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Central California's family raisin farms are drying up

Mar 28, 2017
Farmers are steering their kids away from the crop, whose prices are falling.
John Paboojian Jr. owns about 450 acres of raisin vineyards in Fowler, California, and has been working the land for 75 years.
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California's raisin farmers are struggling

Mar 8, 2017
30 years ago, Fresno County was famous for its dried fruit. Today, growers are pulling up their vineyards.
A raisin farm in central California. 
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