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Gardening in Yreka: Bringing the Community Together

When it comes to smaller communities like Yreka, there always seems to be some medium that brings people together. In this case, it just...

Food Hub Basics

"BIPOC Produce" is a new Fresno-based initiative involving over 90 BIPOC (Black Indigenous and People of Color) farmers whose founder,...

Becoming a Certified California Naturalist and learning to read the landscape

Since last September, I’ve been serving with the Yolo County Resource Conservation District (Yolo RCD), which has a hand in a variety of...

Back to Blodgett

My first time at Blodgett Forest Research Station was Thursday July 22, 2021. Not a significant date in any other way, but easy to...

OFFICIALLY RANKING CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS FROM BEST TO WORST

I have been helping farmers with native plant landscaping for almost two years now, and ranking the native plants I work with from best...

A Musical Glimpse into Quincy California

Polzack Brother's impromptu performance This year, I am lucky to be in service with Lost Sierra Food Project, a community-based nonprofit...

A City Slicker’s Observations on More Foresty Forestry

It seems like everyone owns a chainsaw and a pair of heavy logger boots in Trinity County. Forestry, whether it’s for extracting timber...

Teaching Makes Us Better at Our Jobs

Our “rainfall simulator” deluges brick-sized soil samples on an unseasonably radiant January morning in Mendocino County. The “rain”...

Seeing the Forest for the Trees

Freshly planted trees at the end of a school oak planting trip. When you think about tree planting projects, a few common images might...

Duncan and Jacob: Cannabis farmers of Trinity County

Walking into the Hayfork County Fair, there was a blue ribbon prize for the best tomatoes, squash, bouquet, and cannabis flower. This...

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