This is awfully big news for any Californian whose life has been affected by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s unforgivable spraying of the families of Santa Cruz and Monterrey Counties in 2007 with the pesticides CheckMate LBAM-F and CheckMate ORLF. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered a ban on two controversial [...]

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If you’ve come here looking for further information regarding the Sonoma County Crop Quarantine and the light brown apple moth, this article aims to serve as your crash course in understanding the issue. In reading the following articles and watching the following videos, you may find it hard to believe that so much chaos, corruption [...]

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Not many weeks ago, I wept tears of joy with much of the rest of the world over the historic election of Barrack Obama. I’ve never been one to pay much attention to politics, because I always come away depressed and angry, but this was an exception. I supported the symbolism of our nation breaking [...]

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Dear Readers, It gives me no pleasure to link to this article, published by Harry Cline of the Western Farm Press. It is riddled with inaccuracies and claims of safety which fly in the face of the recent OEHHA report findings that the pheromone-pesticide sprayed in 2007 on the Central Coast was, indeed, a health [...]

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News on the LBAM front has been scarce of late, but I know all of my readers will want to read the following article, detailing OEHHA’s LBAM spray report. This is an excellent article, and as it points out, the health harms people experienced and the future harms they feared were legitimate. While, as vegans, [...]

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This afternoon, my husband and I were in Marin County. Standing along the beautiful bay shore there, I found myself suddenly in the grip of an incredibly strong feeling – a blend of sadness, anger, urgency – looking at the land and thinking of how the CDFA and the forces behind it had been threatening [...]

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Professor Glen Chase continues to champion the rights of Californians and the ethics of honesty, transparency and decency in his 3rd CDFA Fraud Report, released today. Read The Full Report Here ————— Press Release: October 7, 2008, Santa Cruz, California CDFA MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FRAUD REVEALED BY PROFESSOR PROFESSOR RELEASES THIRD REPORT DETAILING THE FRAUD AND [...]

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On Tuesday, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed Jared Huffman’s AB 2765 Bill which deals with governmental and agency power to conduct ‘emergency’ aerial spraying of pesticides. From the Monterey Herald Article: The law requires the state to hold public hearings before spraying and to disclose ingredients of the spray to the public, he said. It requires an [...]

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Professor Glen Chase comes to the defense of the American people again with his second report of egregious acts of fraud and child endangerment committed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture in their pursuit of the light brown apple moth. Read the press release and download the report here. Our sincere thanks go [...]

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STOP THE SPRAY REMEMBERS Writing our own history and demanding accountability SAVE THE DATES October 25, 6 – 8 PM, Downtown Santa Cruz Commemorative events and candlelight march to remember the aerial sprayings over the Monterey Bay area in fall 2007. November 8, 7:45 PM – 4 AM, Santa Cruz Vigil and reading of Stop [...]

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