September 2018

Oct. 13th: 3rd annual symposium Foundations and the Future: Celebrating Women’s Leadership in the Food Movement

Women leading the way…… 3rd annual symposium Foundations and the Future: Celebrating Women’s Leadership in the Food Movement A day of education, celebration and dialogue, this 3rd annual symposium intends to acknowledge, celebrate and lift up the leadership and voice of women in the food movement. The day will focus on stories of emergent leadership …

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Activists Declare #FireZinke and State AGs File Suit After Interior Dept Guts Methane Rules for Public Lands

SWAMP WATCH: “It doesn’t get more blatant than this,” responded FOE. “Zinke thinks our public lands & waters belong to Big Oil, not Americans.  Zinke, meanwhile, continued to stoke his cozy relationship with polluters on Tuesday. Speaking at the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association fall meeting, the secretary said the government should work for the …

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Update: Amazing new documentary you can help fund: “Children of the Vine”

Update: Editing process started and they could use some funding….. “Children of the Vine”, new documentary on the impacts of the wine industry’s “sustainable” practices. (Let’s just stop using this word as it is only greenwashing used by corporations to make you feel good when you buy their products and instead use the word “regenerative” farming …

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Pesticide Use on California Farms at Near-Record Levels

Pesticide Use on California Farms at Near-Record Levels   Farmers in California, the nation’s top agricultural state, are applying near-record levels of pesticides despite the rising popularity of organic produce and concerns about the health of farmworkers and rural schoolchildren. A field in California’s Salinas Valley where pesticides were applied. (Pgiam/iStock phot The latest figures, …

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Sustainable Sonoma

Environmental Justice and Pesticide Workshop Nov. 5 & 6, 2018, Riverside County

Great resource for California communities: Environmental Justice and Pesticide Workshop Nov. 5 & 6, 2018, Riverside County California Department of Pesticide Regulations presents: Environmental Justice Workshops November 5 & 6, 2018, Riverside County, PDF (15.6 mb) The Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner (CAC), Lideres Campesinas, and the Dept. of Pesticide Regulation will host a two-day (Nov. …

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Napa County Residents:chance to work on groundwater management November 13th

Napa County residents you don’t want to miss this opportunity to get input into managing your groundwater basins. The Groundwater Sustainable Management Act mandates that water use be “sustainable” and the state has given the panels authority to regulate water, impose fees, powers of imminent domain and investment in capital projects to name a few. …

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