Enterprising, Efficient, Educational, Essential – These adjectives characterize and exemplify one of the most successful displays of innovation in the San Joaquin Valley.

A short 5 miles east of the Central Valley town of Mendota sits a seemingly abandoned sugar refinery. The Spreckels Sugar Co. operated the refinery from 1966 to 2008, when it closed due to shrinking sugar beet acreage. Looks, however, are deceiving. While the refinery machinery no longer processes sugar beets, the refinery structures conceal acres of a crop considerably more valuable than sugar beets. Water…

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A big thank you to Rowell Elementary and W.E.B. DuBois for braving the weather and coming out for TWO visits to the Meyers Project!

Brave the elements and visit the Meyers Water Bank and Wildlife Project.  January and February are a great time for wildlife viewing while the Pacific Flyway is so active.  Sure we have to dodge the rain and slippery roads, but challenges are what make adventures memorable!

The Meyers Water Bank and Wildlife Project is happy to announce the installation of a new solar system to help offset the electrical use of our pumping program.  In the summer of 2009 the Meyers Project took steps to remove all diesel pumps from is water bank system and the addition of solar was a natural extension of that idea.  We've been looking at solar for several years now and even started with a system at a different location before committing to a larger scale endeavor.  This summer we felt the time was right and now look forward to taking advantage of the benefits of renewable energy. 

In the background one of the holding ponds for the water bank can be seen.

The solar array was installed by Chico Electric, who previously installed a similar system at our almond ranch.