{"product_id":"central-and-southern-california-lima-jeffrey-wayne-maulhardt-9781467162562","title":"Central and Southern California Lima Beans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLima beans have been a part of the central and southern landscape of California for over 150 years. Farmers realized the coast offered fertile soil and the natural moisture of coastal fog, and only a minimal workforce was needed until harvesting. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert McAllister's chance encounter with a ship from Lima, Peru, off the coast of Carpinteria led to a small quantity of beans being planted, and they prospered. By the 1880s, the beans were introduced in Ventura County, and Orange County followed. San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and San Diego all tried their hand at the dry farming crop, as did the farmers in Lompoc, Santa Maria, and Monterey County. California became the largest lima bean producer in the world. While other crops and city encroachment have replaced the vast acreage of lima beans, parts of the Oxnard Plain, Lompoc, Monterey, Costa Mesa, and other scattered fields continue the tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Wayne Maulhardt is a fifth-generation descendant of two lima bean-farming families, the Maulhardts and Borchards. He has written 17 local history books, including his last book, \u003cem\u003eVentura County Lima Beans: A History\u003c\/em\u003e. To expand on the central and southern sections of California, Maulhardt traveled the state to showcase the photographic history of the lima bean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467162566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467162562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jeffrey Wayne Maulhardt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46838565863679,"sku":"9781467162562","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8761453a-87c4-46ee-af21-a3e7ebd1b05f.jpg?v=1746590221","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/central-and-southern-california-lima-jeffrey-wayne-maulhardt-9781467162562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}