Recent Work

Kaweah farmers become a model for groundwater management. Ag Alert.

Jan. ‘25—As California farms adapt to new groundwater regulations, farmers in the Kaweah Subbasin in Tulare County have found creative ways to continue farming while protecting the aquifer.

Ventura County ICE raids alarm California farm community. Ag Alert.

June ‘25—Federal agents raided more than a dozen farms and packinghouses on the Oxnard Plain, detaining 35 farmworkers and sowing fear ahead of the summer harvest season.

Farmworkers Heal Climate-Scarred Land With Native Seeds. Civil Eats.

July ‘25—Farmworkers at Hedgerow Farms in California’s Central Valley have developed unique knowledge about the cultivation of native grass and wildflower seeds needed for ecological restoration.