Juan Perez did not set out to become a farmer when he enrolled at California State University, Monterey Bay. Yet a series of summer internships helped him discover a career that brought together his interest in science, his family’s farming experience and a desire to build something of his own. What began with a single leased acre has grown into J&P Organics, a family-run organic farm in California’s Salinas Valley. Today, the business grows fresh produce on 10 acres and supplies weekly farm boxes to more than 500 local customers.
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