Bolthouse Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., has entered into an agreement to purchase the carrot operations of Rousseau Farming Co., Tolleson, Ariz.

California vegetable operation focuses on sustainability.

Cal-Organic Farms, a division of Bakersfield, Calif.-based Grimmway Farms, will be introducing organic rainbow carrot chips for retail at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure.

NEW YORK — The Bolthouse Farms gang is back together, and they’re pumping out new product lines that embody the new company mission: Plants powering people.

Cal-Organic Farms is shipping bunches of organic red carrots from Coachella, Calif.

The California carrot industry is kicking off a Crunch Out advertising campaign in Sacramento, Calif., and Cincinnati.

With the backing of a $5 million pledge, the California State University board of trustees has approved establishing the Grimm Family Center for Agricultural Business at the Bakersfield campus.

While the Crunch, Crunch, Crunch Council isn’t real, its mission to get consumers thinking about carrots — and eating them, of course — is very real.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently seized $1.6 million worth of cocaine in a load of carrots that was entering at a Texas border crossing.

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have again visited Grimmway Farms, for a listening session on issues facing California farmers, from immigration to water rights.