Company Profile
San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center
Company Overview
The San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) which is the research branch of the United States Department of Agriculture. The facility was completed in 2000 on a 130-acre tract of land which includes 100 acres of agricultural land that is used for research.
The center is located in the San Joaquin Valley of California, which is one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world.
Company History
Our location’s beginnings started in southeast Fresno, near the corner of Peach & Butler Avenues. That location, known as the ‘Peach Avenue Station,’ began functioning in 1916. The Peach Avenue Station actually came about through the collective actions of California grape growers back in the early years of the 20th Century.
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/20340500/History.pdf