There’s a town outside of Fresno, California, named Selma. Its official motto is “Raisin Capital of the World.” For many families, raisin farming is the only thing they know how to do.

The canes of raisins hanging in bunches in a Fresno County vineyard were cut five weeks ago. The leaves are dried up. Ray Jacobsen knows his Selma Pete variety raisins are ready. Jacobsen said ...

The hot sun will turn Thompson seedless grapes into sweet raisins in this vineyard near Selma but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Raisin growers like Steve Spate called the mid ...

Raisins. Love them or hate them, the wrinkly little fruit is tied up in our identity and our economy. Technically, Selma is the raisin capital of the country, but scads of raisins are produced in ...

That could be appealing to some consumers, but not to others, Ledbetter said. Steve Spate, a raisin grower near Selma, said harvesting is something growers can figure out. And the taste difference ...