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Watsonville

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Watsonville, city (1990 pop. 31,099), Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the Pajaro River near Monterey Bay; founded 1852, inc. 1868. It is a growing trade and processing center for vegetables, fruits, and flowers. Granite is quarried, and bricks and aluminum parts are among the city's manufactures. Watsonville's population more than doubled between 1970 and 1990. Nearby are beach and mountain resorts and several state parks.


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A monterey native, Shaw got his start in the frozen foods business working at Fresh Frozen Foods before spending 20 years as a superintendent and general manager at Watsonville Canning and Frozen Foods.
C'est vraiment une bonne annee pour la recolte de fraises a Watsonville en Californie.
Managed grazing is the best way to get rid of invasive weeds," says Brian Dodds of Sycamore Farms, a Watsonville, California ranch that rents its goat herd out as an environmentally friendly weed management system.
 
 
 
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