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Climate Change Issues and Farming Practices

AGRICULTURAL & NATURAL LANDS ARE AT RISK OF BEING LOST FOREVER

From our friends at Greenbelt Alliance: “This report takes a closer look at every threat to this region’s magnificent landscapes and provides the kind of information decision-makers need to shape smart policy.” -Senator Barbara Boxer At Risk: The Bay Area Greenbelt is the definitive research on the farms, ranches, and natural areas at risk of …

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Litigation Looming for Napa’s Walt Ranch Project-Update and meeting notice

mscott@biologicaldiversity.org You’re invited to a meeting of concerned citizens about a large vineyard development in the mountains east of Napa that will tear up over 300 acres of undisturbed riparian, oak and native grassland habitat and convert into vineyards sprawled across the 2,300-acre Walt Ranch property. This project will cut thousands of trees, destroy acres …

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No. 1 story of 2016: Wine industry under fire

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/no-story-of-wine-industry-under-fire/article_21223b42-3c7c-5510-828f-200a9707075a.html TOP 10 STORIES OF 2016: NO. 1 No. 1 story of 2016: Wine industry under fire BARRY EBERLING beberling@napanews.com Updated 1 hr ago Napa County in 2016 saw heated growth wars involving not ever expanding subdivisions threatening to pave over the landscape, but multiplying wineries and vineyards. These are growth wars, Napa-style. They focus …

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Fearing pesticides reach

The wine industry admits to their over 2 million pounds of chemicals in Sonoma County they use yearly in the following article. Napa is number one in childhood cancer rates and Sonoma is not far behind. The Dept. of Pesticide Regulations acknowledges that drift cannot be stopped when spraying. Our entire ecological world is being affected by chemical …

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