Opening Doors e-newsletter - December 2024

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Ask someone about Ventura County and they might mention the beach, the X-Games, or the Dallas Cowboys. But ask a local and it won't be long before someone mentions a citrus tree or a field of strawberries. Agriculture has long been a part of Ventura County's cultural identity, with over 41,000 men and women at local farms and ranches to support an agricultural industry worth $2,000,000,000 annually. For each of the fields, rowed with trees bearing fruits, are dozens of farmworkers who hope to cultivate a life of their own in the communities they help to sustain.

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