The Grange Farm School is among the most exciting projects of the California State Grange to emerge over past decade. Given the populist, radical history of the Grange, its growing membership of innovative farmers, ranchers, advocates and activists, it comes as no surprise that educating the next generation of farmers became a priority for the…
From Petaluma Grange President Tiffany Renee – This Wednesday, January 20th, the Music, Parks and Recreation Commission will be reviewing their Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program and seeking feedback on the use of pesticides like glyphosate (RoundUp). Glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen according to the World Health Organization. It’s time for Sonoma County and its cities…
The Bodega Bay Grange #777 will host its annual Crab Cioppino Feed on Sunday January 17, 2016 at the Grange Hall on Highway 1 in Bodega Bay. For those of us now forced to wait for the crab fishing season to begin – delayed by the state due an extraordinary algae bloom which leaves a…
How to deal with your livestock in the event of a major natural (or other) disaster was the subject of a November 4 gathering of farmers, ranchers and advocates at the Petaluma Library. From Petaluma Grange Lecturer Connie Madden’s In Her Own Write blog: So Petaluma Grange President, Tiffany Renee, her helpful techie husband, Jaimey…
Important message from Bob McFarland of the real California State Grange – temporarily rebranded as CSG while fighting a National Grange court case. Our granddaughter needs help Brothers and Sisters I have never met Sophia. But I looked at her pretty smile and sparkly eyes and I’ve fallen in love with her, at first sight.…
Farmers Guild founder and member of the Sebastopol Grange on the Grange Renaissance which has been picking up steam over the past decade. New generation discovers Grange as relevant today as 150 years ago by Evan Wiig The crash shook America to its core. Decades of laissez faire economics, corporate gambling and too-big-to-fail banks had…
A Granger’s Lament from Petaluma Grange Lecturer Connie Madden Robert Digitale’s article, Sonoma County’s Granges Status in Question, left out the character and work of the California State Grange, now called CSG after a court order obtained by the National Grange, made it unable to use the common word grange. Living at Oasis Community Farm…
The Press Democrat this weekend discovered there’s a National vs. California Grange war going on, and – surprise surprise – leaped in on the side of Big Ag, publishing a front-page, above the fold scare piece under the headline “Granges facing loss of status, assets.” More on this article & the PD will be forthcoming.…
Bay Area folks are invited to join us in Petaluma on June 23 for a discussion of a Farmers’ Bill of Rights. The growing California State Granges have, since 2012, been conducting meetings at Granges across the state to determine how best to support farmers, food producers and the rest of us in creating the…
