A great time on the Santa Clara County Farm Tour

Just reporting in that CGF's Farm Tour went really well on Saturday. Around 40 people attended, we went to four locations (an orchard with cherry tastings, an organic vegetable farm, a cattle ranch, and winery), had lots of great food, and heard the farmers' concerns. Jan Garrod, president of the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, gave a very nice speech on how the farmers' best allies are the environmentalists. There was one spill on the bus that turned out to be very minor, so everything worked out fine.

We'll do an in-depth report later, but just wanted to get the word out. These events have been a lot of fun as well as extremely educational.

-Brian

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Mercury News publishes CGF Op-Ed on Coyote Valley

I'm happy to report that the Mercury News has published the Op-Ed I wrote on behalf of CGF regarding why developing Coyote Valley is an environmental disaster. The link to the Mercury News online version is here, and is reproduced here on our website.

By the way, the print edition of the article mentions my affiliation with Committee for Green Foothills, and also has an excellent, enlarged excerpt:

Coyote Valley developers have now resorted to lame suggestions that destroying farmland actually helps the environment.

We've been heavily involved on Coyote Valley issues. We did a major Action Alert last year, we've written many articles in our newsletter, and you'll find Coyote Valley news all over our website. We remain heavily involved, especially in preparing comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report that are due at the end of June.

-Brian

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