Newsletter

ACID CANAL - The unfolding natural and unnatural disaster that is taking place in California right now is
causing unprecedented impact to the citizens and wildlife of the state. Human nature is to find someone to
blame for the pain we are all experiencing from this 1000-year drought. What is happening in California did
not happen overnight.

DROUGHT AGAIN - In the movie Margin Call, about the financial collapse of the bond and real-estate markets, the two young men that have just discovered that the markets are going to crash, are walking the streets of New York. One of them asks as they observe the hustle and bustle of the city streets, “Do you think any of these people understand how much their life is going to change?

A Summer for The Record Books - A record-breaking drought, forest fires destroying our watershed in a scale that made a friend of mine say “We worry about deforestation in the Amazon, but we burnt up more land in California that exists in the Amazon.” Is that true?

A CommunityThat Never Gives Up - The year 2020 taught us many things. It taught us that the world can change in an instant and that no matter how well you plan, those plans can disappear. It also showed us the value of community. There is no better example of that strength and community, than the annual Family Water Alliance dinner.

California’s Central Valley Project, Small Farms, Big Results - Many small communities benefit from the water from the CVP and provide not only farm products, but destinations for families looking to get back to a simpler way of life. One of those communities is Happy Valley, located west of highway 273, between Redding and Anderson, California.

YES FARMERS ARE ESSENTIAL! These past few weeks we have added a new word to our everyday vocabulary, essential. Most of us in the farming community understand that word essential, but a whole new generation of people are learning the meaning the hard way.