinson of Thousand Oaks and Steve Constant of Oxnard. They photographed them at home, at work, with friends and with family in the hope of spreading a little more understanding of the world in which they reside.