... the "sample size" bags that many quality dog food makers produce.

In the past I've had to special order boxes of "sampler bags" of dry dog food- which is expensive because it's not a regularly...

I just returned from the enthusiastic Women’s March in Santa Rosa. An estimated 4,000 of us were there. The PD article below will be revised. There are some excellent photos online. I was especially...

A letter to the Editor-Press Democrat. 1/18

Defining sustainable
EDITOR: Saturday’s promotional supplement on sustainable wine growing shows the shortfalls of the sustainability program. Under...

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Here is an eye opening assessment report on the winegrowers 'sustainability' meeting by Pam Strayer, a leading specialist on organic and bio-dynamic wines:
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Perhaps we're just jaded by the amount of fluff pieces that the Press-Oligarchy put out about the rich people around town to sway our opinions about the destruction of the environment. There is one...

Fences are the bane of wildlife. In the 25 years I've lived just outside of Sebastopol, not only have most of the apple orchards been cut down, replaced by vineyards, but ugly, industrial-strength...

Thank you, AnnMarie, for opening this conversation.

We have to make this place be good for the other forms of life, because if it's not good for them, it's not going to be good for us either....

There are far more deer at my place on the outskirts of Graton then there were 30 years ago. This is because the grape growers have fenced off large areas and because the apple growers used to shoot...

Definitely want to watch out for those deer colonizers, they just come in cut down forests, poison the land with pesticides, create mono-cultures for themselves, yep, deers needs are definitely...