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Sonoma County Farmworkers make National Headlines

Climate, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

“Over four years of massive wildfires, the wine region’s agricultural commissioners worked closely with the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and Sonoma County Winegrowers to repeatedly grant permission to growers to harvest in wildfire-evacuation zones.” ‘Touted as ‘essential’… treated as disposable’: Labor Day anger as migrant farm workers toil inside wildfire evacuation zones Published  2 days …

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The best fire prep list!

Climate, News, Uncategorized / September 30, 2020

When it happens, it is happening quick. We all know people who have been burnt out again….please be safe.  Created by Kenyon Webster, former City of Sebastopol Planner  Critical actions: 1) Planning A) Create a written emergency checklist in collaboration with your house-mates—do it a head of time—it’s hard to think straight or agree on what to do when the emergency is happening   …

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We aren’t the only places burning…..

Climate, News / September 16, 2020

In Pictures: Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is on fire: AlJazeera Reports Fire burning in the wetlands of west-central Brazil is threatening one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. 14 SEPT 2020 In Pictures: Brazil’s Pantanal wetland is on fire FULL STORY AND PICTURES Fire burning in the wetlands of west-central Brazil is threatening one …

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Sonoma County Farmworkers make National Headlines

Climate, Community Rights, News, Social Equity, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

“Over four years of massive wildfires, the wine region’s agricultural commissioners worked closely with the Sonoma County Farm Bureau and Sonoma County Winegrowers to repeatedly grant permission to growers to harvest in wildfire-evacuation zones.” ‘Touted as ‘essential’… treated as disposable’: Labor Day anger as migrant farm workers toil inside wildfire evacuation zones Published  2 days …

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