Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Well Ordinance that needed to be updated was foiled once again by the “usual suspects” Gore, Hopkins and Rabbitt in favor of status quo and gift for wine industry to keep on pumping our public resources for their profit. (Remember before 1970 no grapes were watered of course lower yields and less $ for the …
3-2 Vote Again…usual Supervisors vote for status quo Read More »
Almost a third of world’s tree species face extinction: Report | Climate Change News | Al Jazeera Conservation group says the number of threatened tree species is double the number of threatened mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles combined. General view of a tract of the Amazon jungle which burns as it is cleared by loggers …
Bohemian redux, pertinent today! North Bay Bohemian has done it again, another great article by journalist Ari Levaux exposing the fact that dry farmed wines taste better and don’t ruin OUR aquifers. Paul Bernier is a devout dry farmer of wine grapes and inventor of machinery to help his wonderful work. His grapes are in high …
Everyone is encourage to attend the virtual hearing at: https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Planning-Commission/Calendar/Planning-Commission-Meeting-June-3-2021/ Planning Commission Meeting June 3 2021 | Calendar | Planning Commission… CriCriteria, the Ordinance would help the County to screen out projects that would likely be unable to meet mitigation requirements in the use permit process. This early project screening would protect local residents and …
Preserve Rural Sonoma County sends Supervisors Concerns on Winery Event Ordinance Read More »
“I find it difficult to keep usage at 7,000 gallons a month during the summer, even after taking out the front lawn and putting in drought-tolerant plants. I wonder if it would be cheaper to irrigate if I used wine instead water.” Raising water rates EDITOR: I realize that water is scarce in California …
Water Rates increase for residents but what about wine industry? Read More »
BLAST FROM THE PAST (2016), nothing has changed: Vineyards also use 80% of all water within the county. Getting the wine industry off water won’t happen, follow the money. Sonoma County Crop reports after 1970, when irrigation of grapes began, the industry has doubled yield per acre and that means big bucks. John Williams of …