Harvesting Our Heritage (2017 book)

Harvesting Our Heritage, subtitled "Bite-sized Stories From Santa Cruz County History", was published in 2017 by Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). The authors are Jody Biergiel Colclough, Elizabeth Birnbaum, Katie Lang Hansen, and Sierra Ryan. Focus of the book is the county's agricultural history, inspired by discovery of an old recipe book. Chapters look at various segments of local agriculture, and are listed below, with names of persons prominently mentioned:

• "Potatoes and Wheat". Potatoes: Elihu Anthony, William Blackburn. Wheat: Trafton family.
• "Wine and Grapes": Jarvis family, Henry Mel (not local, but invested in the Vine Hill area), John Stewart (Scotts Valley), Coope, John F., Meyer, Emil (not local).
• "Dairy": Castro family, D. D. Wilder, James Brown (not local), Scaroni, Pio.
• "Sugar Beets": Claus Spreckels
• "Hops and Beer": William McGrath, Palmtag brothers, Kuhlitz, Charles, Diesing, Otto, Sylvar, Jackson, Beck, Carl
• "Apples": Daubenbiss, John, Hames, John, Carr, Jesse D., Williams, Isaac, Peckham, Robert F., Blackburn, Jacob, Martinelli, Stephen G.
• "Eggs": Wilson Bros. Realty (subdividers who created Live Oak egg farm lots)
  • see also "Santa Cruz Egg Laying Contest: 1918 – 1931", 2009, by Jill Ramar, Santa Cruz County Online History Journal
• "Berries": Watson, John H., Imus-Rice family, Waters, James, Driscoll, Richard (not local), Reiter, Joseph (not local), Logan, James H.
• "Pismo Clams":
• "Artichokes and Brussels Sprouts":
• "Dry Farmed Tomatoes":