Octogenarian Charlie Barra of Barra of Mendocino and Girasole Vineyards has predicted, spearheaded and witnessed lots of changes to farming in Mendocino over the course of his sixty four harvests. In this first video with Charlie, he discusses the process by which he and a group of others lead the charge to pass a countywide ordinance banning the use of genetically modified plant material in their county.
More information on the ban can be found on these websites:
The Mendocino Ecological Learning Center
Wild California
The Universtiy of California's "California Agriculture On-Line" site has an interesting history of the effort.
Friday, July 17, 2009
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