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Results of SB1056 Assembly Agriculture Committee Hearing, June 28 On Wednesday June 28th, the California Assembly Agriculture Committee unanimously supported SB1056. This bill strips local control of seeds, claiming the state should have sole authority of seeds and nursery stock....
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 9:45pm PDT
Rally for the Klamath River Salmon! 
Klamath River Tribes, fishermen, and citizens are fighting to remove PacifiCorp’s Klamath dams and BRING THE SALMON HOME! The fate of the dams is still under negotiation and Portland based PacifiCorp, the dams owner (Warren Buffet being the company’s largest share holder) needs to hear from the people of the Klamath and all those who are supportive in person....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 12:51pm PDT
Global Warming Destroys Wine Industry Global Warming spells disaster for much of the multibillion-dollar wine industry....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 8:03am PDT
SF: West Coast Green-Volunteers Needed Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, 99 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 9:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 12:15pm PDT
PDF's of the handout and poster from today's SCF solidarity rally/march 
Posted here is the text from a leaflet handed out at today's Santa Cruz rally and march in solidarity with the South Central Farm. The text is followed by PDF files of the leaflet and also of an 11x17 poster that was put up throughout downtown during the march. Download, print, and distribute!...
Posted: Sun, Jul 9, 2006 6:27pm PDT
South Central Farmers Statement of Solidarity with Santa Cruz Rally (audio/mpeg 4.5MB) Leslie Moraga, South Central Farmers media coordinator, gives a statement of solidarity with Santa Cruz protestors. This message will be broadcast at today's South Central Farmers solidarity rally in Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, Jul 9, 2006 12:01pm PDT
West Nile Spraying - Community Activism Meeting Announcement of community activism meeting to prevent West Nile spraying in Sacramento...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 11:02pm PDT
Signs of Solidarity with the South Central Farm 
Santa Cruz activists have been busy like bees in preparation for Sunday's rally in solidarity with South Central Farmers. Folks living in the Santa Cruz area, some of which have been down to the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, are inspired by the SCF and dedicated to spreading awareness and solidarity for the South Central Farmers; Campesinos that have been cultivating 14 acres of land and feeding hundreds of families in South Central LA for 14 years. On Saturday, July 8th, a day before th...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 5:42pm PDT
Photos From The Oakland Solidarity Rally For South Central LA Community Farm 
Recent bulldozing of the United State’s largest urban farm by developer Ralph Horowitz has not crushed the spirit of the movement to save the farm by farmers and supporters worldwide. Despite the massive destruction by developer’s bulldozers July 5th and 6th, 48 hrs. after Independence Day, South Central Farmers and supporters are continuing their united vision to preserve the property now and for future generations.
On July 8th there was a rally at the Grand Lake Farmer's Market in Oaklan...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 4:26pm PDT
Audio From The Oakland Solidarity Rally For South Central LA Community Farm (audio/mpeg 5.8MB) Recent bulldozing of the United State’s largest urban farm by developer Ralph Horowitz has not crushed the spirit of the movement to save the farm by farmers and supporters worldwide. Despite the massive destruction by developer’s bulldozers July 5th and 6th, 48 hrs. after Independence Day, South Central Farmers and supporters are continuing their united vision to preserve the property now and for future generations.
On July 8th there was a rally at the Grand Lake Farmer's Market in Oakla...
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 2:53pm PDT
Oakland: South Central Farm International Day of Solidarity CALL TO ACTION!
South Central Farm International Day of Solidarity
Save the South Central Farm & Support Small Farms Worldwide!
WHERE: Grand Lake Farmers Market, Oakland (near Lake Merritt at the corner of Grand and Lake parkway alongside the 580 Freeway)
WHEN: July 8, 2006 – 10 am – 2 pm
FEATURING: Music, food, Julia Butterfly Hill, Van Jones, and other speakers
Map: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.8113&longitude=-122.2479&zoom=7...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 2:45pm PDT
Last Minute Phone Call Reverses Old-Growth Logging Approval... For now. the plan is once again open to public comment. more info at:
http://saveancientforests.blogspot.com/...
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 12:06am PDT
Special BCA E-Alert for California - Universal Health Care Breast Cancer Action and partner organizations will be hosting community forums
throughout the state to help build support for universal health care....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 10:59pm PDT
The Ancient Redwoods: Witnesses to a Fading Republic 
The Ancient Redwoods are older by centuries than the American Republic itself. They are found only in the northwest coastal region of the nation. They have witnessed this country’s birth struggle, its awful Civil War, its rapacious expansion westward, and now, finally, its imperial hubris and rapid decline. By the time the Bush-Cheney Gang gets done ripping the country off (aided by complicit Democrats), the Republic will be a fading memory....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 5:56pm PDT
Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation Endanger Winnemen Wintu Ceremonies (Update) Two U.S. government agencies, the Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation, are endangering the right of the Winnemem Wintu (McCloud River) Tribe to conduct their "Balas Chonas" ceremony from July 8 through 11 at Lake Shasta....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 11:26am PDT
Bay Area Solar Energy Links review of support groups for solar energy, climate protection, clean air and food securtiy...
Posted: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 1:14pm PDT
Santa Cruz Logging Restrictions Upheld California Supreme Court upholds Santa Cruz restrictions on logging...
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 5:41pm PDT
Delta in Crisis, but Water Board Extends Ag Waivers for Five Years 
Here's my final article on the ag waivers hearing, with some photos included. This version includes some data on pesticides and some quotes that weren't in the original article I wrote right after the event....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 8:04am PDT
Maxxam Land Scam, 2,000 Acres To Lose Conservation Protection- Expected Next Week the rip-off continues...
Posted: Sat, Jul 1, 2006 11:35am PDT
Mendocino County Adopts Precautionary Principle On June 27, 2006, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors adopted
the County's first-ever environmental policy - the Mendocino County
Precautionary Principle Policy....
Posted: Fri, Jun 30, 2006 6:42pm PDT
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