World & Nation
The plantation manager jerked the Land Rover to a stop, got out and waved his hand at the red earth scraped clean of all but a few stumps.
July 22, 1985
Travel & Experiences
From missionary churches to pineapple mills, visitors can still find pieces of Maui’s many pasts
Nov. 3, 1996
This is a county named for a city that does not exist.
March 19, 1989
Business
The stakes over palm oil are high for Malaysia, where entire towns have developed around palm plantations.
Aug. 2, 2019
California
Narcotics: Officers discover the marijuana plantation in a rugged section of Los Padres National Forest above Ojai. It’s the sixth such find in two months.
Sept. 24, 1996
“Who doesn’t love chocolate?”
May 30, 2015
The family of a prominent Confederate minister fled to the old Ceres Plantation when Union gunboats began the Civil War siege of Vicksburg, bringing along what was reputed to be the biggest library in the South.
Dec. 25, 1988
Politics
A proposal to dramatically change the federal inspection program for processed meats continues to draw criticism from Congress, consumer groups and even some food industry representatives.
April 27, 1989
Crime: Farm in Los Padres forest is spotted in routine flyover. Growers fled before authorities arrived.
Sept. 1, 2000
Authorities confiscated 4,055 mature marijuana plants Thursday after investigators spotted a makeshift pot farm during a routine flyover of Matilija Canyon, officials said.