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Weed It and Reap: What Should I Eat? Arthritis, Autoimmune Disease, and Diet

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Best Berry Smoothie Magic ingredient: Coconut Water.It contains easily digested carbohydrates in the form of sugar and electrolytes. Low in calories, naturally free of fat and cholesterol, more potassium than four bananas, and super hydrating.  Best Coconut Water?  According to Portland Food & Drink it’s #1. Coco Community   #2. Taste Nirvana, Real Coconut Water* #3. Harmless Harvest Coconut Water  #4. Trader Joe’s 100{dd0cd34122dbae65783fecc72bd11557332a508703ea19fba02fcfd97aa5ece1} Pure (cold case) Use fresh […]

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Californians for Pesticide Reform: Twenty Year Anniversary Rally and Day of Action in the State Capitol

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Please Listen to Tish Hinojosa’s song, “Something in the Rain” Today, a new generation of teachers has awakened to the pesticide issue, and the embers of Farm without Harm have caught fire again. The new group, which meets once a month in Salinas and once a month in Watsonville, has named itself Safe Ag Safe

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Organic and Sustainable Agriculture – Re-Designing the Food System

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I’ve taken the last 6 months away from my novel to go back to classroom teaching in the Pajaro River Valley. My middle school classroom – a well-equipped computer lab in a state-of-the-art Google Classroom paperless school – is surrounded by agricultural fields. Many of my 7th and 8th grade students are children of freseros

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New State Report on Pesticide Use Near Schools

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I just drove home, on this beautiful full moon California night in June, from a meeting at the AFL-CIO Labor Hall in Salinas with the Safe Strawberry Working Group. When I got home, I said hello to my dogs, poured three fingers of Chivas Regal in my glass, and read over the news and information

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Our Watershed as a Lifeboat, Our Whole Earth Watershed, “Planet Water”

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“The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.” Luna Leopold This weekend, the University of California Santa Cruz Common Ground Center (“Education for a Just and Sustainable World”) sponsored a series of programs about restoring our watersheds. The keynote speaker was Brock Dolman of Occidental Arts &

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Luis Valdez, Anne Perry and Jack London

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  I’ve been rubbing shoulders with genius. I’m a huge admirer of Luis Valdez of Teatro Campisino. His work influenced my novel. This Fall, I went to see his brilliant Valley of the Heart (Oh, you MUST see it!) in San Juan Bautista, and he graciously consented to this photo. (Swoon)  The San Francisco Lit

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Pregnant with Pears

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Does anyone have any pear recipes?  Our magical fairy pear tree exploded with pears this August. Raining down sweet perfect pears by the hundreds. I’ve been giving away as many as possible, and trying to make sure Joe and I eat at least one a day. Please, leave your pear recipes here. My neighbor Beth’s

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Summer Fruit

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I’m thinking of adding a tag line to the title of my novel: The Death of the Gecko, “Fruit of the Devil”, “La Fruta del Diablo”. That’s what the freseros, the people who pick in the strawberry fields, call strawberries. Strawberries are a beautiful fruit, and very nutritious, when grown organically. Fruit is one of

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it’s my birthday. (archived)

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Posted on October 19, 2011 by msflo Finished the scene where Ms. B attends her first meeting of the Watsonville Wetlands Watch and learns about the struggle to save the Tai Property on the ocean side of Highway 1. Doing background research for this scene, I learned more about the courage, perseverance, wisdom and genius

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