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July 2019 News clips (July 16-31)

July 31st, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
We Have Fire Everywhere' (New York Times Magazine) Jon Mooallem, July 31 Those towns grew into cities; the land around them, suburbs. More than a century of fire suppression left the ecosystems abutting them misshapen and dysfunctional.
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July 2019 News clips (July 1-15)

July 31st, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Inside The Lives Of Farmworkers: Top 5 Lessons I Learned On The Ground (NPR) Dan Charles, July 15 Philip Martin, an economist at the University of California, Davis, who's spent his professional life studying farm labor markets, says employers are adapting to the worker shortage in four different wa...
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Soda taxes have been proven to reduce consumption.
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Soda tax advocates ride a political roller-coaster

July 26th, 2019
When Genoveva Islas was 12 years old, she was responsible for giving insulin injections to her diabetic tia, her aunt. Tia lost her toes, lost her leg, lost her life, Islas said. This is a very important fight.
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In memoriam: Curt Lynn

July 24th, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Curtis Day Lynn, UC Cooperative Extension viticulture advisor emeritus, passed away May 27, 2019, at age 90. Lynn earned a bachelor's degree at Fresno State. In 1953, Lynn was drafted into the Army and stationed in Verdun, France for two years.
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Scientists expect pistachio trees to be more resilient to California climate change than the ubiquitous almond.
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Climate and California agriculture of the future

July 10th, 2019
One of the forces driving agricultural experiments in California's fertile San Joaquin Valley is climate change, reported Mark Schapiro on Grist.org. Although some sources still don't feel completely comfortable with the concept.
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June 2019 News clips (June 16-30)

July 1st, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Longtime local UC Cooperative Extension advisor retires (Appeal-Democrat) Jake Abbott, June 30 [Page A1] After nearly four decades as the Yuba-Sutter area's tree crops and environmental horticulture advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, Janine Hasey recently announced that she would leave the po...
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