http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/giannini_srs/rss Recent eScholarship items from Special Report Series Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:08:42 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4232w2sr <p>The turn of the millennium was marked by hard times in California agriculture: low prices seemingly across the board, water-supply woes, contracting growth in export markets, more stringent regulatory environments, and declining farm income. The report begins by pondering several questions: “Is it as bleak as it sounds?” “California agriculture has experienced recurrent challenges over its history and survived—can it do so again?” “Will it be able to adjust and grow in the twenty-first century?” Major portions of the report include a stylized history of California agriculture from 1769 to 2000, identification of twenty important historical drivers influencing its evolution through the end of the twentieth century, and an assessment of changes likely to influence the future of California agriculture over the next half century. The chapters are as follows:</p><p>I. Introduction</p><p>* Direct and Indirect Indicators of a “Turn of the Century” Problem?</p><p>* External/Indirect... https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4232w2sr Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Johnston, Warren E. McCalla, Alex F.