The aggregate value of crops in Santa Cruz was $491.64 million in 2009, $6.3 million more than in 2008. Among the top crops was strawberries, which brought in $172.58 million, over $12 million more than the $160.38 million they earned in 2008. Though the value of the raspberry crop dropped by about $1.5 million to $104.27, other berries, including blueberries, olallieberries and currants, climbed from $21.08 million to $29.34 million.
Other fruits and vegetables did not do so well, with the total vegetable crop plunging from $39 million in 2008 to just $18.87 million. Similarly, apples, which were valued at $10.13 million in 2008, dropped to $7.18 million in 2009. Read more at the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
