Immigrant Labor
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Letter to the Editor
Our job here at Made Local Magazine is to tell the endlessly inspiring, diverse, and true stories that rise within the Sonoma County food system. A celebration of diversity is more important now than ever. That we happen to live in a region with a long history of economic growth that’s dependent on immigrant labor…
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True Cost of Farming
Humberto Castañeda Produce is the largest grower of vegetables in Sonoma County – and they are struggling to survive. Humberto Castañeda Produce lies next to a particularly fast stretch of River Road between Santa Rosa and Forestville. I miss the turn on the first pass, just glimpsing the numbers of the address as I whiz…