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Name: Dr. George Sellu Occupation: Professor of Agriculture Workplace: Santa Rosa Junior College Dr. George Sellu is an agriculture professor at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC), where he teaches plant science and coordinates the hemp agriculture and agribusiness programs. George led the SRJC efforts in developing the first hemp agriculture program in California. He graduated…
Locavox: Q&A with Essential Workers

Name: Laura Hinerfeld Occupation: Registered Nurse Workplace: Sutter Santa Rosa, ICU What has and hasn’t changed about your workday? So much has changed! Just walking in is different. We have our temperatures monitored as we come in. We are handed a mask to wear for our shift. We have nurses from other departments cross-training with…
Locavox: Guy Tillotson

For the past four years, Tillotson has been working hard to make SRJC a greener campus. When a much-needed and appreciated compost bin appeared in our English department workroom, I knew whom to thank. While many of his efforts fly under the radar, Tillotson can be seen around campus daily–wheeling trash cans, emptying water and…
Locavortex: September Climate Strike

How we eat, and how we dispose of the food we eat, are inextricably connected with climate change. As locally based organizations like California Climate & Agriculture (CalCAN) have made clear, the way food is grown has significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture can either contribute to the problem or be a solution as…
LOCAVOX: Stories from the people who make our food system go

JESÚS GUZMÁN Board Chair at Graton Day Labor Center The State of Working Sonoma 2018, paints a devastating portrait in data of a split in Sonoma County, between the rich and poor, with an economic gap that continues to widen. Prepared by Jesús Guzmán, a graduate of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and…
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Leonard Diggs has been farm manager at Shone Farm for 20 years. On 365 acres off River Road, the working farm is the outdoor learning laboratory for Santa Rosa Junior College’s agriculture and natural resource programs. As the manager, Diggs keeps track of all of the farming enterprises and coordinates the staff, students, and instructors…
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Locavox: Stories from the people who make our food system go Dana Peck, Cofounder and CEO at Render Healdsburg. Dana Peck launched Render in 2017 with two other cofounders, Ali Bouzari, a culinary scientist with a Ph.D. in food biochemistry, and Daniel Felder, the former head of research and development at Momofuku Lab, the food…
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Ronni Sands Garden Teacher at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm Willow Summer Author and Garden Teacher Soon after meeting, Willow Summer and Ronni Sands knew they would write a book together. As the founder of City Slicker Farms in Oakland and the author (with Novella Carpenter) of a book on urban farming, Summers had established…
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DOUG GOSLING Mother Garden Biodiversity Program Coordinator at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center Garden /Manager at Food for Thought If you’ve ever had the good luck to visit the Mother Garden at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, then you know what the Garden of Eden might have looked like. The garden’s beauty and abundance is largely due to the…
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Letitia Henke, Executive Director, The Lime Foundation Letitia Hanke is the owner of a thriving roofing company in Santa Rosa, but the road to success hasn’t been easy. Her childhood in Lake County was marked by severe bullying which lasted until high school, when playing in the school band brought friends and increased confidence. Hanke went on to attend Sonoma…