Issue: September 25, 2014
Good morning, readers!
Do you enjoy locally grown produce and meats? Well, you're in luck!
We've got a Farm to Table-filled issue for you this week. This is our
second annual special issue aimed at shining the spotlight on the local
agriculture community. This time around, our feature package focuses on
women in ag and the increasing role they're playing out in the fields,
getting their hands dirty. But check out other stories throughout the
issue, too, for Farm to Table-themed stories. In Greenways, for
instance, we highlight the Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign that's uniting
small farmers with restaurants and groceries. In 15 Minutes, we
interview Colleen Cecil, the head of the Butte County Farm Bureau. And
just to offer a little something different, in my column, Homegrown, I
interview a local woodworker who makes some beautiful tables (among
other things) at which to eat all this local bounty.
In other news: Assistant News Editor Howard Hardee gets a little dirty
himself out cleaning the creeks left trashed mostly by homeless
encampments; staff writer Ken Smith delves a little deeper into the
controversy brewing at Butte College involving football players and
sexual assaults; and Smith also takes a tour of the new Jewish
children's library at the Chabad House in honor of Rosh Hashana. (Happy
New Year if this is your holiday!)
As always, have a great week and keep on readin' on!
Meredith J. Graham, associate editor
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Collegiate cowgirls
Standout Chico State agriculture students aren’t afraid to make their own way in an industry traditionally dominated by men.
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Playing middle-woman
Noelle Ferdon is connecting local growers to wholesale markets with the North Valley Food Hub.
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Planting seeds
Mother, daughter and granddaughter look to break strereotype.
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Leaving more than a trace
Homeless encampments play big role in unprecedented trashing of Chico’s waterways.
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Butte faces more penalties
Lawyer reveals ongoing investigation of Butte College regarding an alleged 2012 rape by a football player, and another player currently faces felony assault charges.
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Seeking office
Climate change, fracking dominate candidates forum discussion.
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‘Surveillance state’
Ex-CIA analyst joins Chico State profs in discussion of Fourth Amendment, government power over Americans.
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Water bond opposition
Local water defenders come out against Prop 1.
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Attempted kidnapping spree
Woman tries to kidnap two kids downtown.
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Women’s deaths commemorated
Family, friends gather to remember two deaths a year ago.
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Where our food is grown
California leads food production in the U.S., followed by these states.
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Local growers prosper
Small operations like Farmelot in Vina benefit from Buy Fresh Buy Local, which lines supermarket shelves with their produce.
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Bouts and illness
Local woman overcomes ulcerative colitis and surgery to get rough with Nor Cal Roller Girls.
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Produce ranked by poison
Popular produce items ranked by pesticide residue levels.
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Sweet ’n slow death
Artificial sweeteners may set the body up for diabetes.
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Sued over sluggishness
State has backlog of more than 350,000 Medi-Cal applications.
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Multiple disease disorder
What we know as schizophrenia may actually be eight different disorders.
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Thank you, farmers
Giving props to the local folks who fill our plates.
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Compromise is key
Flying military banners in a limited area for a limited time is the way to go.
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Why CPJC stands with Palestine
Local peace organization gives its take on the violence in the Middle East.
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Advocacy and pets
CN&R story results in a helping hand; and a couple of editors go gaga for pets.
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Voice of the people
Colleen Cecil talks about her role in the Butte County Farm Bureau and the state of women in ag.
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Keeping the craft alive
Putting the ‘table’ in Farm to Table.
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Bread for books
Honoring the dead with new library built with proceeds from mother and daughter’s home-baked challah.
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Huckleberry: Stories, Secrets, and Recipes From Our Kitchen
Bake like a Huckleberry.
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Let it bleed
Personal stories of joy and loss with Brooklyn folk-rock trio.Personal stories of joy and loss with Brooklyn folk-rock trio.
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It’s alive!
Turn your kitchen into a food lab with at-home fermentation.
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A shot of the underworld
Strong characters and great actors in screenwriter Dennis Leehane’s latest crime drama.
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Dead in the city
Liam Neeson tracks down killers in a dying city.
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