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April 12, 2006
Cesar Chavez Legacy, Half-Off!
As if the once-proud United Farm Workers couldn't get any lamer (see tiny-ass picture below), along comes a UFW spring sale. "Sooner or later the march ends and you have to go home," goes their breathless pitch. "Bummer...but don't just sit there! You can still remember Cesar Chavez and support the ... More >>
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May 23, 2007
Unfortunate Acronym of the Day
Earlier today, representatives from the Arizona Interfaith Network, Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, Kansas City's El Centro and the United Farm Workers set up a teleconference call to argue why comprehensive immigration reform is necessary. They met under the name Coalition for Comprehensive Imm ... More >>
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August 13, 2007
Catching Mitt
Hey parents! Want to pay a couple hundred smackers to bring the family out to meet a guy who has no hope of becoming president? And never mind that -- could anything be more appealing than a barbecue hosted by a guy who not only won't touch alcohol, but doesn't even approve of caffeine? That's righ ... More >>
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October 30, 2007
Orange County's Bad Sheriffs: A Brief History
With the world going ga-ga about our federally indicted sheriff Mike Carona, what better time to take a trip back and revisit the county's more-jerkish sheriffs? Just a brief history, ma'am: THEO LACY (1891-1895; 1899-1911): Presided over the last lynching in Orange County history. LOGAN JACKSON ( ... More >>
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May 16, 2008
Funny Historical Quote of the Day...
...comes from Adelina Pleasants, author of 1931's History of Orange County California. In her entry on the county's citrus industry, Pleasants wondered whether "it is going to pay to replace all our fine walnut orchards with oranges." And you wonder why Orange Count historians are usually as respect ... More >>
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September 30, 2008
Foods to Show Country of Origin
According to various news reports and this one from ABC News, beginning this week, the USDA is requiring that all food retailers label some foods with their country of origin. The law, called COOL (Country of Origin Labeling) will mandate that the consumer is informed where all "raw beef, veal, lam ... More >>
News
April 15, 2004
Massacre at Agua Caliente
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
Columns
March 19, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
Columns
March 5, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
News
February 26, 2009
Playing Hive and Seek With the Backyard Beekeepers
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
Food
February 12, 2009
This Valentine's Weekend May Be Your Best Chance to Eat Oysters for Years to Come
Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert
Calendar
June 5, 2008
Plow Boys (and Girls)
Los Campesinos!
News
December 20, 2007
Sisterly Concern
UFW legend Dolores Huerta wonders why her old friends who run the St. Joseph's hospitals have turned on their own workers
Features
September 20, 2007
Donna Buonos 7 Favorite Things
Morning Song Farmer
News
October 17, 2002
The Spoils of War
Morning Song Farmer
Culture
January 18, 2007
Sty Life
South Coast Repertory plays in the mud with Pig Farm
Culture
January 4, 2007
Scary Shit
Our sick world frightens Greg Kotis, so he writes impossibly funny plays
News
June 8, 2006
Gunkist Oranges
Wonder why Orange County trembles whenever its Mexicans protest? Welcome to the Citrus War of 1936, the most important event in Orange County history youve never heard of
News
September 2, 2004
Agrans Tree People
Somebodys going to get very rich on the Great Park
Film
April 22, 2004
I Agronomist, Journalist, Gadfly
Jonathan Demme films Haitian crusader Jean Dominique
Features
January 15, 2004
Like,Gross!
Four Reasons to Throw Away this Issue NOW!
News
November 27, 2003
Fish-Free Sea
You may live to see it in your lifetime
Features
September 27, 2001
La Palma
Cypress writ small
News
September 13, 2001
Ringing the Taco Bell
Activists ask Irvine-based quesadilla kings to raise tomato pickers pay
Columns
May 20, 1999
Don't Panic, Drink Organic
Activists ask Irvine-based quesadilla kings to raise tomato pickers pay
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Great Park, Nearby Farms Produce 100 Tons of Food for Poor
Anyone else have a craving for a fresh orange?The Orange County Great Park at the old El Toro Marine Corps Air Station is just getting started providing thrills, chills and paid-parking revenues, but farming has been continuing out there through it all--much to the benefit of the Orange County Food ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2009
UPDATE: Organic Food "No Better Than Conventional," Study Finds
As reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition yesterday, the British-commissioned survey, which took its findings from 55 studies made in the past 50 years, claims that eating organic food "will make no important difference to a person's overall health".According to Alan Dangour, one ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights
As reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition yesterday, the British-commissioned survey, which took its findings from 55 studies made in the past 50 years, claims that eating organic food "will make no important difference to a person's overall health".According to Alan Dangour, one ... More >>
Blogs
February 25, 2011
Best of the West Chowderfest -- March 12
It's a good thing we're on the West coast, or else we might have to tell you about the Beast of the East Chowderfeast. But instead, Long Beach's Aquarium of the Pacific hosts this chowder competition at their 7th Annual Sustainable Seafood Day. Besides, as Californians, we're freed of New Engla ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Food Profiling: Strawberry Season At Tanaka Farms
Ain't that a beaut?Tanaka Farms' story begins with Takeo Tanaka, who came to the United States by way of Hiroshima, Japan, in the early 1900s. Takeo had a son, George, born and raised in the Northern California city of Dinuba. Not wanting to fight in Pearl Harbor, George fled to Utah, where he me ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
The Wars against Choc Finger, the World's Ultimate Chocolate Villain
Flickr user zapstratosphereThe story of Anthony Ward is relatively known at this point--the British fund manager whose manipulation and domination of the world's cocoa bean market have earned him the nickname "Choc Finger." It's his thirst for cash that can drive up or crash cocoa prices, which i ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
USDA Pushing for School Districts to Buy Food from Local Farmers
Photo by Das UbergeekFrom the Irvine Farmers' Market: Will Organic Pears Make it into SanTana Unified?Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama, take note: the United States Department of Agriculture has just announced that it's implementing a rule that is "encouraging" school districts to buy from local f ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Web Extra: Summer Guide Infographic--The Last Orange Groves in Orange County
Orange County residents have bemoaned the encroachment of suburbia and loss of our orange groves for decades. In 1963's Historical Volume and Reference Works: Including Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens, a three-volume compendium of Orange County history, author Mildred Yorba MacArthur--s ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Looming Deadline For Gov. Jerry Brown in United Farm Worker's-Backed SB 104
Alas, he can ignore it no more. Gov. Jerry Brown has to either sign or veto SB 104 by 11:59 p.m. tomorrow. The bill, which was introduced by Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), would get rid of secret-ballot elections and implement a card-check method for farm workers deciding whethe ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Veto:] Looming Deadline For Gov. Jerry Brown in United Farm Worker's-Backed SB 104
UPDATE, JUNE 29, 2:55 P.M.: The last line in Gov. Jerry Brown's letter addressed to state senators reads: "I am returning Senate Bill 104 without my signature."In the veto letter, Brown cites his past experience with farm labor legislation. He reminds the readers that in 1975 the nation's fi ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Greening the Revolution Feeds Your Head About Farming Around the World
Agribusiness reaps record wealth. Starving protesters cry for affordable food. Farmers and farm workers find themselves caught in the middle.But, as the documentary Greening the Revolution shows, farmers and workers are organized, fighting back and implementing their own sustainable alternativ ... More >>

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