"...Once I began to call restaurants, drop off samples and meet with chefs, it didn't take long for Kru Restaurant to catch my eye as a good potential customer. It was evident upon reviewing the menu that chef Billy Ngo was creating some very interesting dishes and that he might be interested in trying our rice..."
Michael Bosworth is the latest in a long family farming history at Rue & Forsman Ranch, which started operations in 1946 in Sutter County about 10 miles south of Marysville.
"...In spite of the cool weather as of late, (about as cool as I've ever remembered in August I might add), I'm finally starting to see the "heads" emerge from the rice plant, albeit slowly, in my oldest rice fields. Typically, you would start seeing the first few plants do this in the end of July, but in the now obvious theme to 2010, we're a few days behind ..." Read blog
"... On Friday morning Frank was flying for me, applying fertilizer on my late season rice crop. He had just picked up a load of sulfate and was lifting off the airstrip when his engine quit. He crashed in a neighbor’s rice field and folded his plane in half, coming to rest upside down..." Read blog
Fifth-generation farmer Charley Mathews is continuing a family a legacy that began in the 1850s. Their first rice fields were planted in the 1940s and are still going strong in Yuba County. Charley is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He and his wife Hillary have two sons, Parker and Adam. 
Josh Sheppard is proud to be part of the fourth generation of his family that have been farming rice in Butte County for many generations. After receiving degrees in Agribusiness and Water Science from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in 1997 he returned to the 3,000 acre family rice operation with his parents, a brother, and a sister. Josh and his wife, Kathryn, have two children.
"...On my first day back in the fields I found heads popping in my CalMochi 101 rice field."
Josh Sheppard is proud to be part of the fourth generation of his family that have been farming rice in Butte County for many generations. After receiving degrees in Agribusiness and Water Science from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in 1997 he returned to the 3,000 acre family rice operation with his parents, a brother, and a sister. Josh and his wife, Kathryn, have two children.
Making sense of a trying season
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
By: Riley "Punch" Haskell, California Rice Farmer
"Each growing season has its ups and downs, but it has been a while since I’ve seen some of the challenges experienced this year. That cool, wet spring was a setback for getting fields planted in a timely manner..." Read blog post
