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The Right to Stay Home (Book Review)

November 6, 2013 7:18 pm Published by Comments Off on The Right to Stay Home (Book Review)

While public conversations on immigration reform appear increasingly polemical and even reactionary, David Bacon’s new book The Right to Stay Home:…


Basque Partners Visit the Bay Area

October 29, 2013 10:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Basque Partners Visit the Bay Area

After a long day of farm visits in Santa Cruz, CA, we sat on the cliff with sandwiches soaking up the…


Crude Law: New CA fracking legislation sets a low standard

October 15, 2013 7:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Crude Law: New CA fracking legislation sets a low standard

On September 20th, California Governor Jerry Brown passed historic legislation regulating hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, prompting mixed reactions from both…


Court Rules in Favor of Sakuma Berry Farmworkers

September 26, 2013 7:53 pm Published by Comments Off on Court Rules in Favor of Sakuma Berry Farmworkers

Today Familias Unidas por la Justicia and individual plaintiff Felimon Pineda won a significant court victory when Skagit County Superior…


Why Food Prizes Shouldn’t Go to Biotech Scientists

August 18, 2013 9:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Why Food Prizes Shouldn’t Go to Biotech Scientists

Back in June, three corporate scientists were recognized for conducting the original research on using plant bacterium to insert genes…