In the 1850’s, farmers from the United States began a massive migration, crossing the continent first to the gold fields in Colorado and California then to the rich soil and abundant sunshine of the lowlands such as the San Joaquin. Along the way they infilled the plains and mountain, rapidly filling the country with land-hungry …
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New California Revolution?
It seems some people from the interior of California seriously want to disassociate from the rest of the state. They want to break off from the coastal counties, from Sonoma and Napa all the way down to Orange County, and let them be Old California - the rest of the state, the rural and …
Hurricane Relief – How to Help
Today more than ever, people in the southeast and the Caribbean need our help. The massive damage caused by the horrible onslaught of hurricanes this year is beyond imagining. Authorities say that Puerto Rico and nearby islands are a full-blown humanitarian crisis, with an immediate need for lifesaving supplies and years of work ahead …
Ventura County: Still a Farming Center
I recently had a chance to visit a lemon grower and a packing house down in Southern California’s Ventura county. I really didn’t know what to expect; with places like Santa Barbara, and Malibu, the Pacific Coast Highway and miles of beaches, this is surfer heaven. It’s hard to associate farms and farming with …
Pillow Talk
Melissa Carr must be quite a woman, one on a par with the former Lynda Reis Sanford (now Wilcox). In the words of one of my favorite writers, she's a woman to ride the river with. I've never met Melissa Carr, or her husband Andy. He's a retired Texas game warden from Lubbock, and he's …
