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Trinitas Almonds

Did Trinitas Leave OID Holding the Bag (Again)?

February 12, 2018 By Eric Caine 3 Comments

When the big-time investors from the Bay Area showed up in Oakdale saying they were ready to become farmers, the city swooned. Oakdale Irrigation District (OID) was entranced by their offer to build infrastructure for water deliveries and offered them bargain-basement water rates and a sweet annexation deal, even while it had previously denied many long-term farmers’ applications. When a few local farmers suggested Trinitas Partners was yet another “turn […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: Eastern Stanislaus County groundwater, Trinitas Almonds, Trinitas Partners Oakdale

Did Trinitas Buy the Irrigation District?

July 10, 2015 By Eric Caine 2 Comments

After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Robert Frobose’s great-grandfather rebuilt his grocery store, then sold it and moved to Oakdale, where he began farming. “I was born into the Oakdale Irrigation District (OID),” said Frobose recently. “We still have one of my great grandfather’s ranches.” A rice farmer, Frobose is keenly aware of his crop’s water needs. When he learned this year’s allocation of water for senior OID members would […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Trinitas Almonds, Trinitas Partners

Water for Free?

May 16, 2015 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

“It’s almost like you live in Fairyland,” said Steve Knell last Thursday in a meeting in the Oakdale Irrigation District (OID)  boardroom. Knell is the district’s General Manager. He was responding to repeated queries from farmer Bob Frobose about OID’s apparent willingness to deliver water to Trinitas Partners while cutting back allotments for farmers with more senior water rights. Trinitas Partners, a consortium of investors led by three Bay Area […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: Steve Knell, Trinitas Almonds, Trinitas Partners

Almond Siege Threatens Valley Homeowners

April 23, 2015 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

Just outside the city of Oakdale, houses along Orange Blossom and Horseshoe Roads represent most everyone’s dream of country living come true. Nestled under canopies of cottonwoods and oaks and with close access to the Stanislaus River, many of the homes feature backyard pastures with grazing horses, frolicking dogs, and large country cats hunting mice and gophers.   Lately, though, residents of the once idyllic neighborhood find themselves more and more […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured Tagged With: Almond Orchards eastern Stanislaus County, Stanislaus County groundwater, Trinitas Almonds

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