By Martin J. Bennett Last year the trade publication Wine Enthusiast recognized Sonoma County as the ‘Wine Region of the Year,’ and the Sonoma County Winegrowers Association announced that 99 percent of the county vineyards achieved their ‘sustainability’ certification. But the county’s farmworkers–who produce the wealth of the wine country–are […]
Pesticides
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Urgent Action Alert: Please join us at the Board of Supervisors Meeting Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 8:30am Location: Board of Supervisors Chambers 575 Administration Drive, Room 102A, Santa Rosa Agenda Item to be Discussed: Toxic Free Future in and around Sonoma County Public Areas The Board of Supervisors will be […]
On Wednesday night, September 5 2018 the Town Council of Windsor voted unanimously to ban the use of all synthetic pesticides, effective immediately. This decision is the result of over a year of work initiated by a local Windsor resident, Rosa Gray. Rosa noticed the Town spraying a walking trail […]
Conservation Action celebrated a victory last week when the City of Santa Rosa banned the use of synthetic pesticides like RoundUP in City public spaces. Volunteers for the Toxic Free Future campaign have been working with the City to adopt nontoxic landscape methods for several years. The City’s decision […]
By Megan Kaun, Nichole Warwick, Lendri Purcell 12/1/17 California will restrict farmers’ use of certain pesticides near schools ac- cording to a new rule announced this November. Taking effect Jan. 1, farmers will no longer be allowed to spray certain pesticides within a quarter mile of public K-12 schools and […]