In April, Madera Community College hosted the American Friends Service Committee’s Pan Valley Institute (PVI) national encuentro, or gathering, titled Salt of the Earth, centering California’s Central [...] Continue Reading
Environment
Moving to Community Choice Aggregation for Energy
By Rob England The Climate Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has been a leader in creating climate solutions and action plans for a climate-safe future in California, hosted a community meeting [...] Continue Reading
Allensworth Combats Floodwaters, Big Ag and Railroad
Overabundant flood waters from southern Sierra rivers have put some San Joaquin Valley communities in harm’s way. One such community is the historic town of Allensworth in Tulare County. Residents are [...] Continue Reading
Last Chance CSU Fresno
In a fall football classic more suited to a Netflix season finale than Election Day, Fresno State pigskin boosters fumbled their Measure E sales tax proposal and took a classic fall in November. But [...] Continue Reading
How Agricultural Research Can Help Small Farmers
Aidee Guzman, a Fresno County native, is an ecologist who is looking at how agricultural management affects fungi and carbon cycling to examine their relationship and effect on biodiversity. Her work [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
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Central Valley Partnership Sponsored Page
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Letters to the Editor
About Your “Prison Gladiator Fights” Article Reader comments regarding “California Prison Gladiator Fights, Again!” (March 2023 issue): First of all, that was a really good article. You covered [...] Continue Reading
“Natural Energy” Initiative Fires Up
Fresno politicos joined hands, linked arms and stood tall with private interests on the first of the month and announced a bold new direction for the county’s one million–plus urban and rural [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith Climate Summit
By Magdalena Wenger There is a connection between humans and the natural world; faith can help us to see this connection in new and deeper ways. Many religions and spiritualities share a common [...] Continue Reading
Court Orders Reconsideration of Cancer-Causing Pesticide Regulation
In early March, the Alameda County Superior Court ruled that a proposed regulation fails to protect farmworkers who labor near fumigated fields from harmful levels of exposure to the cancer-causing [...] Continue Reading
Blooming Beginnings: Sweet Girl Farms
As the citrus season comes to a sweet end and the warmth of spring turns our acres pink, Sweet Girl Farms, a farm stand run by Liset Garcia continues to flourish. At her stand off of Alta Avenue, you [...] Continue Reading