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Family business spotlight: Taylor Brothers Farms in Yuba City is the world’s largest organic dried prune producer

When Earl Gorman Taylor planted his first plum tree on the 70 acres he bought in Sutter County in 1916, he could never imagine that his grandson Richard would one day turn it into a global empire. That’s exactly what Taylor Brothers Farms is now — the world’s largest producer and global distributor of organic prunes and prune products. 

Oct 10, 2025 Judy Farah

Wine and Family, Aging Gracefully Together

Family business spotlight: The sixth generation of an ag family keeps growing at Heringer Estates

In a delicious coincidence, the year that Heringer Estates in Clarksburg introduced its pinot noir was the same year the film comedy about wine lovers, “Sideways,” with its references to the same varietal, hit theaters. “Our sales just soared in 2004,” says Mike Heringer, CEO and winemaker at his eponymous, six-generation family business.

Oct 9, 2025 Ed Goldman

The Forest Through the Pages

California is no stranger to devastating wildfires. But did you know that our famed sequoias actually need fire? It not only helps release seeds from their cones, but it also uncovers the soil in which those seeds can take root. Sometimes, destruction leads to rebirth.

Jun 26, 2017 Allison Joy

Millennials Are Helping America Save More Money

After almost a decade, Americans may finally be turning the corner on saving money. More than 30 percent of them say they have enough tucked away to cover six months’ worth of expenses — a seven-year high for this measure of financial calamity preparedness, a financial planning favorite.

Jun 22, 2017 Suzanne Woolley