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Picking cantaloupes outside of Firebaugh, CA, the heart of melon country. California produces over 60% of the cantaloupes grown in the United Sates, and more than two-thirds of those come from this stretch of farmland in the southern San Joaquin valley. (https://ipmdata.ipmcenters.org/documents/pmsps/2016%20CA%20Melon%20PMSP.pdf)

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Picking cantaloupes outside of Firebaugh, CA, the heart of melon country. California produces over 60% of the cantaloupes grown in the United Sates, and more than two-thirds of those come from this stretch of farmland in the southern San Joaquin valley. (https://ipmdata.ipmcenters.org/documents/pmsps/2016%20CA%20Melon%20PMSP.pdf)