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    Eureka! California-Grown Coffee Is Becoming The State's Next Gold Mine

    Sure, a cup of California-grown coffee sells for about $18 a cup, but people are buying it. The niche industry is booming with no signs of slowing, and the state's farmers still can't meet demand.
    by Jodi Helmer Feb 16, 2018 3 minutes
    Coffee cherries are harvested at Good Land Organics, a farm in Goleta, Calif.

    In most coffee shops, you can choose a cup of joe brewed with beans from countries like Ethiopia, Colombia, Costa Rica and Yemen. Now, a new crop of coffee growers is working to get coffee brewed from California-grown beans included on those menus.

    When Mark Gaskell moved to California after working in coffee-growing regions in Central America, he noticed coffee plants growing in gardens and wondered if large-scale production was an option.

    In 2001, Gaskell, farm advisor for the University of to help with trials, hoping coffee could be a valuable niche crop to help sustain small farms.

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