Editing Oxnard, California (section)

====Strawberries====
[[File:Strawberry field.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Strawberry field]]
The [[Oxnard Plain]] is well known for its [[Strawberry|strawberries]]. According to the [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]], Oxnard is California's largest strawberry producer, supplying about one-third of the State's annual strawberry volume.<ref>[http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FruitAndTreeNuts/fruitnutpdf/Strawberries.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207005243/http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FruitAndTreeNuts/fruitnutpdf/Strawberries.pdf|date=February 7, 2015}}</ref> From the end of September through the end of October, strawberries are planted and harvesting occurs from mid-December through mid-July in Oxnard. The peak harvesting season in California runs from April through June when up to 10 million pint baskets of strawberries are shipped daily.<ref>[http://www.strawberry-fest.org/pressroom/2007_releases/07_STRAWBERRY_TRIVIA.doc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030034610/http://www.strawberry-fest.org/pressroom/2007_releases/07_STRAWBERRY_TRIVIA.doc|date=October 30, 2008}}</ref> The state of California supplies over 85 percent of U.S. strawberries, with the U.S. supplying a quarter of total world production of strawberries.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Charles |first=Dan |date=May 17, 2012 |title=The Secret Life Of California's World-Class Strawberries |work=NPR News |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/05/17/152522900/the-secret-life-of-californias-world-class-strawberries}}</ref>

The annual [[California Strawberry Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://castrawberryfestival.org/|title=Home|publisher=California Strawberry Festival|access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> features vendors as well as food items based on the fruit such as strawberry nachos, strawberry pizza, strawberry funnel cake, strawberry sundaes, and strawberry champagne.<ref>{{cite news|title=Excitement continues at Day 2 of Strawberry Fest |first=Anne |last=Kallas |date=May 17, 2015 |work=[[Ventura County Star]]|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local-news/oxnard/excitement-continues-at-day-2-of-strawberry-fest_36776137 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.strawberry-fest.org/festival/festival-food.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313125944/http://www.strawberry-fest.org/festival/festival-food.html|date=March 13, 2009}}</ref>

[[Pests of California strawberry|Pests that attack this crop]] are economically impactful in this town.<ref name="NatIPM-Cal-straw"/> Much of the research and effort is expended here and in [[Watsonville, California|Watsonville]] and [[Salinas, California|Salinas]].<ref name="NatIPM-Cal-straw"/> Economically significant insects include the Greenhouse Whitefly (''[[Trialeurodes vaporariorum]]'').<ref name="NatIPM-Cal-straw">{{cite web | access-date=August 14, 2022 | date=2022 | title=2021 Pest Management Strategic Plan for Strawberry in California | website=[[Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers]] Database | url=http://ipmdata.ipmcenters.org/source_report.cfm?view=yes&sourceid=2468}}</ref>