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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his family illegally crossed the border from Mexico about six years ago. When he arrived, his average workday was about 11 hours; now it's seven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We take longer to fill up the box because the strawberries are smaller,\" he says. \"When the strawberries are bigger, you fill up the box faster.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He gently places the glistening fruit in yellow baskets. He's paid by the box, but his supervisor will refuse the fruit if it's blemished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_99860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/08/berry-pick30-2d3d5d0b59db94f24a7973fe4c929fb0ed2f6c37-e1440724210301.jpg\" alt=\"A field worker fills a box of strawberries in Watsonville, Calif. Berry pickers say they're earning less money this year. Because of the drought, there's less fruit to pick, and the fruit that is there is smaller, which means it takes longer to fill a box. Pickers are paid by the box.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99860\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A field worker fills a box of strawberries in Watsonville, Calif. Berry pickers say they're earning less money this year. Because of the drought, there's less fruit to pick, and the fruit that is there is smaller, which means it takes longer to fill a box. Pickers are paid by the box. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/For NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His wife, Dominga, is out of work. She strained her back from picking berries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't have enough for food,\" she says in Spanish. \"For example, right now we have to pay rent, and bills and they're expensive.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dominga and her husband have four children. The family lives in a tiny apartment paying $1,600 a month in rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story is similar at a nearby migrant camp. Aracelli Fernandez and her children dig through donated piles of clothes strewn out on a dusty lawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In past years here, the grass was so green that we would come out and lay out during our breaks,\" Fernandez tells us in Spanish. \"If you take a look now, everything is dried up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 24 years of picking, she says, she's never seen such wilted plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We could be making 50 boxes in a day,\" she says. \"Right now we are only making 25 to 30 boxes per day.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael McCann, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.proteusinc.org/index.php/14-about-us\">Proteus\u003c/a>, an organization that offers services to agricultural workers, says the drought is exacerbating living conditions that are already bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These people live in poverty normally,\" he says. \"So when you cut their hours, or cut their ability to work, it just makes a poor situation worse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proteus is based in Visalia, near Fresno. It's ground zero for drought devastation. McCann says workers paid piecemeal are struggling the most. Smaller fruit hurt earnings. And these days, he says, they are a given.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Smaller fruit is an absolute. There's no question. It's easily seen. An orange which is normally a little larger than a baseball is now a little smaller than baseball,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a hydration issue: Cells in the fruit won't enlarge if they don't have enough water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCann says some farmers will pay laborers a higher wage to make up for smaller fruit, but not all do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 576,000 acres are not being planted this year — that's costing California's agriculture industry about $1.8 billion, according the UC Davis study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers at the bottom have been hit hardest. To see the effect, McCann says, just visit a food pantry or other group offering food-aid service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The lines are blocks long,\" McCann says, \"and yet the supermarket is empty. So that's a pretty simple visual example of the effect economically.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fernandez says the stress is taking its toll. \"Right now I have a migraine,\" she says. \"I've suffered from migraines for five years. But I have to show up to work regardless of the pain, because if I don't work, there isn't food in the house.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She places her hand on her lower back and points to a large knot. She lifts up her pant leg and reveals swollen knees. But, she says, she feels lucky to have a job. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98680\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/img_1634_wide-6c16c9457f49c53a8ee47000c0bb041ea237cfc2-e1438106184483.jpg\" alt=\"The price of water in San Diego County has more than doubled lately. But vineyards require 25 percent less water than citrus. As a result, the number of wineries in the county has tripled in recent years.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98680\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The price of water in San Diego County has more than doubled lately. But vineyards require 25 percent less water than citrus. As a result, the number of wineries in the county has tripled in recent years. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/Capital Public Radio )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2015/07/20150728_me_squeezed_by_drought_california_farmers_switch_to_less_thirsty_crops.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water scarcity is driving California farmers to plant different crops. Growers are switching to more profitable, less-thirsty fruits, vegetables and nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nowhere is this truer than San Diego County, where water prices are some of the highest in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grapefruit trees shade the entrance to Triple B Ranches winery in northern San Diego County. The tasting room is a converted kitchen festooned with country knick knacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Debbie Broomell runs the boutique winery with her father, Gary. Their quaint vineyard is only a few years old. For three generations, the Broomells have grown citrus. But, it's been hard to stay in the black growing oranges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the water problems and all the things that are going on, we're looking for something that takes a little less water, and grapes seem to be it,\" says Gary Broomell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adds Debbie, \"It's all trying to just kind of keep farming. How do you keep farming?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of water in the area has more than doubled in recent years. But vineyards require 25 percent less water than citrus. As a result, the number of wineries in San Diego County has tripled during the same time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the savings might not be enough to ensure survival for the Broomells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/img_1649-baf915798a62add658c5c2412aa2e54103308562-e1438106195192.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Broomell and his daughter, Debbie, pose behind a sign on their ranch in San Diego County. Their family has been growing citrus for generations, but lately, it's been hard staying in the black growing oranges, so they started a vineyard a few years ago.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98679\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Broomell and his daughter, Debbie, pose behind a sign on their ranch in San Diego County. Their family has been growing citrus for generations, but lately, it's been hard staying in the black growing oranges, so they started a vineyard a few years ago. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/ Capital Public Radio )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Debbie points to a shallow well in the middle of some grapevines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Dad's been cranking it down,\" she says, \"because the water table's been dropping. We're keeping our fingers crossed that [the wells] can kind of keep producing through the summer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary throws up his hands to the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still got July, August, September, October. You know?\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the drought doesn't end soon, Gary says they'll likely have to pull out of citrus altogether. He says he's looking into persimmons as another alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Larson from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdfarmbureau.org/Contact/ContactUs.php\">San Diego County Farm Bureau\u003c/a> takes me on a drive nearby through the San Pasqual Valley. Historically, citrus and avocados have been the two leading crops in north San Diego County. But several thousand acres of citrus and more than 10,000 acres of avocados have been taken out of production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You end up driving by these 400-acre citrus groves that are just abandoned,\" Larson says. Abandoned, he says, because \"they've turned the water off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, like the Broomells, not all farmers are giving up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers are switching to nurseries or planting unusual crops like pomegranates. Larson points to a field of dragonfruit – it \"uses very, very little water,\" says Larson. \"I guess I could best describe it as a cactus with fruit on it. [Farmers] are getting a lot of money per pound.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it's important to remember that not long ago, avocados were a specialty crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And, it was hard to sell those things. They were called alligator pears. People didn't know what they were,\" explains Larson. \"They got two to three cents a pound for them.\" But, he says, the avocado's popularity exploded as the country's Latino population grew, and more and more Mexican restaurants opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://are.ucdavis.edu/en/people/faculty/daniel-sumner/#pk_campaign=short-name-redirect&pk_kwd=sumner\">Daniel Sumner\u003c/a>, an economist at the University of California, Davis, says the drought is intensifying a trend that was already unfolding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The context is that what we produce in California has been changing for 200 years,\" Sumner says. You go back 140 years ago, California was the second-biggest wheat state in the country. The Central Valley was dry land, wheat farming. We were second to Kansas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As late as the 1980s, California was a leading cotton producer at 1.5 million acres. This year's cotton crop is expected to be about a tenth of that. Sumner says in today's market, cotton farmers can't make ends meet, so they're switching to almonds, pistachios or wine grapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, even though water-thirsty crops like almonds are under scrutiny, Sumner expects dry times and high water prices to continue to push California's farmland away from row crops and pasture, and toward higher-value orchards and vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the water problems and all the things that are going on, we're looking for something that takes a little less water, and grapes seem to be it,\" says Gary Broomell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adds Debbie, \"It's all trying to just kind of keep farming. How do you keep farming?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price of water in the area has more than doubled in recent years. But vineyards require 25 percent less water than citrus. As a result, the number of wineries in San Diego County has tripled during the same time period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the savings might not be enough to ensure survival for the Broomells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_98679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/07/img_1649-baf915798a62add658c5c2412aa2e54103308562-e1438106195192.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Broomell and his daughter, Debbie, pose behind a sign on their ranch in San Diego County. Their family has been growing citrus for generations, but lately, it's been hard staying in the black growing oranges, so they started a vineyard a few years ago.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-98679\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary Broomell and his daughter, Debbie, pose behind a sign on their ranch in San Diego County. Their family has been growing citrus for generations, but lately, it's been hard staying in the black growing oranges, so they started a vineyard a few years ago. \u003ccite>(Lesley McClurg/ Capital Public Radio )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Debbie points to a shallow well in the middle of some grapevines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Dad's been cranking it down,\" she says, \"because the water table's been dropping. We're keeping our fingers crossed that [the wells] can kind of keep producing through the summer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary throws up his hands to the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We still got July, August, September, October. You know?\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the drought doesn't end soon, Gary says they'll likely have to pull out of citrus altogether. He says he's looking into persimmons as another alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Larson from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sdfarmbureau.org/Contact/ContactUs.php\">San Diego County Farm Bureau\u003c/a> takes me on a drive nearby through the San Pasqual Valley. Historically, citrus and avocados have been the two leading crops in north San Diego County. But several thousand acres of citrus and more than 10,000 acres of avocados have been taken out of production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You end up driving by these 400-acre citrus groves that are just abandoned,\" Larson says. Abandoned, he says, because \"they've turned the water off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, like the Broomells, not all farmers are giving up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers are switching to nurseries or planting unusual crops like pomegranates. Larson points to a field of dragonfruit – it \"uses very, very little water,\" says Larson. \"I guess I could best describe it as a cactus with fruit on it. [Farmers] are getting a lot of money per pound.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it's important to remember that not long ago, avocados were a specialty crop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And, it was hard to sell those things. They were called alligator pears. People didn't know what they were,\" explains Larson. \"They got two to three cents a pound for them.\" But, he says, the avocado's popularity exploded as the country's Latino population grew, and more and more Mexican restaurants opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://are.ucdavis.edu/en/people/faculty/daniel-sumner/#pk_campaign=short-name-redirect&pk_kwd=sumner\">Daniel Sumner\u003c/a>, an economist at the University of California, Davis, says the drought is intensifying a trend that was already unfolding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The context is that what we produce in California has been changing for 200 years,\" Sumner says. You go back 140 years ago, California was the second-biggest wheat state in the country. The Central Valley was dry land, wheat farming. We were second to Kansas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As late as the 1980s, California was a leading cotton producer at 1.5 million acres. This year's cotton crop is expected to be about a tenth of that. Sumner says in today's market, cotton farmers can't make ends meet, so they're switching to almonds, pistachios or wine grapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, even though water-thirsty crops like almonds are under scrutiny, Sumner expects dry times and high water prices to continue to push California's farmland away from row crops and pasture, and toward higher-value orchards and vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.capradio.org\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It's easy to blame someone else for food waste. If this is really a $2.6 trillion issue, as the United Nations \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/nr/sustainability/food-loss-and-waste/en/\">estimates\u003c/a>, then who's in charge of fixing it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out, we the eaters play a big role here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we shop with our eyeballs in the produce aisle, our expectations for perfection contribute to the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've come to expect a dazzling array of eye candy with beautiful displays of cosmetically perfect fruits and vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, of course, nature serves up much more variation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, a big grocery chain in the West called Raley's is taking a swing at the food waste problem by trying to get customers to embrace the differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raley's announced Tuesday it will begin selling less-than-perfect fruits and vegetables in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But let's go back to where it all begins: the farm. As part of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/almost-half-americas-food-go-waste/\">collaboration \u003c/a>with PBS NewsHour, we hit the fields of Salinas Valley, Calif., for a reality check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a cauliflower field, we found lots of slightly yellow heads of cauliflower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You see how it just has that yellow tinge to it?\" Art Barrientos of Ocean Mist Farms points out. \"This is not marketable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's nothing wrong with these heads of cauliflower. The yellow tint comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But this just doesn't meet our standards,\" Barrientos says as we give it a taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads. So, these heads are plowed under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97066\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The yellow tint on this cauliflower comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-97066\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The yellow tint on this cauliflower comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The story is similar with misshapen crowns of broccoli and peaches that aren't perfectly shaped or colored. Harold McLarty of \u003ca href=\"http://www.hmcfarms.com/welcome-to-hmc\">HMC Farms\u003c/a> in Kingsburg, Calif., says 35 percent of his crop never makes it to market. Much of his surplus goes to cattle feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that depending on the crop, anywhere from 1 to 30 percent of food grown by farmers doesn't get to the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, as we've reported, food is wasted at every step in the supply chain — during transportation and processing and once it gets to our refrigerators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And think of everything that goes into growing crop: the water, the fertilizer, the fuel to run the tractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Eighty percent of our water, 10 percent of our energy, 40 percent of our land is used to grow our food,\" says Peter Lehner of the NRDC. And, according to this NRDC \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/food/files/wasted-food-ip.pdf\">report\u003c/a>, up to 40 percent of the food produced never gets eaten. \"It's crazy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food waste is among the biggest contributors to landfills in the U.S. Lehner says this creates another problem: \"When [food] rots, it emits methane, which is a very potent greenhouse gas.\" Food waste is responsible for a significant portion of methane emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1996px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1.jpg\" alt=\"Cauliflower on the conveyor belt at Ocean Mist Farms in Salinas Valley, Calif.\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1497\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1.jpg 1996w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1996px) 100vw, 1996px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cauliflower on the conveyor belt at Ocean Mist Farms in Salinas Valley, Calif. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are new efforts underway to reduce food waste. The Environmental Protection Agency has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/smm/foodrecovery/participants.htm\">Food Recovery Challenge\u003c/a> that diverts about 375,000 tons of food waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some producers, including Ocean Mist and HMC Farms, donate some of the less-than-perfect produce to California food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, the California Association of Food Banks says it has doubled the amount of produce it distributes, thanks in part to these kinds of donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This year, we hope to grow the California Farm to Family program by over 70 million pounds,\" says Paul Ash, executive director of the San Francisco Marin Food Banks. He hopes to expand the program to other parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97068\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads of cauliflower. So that's almost all of what workers pick.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-97068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads of cauliflower. So that's almost all of what workers pick. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Part of that growth has been fueled by a novel way of collecting surplus produce. For cauliflower and broccoli growers, who pack their products in the field as they're being harvested, there's now a co-packing system. As the workers slice and harvest the crop, they pack the premium heads in boxes headed to grocery stores. They separate out the less-than-perfect seconds and pack them in crates destined for the food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a simple process, but it's tough to recruit more farmers to join in. Only three out of 25 broccoli and cauliflower growers in California participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? \"It's a lot easier and cheaper just to basically throw [unmarketable produce] away,\" says McLarty of HMC Farms. He says he'd like to donate more of his peaches to the food banks, but \"there's got to be an economic incentive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California offers tax credits to farmers who donate produce, but the food banks are lobbying for bigger deductions. And there are only six other states besides California that give tax breaks to growers for donating food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As food banks work to expand their programs, some entrepreneurs say there are so many seconds to go around, they see a whole new business model: selling imperfect produce at discounted prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97065\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/carrots-5f6d91b04096e6731378d025dc6376561ef5c18f.jpg\" alt=\"Imperfect Produce is a new venture that's sourcing funny-looking produce and partnering with the chain Raley's to sell it at discounted prices.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97065\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imperfect Produce is a new venture that's sourcing funny-looking produce and partnering with the chain Raley's to sell it at discounted prices. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003chref>Imperfect Produce)\u003c/href>\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we've \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/09/369613561/in-europe-ugly-sells-in-the-produce-aisle\">reported\u003c/a>, a French supermarket chain launched a campaign last year to sell what they dubbed \"the grotesque apple, and the ridiculous potato.\" The concept has so far worked well in France.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the U.S., entrepreneurs behind a venture called \u003ca href=\"http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home.php\">Imperfect Produce\u003c/a> are betting they can turn Americans on to less-than-perfect produce, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/imperfect-redefining-beauty-in-produce#/story\">promotional fundraising video\u003c/a>, the startup's co-founder Ben Simon explains how it works: \"You get a box of seasonal ugly produce delivered to your door every week, and because this produce looks a little funky on the outside you get it for 30 to 50 percent less.\" They plan to start delivery in the San Francisco area sometime this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it seems at least one major grocery chain may give it a go. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It's easy to blame someone else for food waste. If this is really a $2.6 trillion issue, as the United Nations \u003ca href=\"http://www.fao.org/nr/sustainability/food-loss-and-waste/en/\">estimates\u003c/a>, then who's in charge of fixing it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turns out, we the eaters play a big role here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we shop with our eyeballs in the produce aisle, our expectations for perfection contribute to the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've come to expect a dazzling array of eye candy with beautiful displays of cosmetically perfect fruits and vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, of course, nature serves up much more variation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, a big grocery chain in the West called Raley's is taking a swing at the food waste problem by trying to get customers to embrace the differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raley's announced Tuesday it will begin selling less-than-perfect fruits and vegetables in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But let's go back to where it all begins: the farm. As part of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/almost-half-americas-food-go-waste/\">collaboration \u003c/a>with PBS NewsHour, we hit the fields of Salinas Valley, Calif., for a reality check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a cauliflower field, we found lots of slightly yellow heads of cauliflower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You see how it just has that yellow tinge to it?\" Art Barrientos of Ocean Mist Farms points out. \"This is not marketable.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's nothing wrong with these heads of cauliflower. The yellow tint comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But this just doesn't meet our standards,\" Barrientos says as we give it a taste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads. So, these heads are plowed under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97066\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The yellow tint on this cauliflower comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-97066\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0032-3-3f11b50e8ab45601f4ac3e90e0bfbbeb34ab356f-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The yellow tint on this cauliflower comes from sun exposure. It's crunchy and every bit as nutritious as white cauliflower. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The story is similar with misshapen crowns of broccoli and peaches that aren't perfectly shaped or colored. Harold McLarty of \u003ca href=\"http://www.hmcfarms.com/welcome-to-hmc\">HMC Farms\u003c/a> in Kingsburg, Calif., says 35 percent of his crop never makes it to market. Much of his surplus goes to cattle feed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Natural Resources Defense Council estimates that depending on the crop, anywhere from 1 to 30 percent of food grown by farmers doesn't get to the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, as we've reported, food is wasted at every step in the supply chain — during transportation and processing and once it gets to our refrigerators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And think of everything that goes into growing crop: the water, the fertilizer, the fuel to run the tractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Eighty percent of our water, 10 percent of our energy, 40 percent of our land is used to grow our food,\" says Peter Lehner of the NRDC. And, according to this NRDC \u003ca href=\"http://www.nrdc.org/food/files/wasted-food-ip.pdf\">report\u003c/a>, up to 40 percent of the food produced never gets eaten. \"It's crazy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food waste is among the biggest contributors to landfills in the U.S. Lehner says this creates another problem: \"When [food] rots, it emits methane, which is a very potent greenhouse gas.\" Food waste is responsible for a significant portion of methane emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1996px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1.jpg\" alt=\"Cauliflower on the conveyor belt at Ocean Mist Farms in Salinas Valley, Calif.\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1497\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1.jpg 1996w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0060-3-1056322301084e8160be6f139271c6aa84398ff1-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1996px) 100vw, 1996px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cauliflower on the conveyor belt at Ocean Mist Farms in Salinas Valley, Calif. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are new efforts underway to reduce food waste. The Environmental Protection Agency has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.epa.gov/smm/foodrecovery/participants.htm\">Food Recovery Challenge\u003c/a> that diverts about 375,000 tons of food waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some producers, including Ocean Mist and HMC Farms, donate some of the less-than-perfect produce to California food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, the California Association of Food Banks says it has doubled the amount of produce it distributes, thanks in part to these kinds of donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This year, we hope to grow the California Farm to Family program by over 70 million pounds,\" says Paul Ash, executive director of the San Francisco Marin Food Banks. He hopes to expand the program to other parts of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97068\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads of cauliflower. So that's almost all of what workers pick.\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-97068\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/img_0051-3-ee690549d2ce44565d08efb9501ac1fa7703902a.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The marketplace demands white, blemish-free, perfectly sized heads of cauliflower. So that's almost all of what workers pick. \u003ccite>(Allison Aubrey/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Part of that growth has been fueled by a novel way of collecting surplus produce. For cauliflower and broccoli growers, who pack their products in the field as they're being harvested, there's now a co-packing system. As the workers slice and harvest the crop, they pack the premium heads in boxes headed to grocery stores. They separate out the less-than-perfect seconds and pack them in crates destined for the food banks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a simple process, but it's tough to recruit more farmers to join in. Only three out of 25 broccoli and cauliflower growers in California participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? \"It's a lot easier and cheaper just to basically throw [unmarketable produce] away,\" says McLarty of HMC Farms. He says he'd like to donate more of his peaches to the food banks, but \"there's got to be an economic incentive.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California offers tax credits to farmers who donate produce, but the food banks are lobbying for bigger deductions. And there are only six other states besides California that give tax breaks to growers for donating food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As food banks work to expand their programs, some entrepreneurs say there are so many seconds to go around, they see a whole new business model: selling imperfect produce at discounted prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_97065\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/06/carrots-5f6d91b04096e6731378d025dc6376561ef5c18f.jpg\" alt=\"Imperfect Produce is a new venture that's sourcing funny-looking produce and partnering with the chain Raley's to sell it at discounted prices.\" width=\"356\" height=\"267\" class=\"size-full wp-image-97065\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imperfect Produce is a new venture that's sourcing funny-looking produce and partnering with the chain Raley's to sell it at discounted prices. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003chref>Imperfect Produce)\u003c/href>\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we've \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/09/369613561/in-europe-ugly-sells-in-the-produce-aisle\">reported\u003c/a>, a French supermarket chain launched a campaign last year to sell what they dubbed \"the grotesque apple, and the ridiculous potato.\" The concept has so far worked well in France.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the U.S., entrepreneurs behind a venture called \u003ca href=\"http://www.imperfectproduce.com/home.php\">Imperfect Produce\u003c/a> are betting they can turn Americans on to less-than-perfect produce, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this \u003ca href=\"https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/imperfect-redefining-beauty-in-produce#/story\">promotional fundraising video\u003c/a>, the startup's co-founder Ben Simon explains how it works: \"You get a box of seasonal ugly produce delivered to your door every week, and because this produce looks a little funky on the outside you get it for 30 to 50 percent less.\" They plan to start delivery in the San Francisco area sometime this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it seems at least one major grocery chain may give it a go. Imperfect has just inked a deal with high-end chain \u003ca href=\"http://www.raleys.com/www/\">Raley's\u003c/a>, which has more than 100 stores in California and Nevada. The chain says it will launch a pilot program, \"Real Good\" produce, in 10 Northern California stores in mid-July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raley's Megan Burritt says she's working on in-store education. When customers are picking up a funky-looking double cherry or an apple that may look like a reject, she wants them to see it in a new way. Perhaps she'll market them as the underdogs of the produce aisle. \"Who doesn't love an underdog story!\" Burritt says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2015/04/20150415_me_redistribute_californias_water_not_without_a_fight.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California is asking a basic question right now that people often fight over: What's a fair way to divide up something that's scarce and valuable? That \"something,\" in this case, is water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a lot at stake, including your very own nuts, fruits and vegetables, because most of the water that's up for grabs in California goes to farmers. This year, some farmers will get water, and others will not, simply based on when their land was first irrigated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider, for instance, the case of \u003ca href=\"http://westernfarmpress.com/vegetables/cannon-michael-takes-helm-bowles-farming-co\">Cannon Michael\u003c/a>. He grows tomatoes and melons in California's Central Valley. And despite the drought, he'll still grow them this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He expects to receive about 40 percent of the amount of water that he'd receive from the state's aqueducts in a normal year, which sounds harsh, until you realize that some other farmers will get nothing at all. \"Yeah, we're thankful for being able to have whatever water that we can. We're thankful to be able to continue some employment for our [workers],\" Michael says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That water, if used carefully, should be enough to raise tomatoes and melons on about 80 percent of his land. Each acre will get about a half-million gallons of water, delivered through a system of aqueducts and canals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These fields will receive water, and others in California will not, because of history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannon Michael's great-great-great-grandfather was \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=153\">Henry Miller\u003c/a>, a legendary figure in California agriculture. Miller arrived in the United States from Germany, worked as a butcher in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, then built one of the great ranching empires of the West, together with his partner Charles Lux. They owned big chunks of land along the San Joaquin River. Henry Miller looked at the river and recognized an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He saw the value of being able to channel some of this water, to grow feed, supply communities, and those kinds of things,\" says Michael.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By irrigating that land, he obtained a permanent legal right to use that amount of water on those fields. And because Miller claimed his water before anyone else, this land — a small piece of which is now Cannon Michael's land — has what's called \"senior rights\" to water. When water is scarce, this land has first dibs on water. Land that was irrigated later has to get in line, and take the leftovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://woods.stanford.edu/about/woods-faculty/leon-szeptycki\">Leon Szeptycki\u003c/a>, who is executive director of a program called Water in the West at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, says that this first-come, first-served system made sense in the 19th century. \"We wanted people to come, settle the land, cultivate the land, and we wanted them to have secure water rights,\" he says. It promoted agricultural development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Szeptycki says this system it is not so great when it comes to responding to drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When water is really scarce, he says, people might say that it should go first to ensure public safety and health, then to irrigate the most valuable crops, like almond orchards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the economy, prices do this job. When there's a critical shortage of something, whether it's gasoline or gold, people bid up the price. Then, because it's expensive, people who need it less decide to buy less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's not much of a market for irrigation water, Szeptycki says. If you're first in line for water, it's still pretty cheap, \"and so there's no incentive to be particularly efficient with your water. You're a senior water right holder, you get your water even in times of shortage. You kind of do whatever you want with it.\" Some farmers, for instance, are still using that water to grow alfalfa, which demands a lot of water and goes to feed animals, especially dairy cattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite those problems, though, Szeptycki says that government officials are not seriously proposing any fundamental change to the water rules, because for farmers, it would be as shocking and disruptive as reshuffling land, or bank accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vegetable grower \u003ca href=\"http://www.growingproduce.com/uncategorized/2006-grower-achievement-award-winner-teixeira-farms/\">Tom Teixeira\u003c/a>, for example, has already laid out a huge amount of money to ensure a reliable supply of water. \"We've sought out and acquired land that had good water rights,\" he says. \"We paid substantially more for that ground than we would have paid for ground that had lesser water rights.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking that water and dividing it up some other way, he says, would be like taking everyone's paycheck, putting it into a pool, and saying: \"We're going to divide that up evenly. Even though you went to school as a doctor for eight or 10 years, and you're making a lot more money than the guy who's driving a school bus, let's take all the money and divide it up evenly.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That water is our income, Texeira says. It's also our property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The basic rules governing water in the West are not about to change, says Stanford University's Leon Szeptycki, but the drought is forcing farmers to change how they use it. They're getting so little water these days that they are rationing it, using it only on their most valuable crops. The amount of land devoted to less-valuable crops like alfalfa and corn and cotton has been shrinking. Some farmers are even selling their water to other farmers — or even cities — who need it more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These changes are happening more slowly than he'd like, says Szeptycki, but they are happening. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Henry Miller looked at the river and recognized an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He saw the value of being able to channel some of this water, to grow feed, supply communities, and those kinds of things,\" says Michael.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By irrigating that land, he obtained a permanent legal right to use that amount of water on those fields. And because Miller claimed his water before anyone else, this land — a small piece of which is now Cannon Michael's land — has what's called \"senior rights\" to water. When water is scarce, this land has first dibs on water. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2.jpg\" alt=\"Nahun Villagomez Sanchez washes freshly dug Red LaSoda potatoes at T&D Willey Farms near Madera, Calif. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR \" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93570\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-3_enl-0c2c1c37ed632b8d2e1ccacb82be04aca34011f2-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nahun Villagomez Sanchez washes freshly dug Red LaSoda potatoes at T&D Willey Farms near Madera, Calif. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to the Story on Morning Edition:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2015/02/20150226_me_do_your_veggies_depend_on_workers_who_lack_legal_rights.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/people/143160021/daniel-charles\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Charles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/26/387698016/do-your-veggies-depend-on-workers-who-lack-legal-rights\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (2/26/15)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The political battle over immigration, now provoking a confrontation between Congress and the White House, touches all of us in one very direct way: our food. That salad mix, and those apples, may well have been harvested by workers who arrived here in the U.S. illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.farmworkerjustice.org/sites/default/files/NAWS%20data%20factsht%201-13-15FINAL.pdf\">surveys\u003c/a>, about half of all farm workers in the country lack legitimate documents, and live in what's often described as a \"shadow world,\" without legal rights. The farmers who employ those workers, meanwhile, are deeply ambivalent about this situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They present bona fide documents that show that they're a legal worker. Do I believe that they're 100 percent correct? No,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.westsideproduce.com/index.php/our-team/85-people/111-stephen-patricio\">Stephen Patricio\u003c/a>, president of Westside Produce, a big melon packer in California's Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricio is frustrated with federal immigration policies that make life difficult for his workers. Those feelings are partly rooted in self-interest because he needs them. But they're mixed with sympathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're just trying to feed their families,\" he says. \"And to punish people for seeking a better life, which we've held up as our mantra throughout the world, is wrong!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So one part of Patricio was happy when, last fall, President Obama \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants\">promised\u003c/a> more protection for millions of immigrants, such those who have children who are U.S. citizens. This executive action probably covers hundreds of thousands of farm workers — but it is now in limbo, because a federal judge in Texas has \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/17/386905806/federal-judge-blocks-obama-s-executive-actions-on-immigration\">blocked\u003c/a> it, at least for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricio, however, also has another reaction, one that illustrates deeper conflicts over U.S. immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says that giving more legal rights to those workers is probably bad for his business. He believes that some of these workers are in the Central Valley, working in agriculture, because it's a good place to hide from the authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If those workers gain legal status, \"that pressure is off. Now they can go to the cities and look for construction jobs, or manufacturing jobs,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1980s, millions of immigrants gained legal status. Patricio believes that, as a result, many left agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back then, employers had an alternative. The border was more porous than it is now, and employers were able turn to a fresh wave of immigrants. That flow has now slowed to a trickle, and Patricio says this has created a real shortage of farm workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traveling around the Central Valley, I heard same argument from several different employers. Among the most vocal was Manuel Cunha, Jr., who is president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.niseifarmersleague.com/index.htm\">Nisei Farmers League\u003c/a>, based in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers who get legal protections \"are going to go find full-time jobs, because now they're safe,\" Cunha said. \"And I have nothing to replace them with. Nothing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg\" alt=\"Farm worker Lorena Hernandez (right) with her daughter Luzliliana. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR \" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93571\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farm worker Lorena Hernandez (right) with her daughter Luzliliana. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first, I was surprised to hear this argument. It seemed self-incriminating for employers to suggest that their workers are trapped in these jobs by their lack of legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's a political and historical background to Cunha's argument. Cunha, along with many farm leaders, wants to resurrect some form of the guest worker program that they relied on in the 1950s and the 1960s. This program brought in large numbers of farm workers for seasonal work, but did not promise citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups representing farm employers have been lobbying Congress for a new guest worker program, so far without success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, there's debate over whether farm workers do, in fact, stay in agriculture because they lack legal status. Many farm workers themselves deny it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them is Lorena Hernandez, who lives in Madera, Calif. She came to the U.S. from Mexico eight years ago. Since then, she married and now has a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that daughter, who is an American citizen, Hernandez and her husband would be covered by the Obama Administration's executive action; if it went into effect, she'd be able to work legally — at least for the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I met Hernandez before the recent court decision that put this on hold. So it looked at that time as though she would soon be able to get a real social security card. It would change a lot of things for her, she said, but not her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm still going to be working in the fields,\" she told me. \"I like it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friends and co-workers feel the same way, she says. \"I was talking to them about it, and it seems like they're not interested in any other work. They're just interested in working in the fields.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rick Mines, who ran a national survey of farm workers for the Department of Labor during the 1980s and 90s, says those surveys also \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2013/02/in-immigration-reform-debate-is-agribusiness-crying-wolf.php\">show\u003c/a> that workers who gain legal status are no more likely to leave farm work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers do leave agriculture, says, and many employers believe that legalization is the reason. But in reality, Mines says, \"those farm workers leave because they can't make a living at it. And whether or not they're legal is not that relevant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Willey grows a big variety of organic vegetables near Madera, Calif., and employs about 50 people year-round. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR \" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93572\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Willey grows a big variety of organic vegetables near Madera, Calif., and employs about 50 people year-round. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mines also is not a fan of a new guest worker program. Such programs have been criticized for abusing workers in the past. And according to Mines, many of the workers end up violating the rules and staying in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mines says that farmers simply will need to adapt to the closed border and compete for the workers who are here. This could mean paying workers more, or adapting farm operations so that workers have jobs year-round. The shortage of workers, in fact, has been one factor behind California's shift to almond growing, which is much more mechanized and requires less labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vegetable farmer \u003ca href=\"http://www.abundantharvestorganics.com/farmers/tom-denesse-willey/\">Tom Willey\u003c/a>, meanwhile, tries to attract and keep workers by offering them better working conditions. He and his wife Denesse are among the pioneers of organic farming in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They \u003ca href=\"http://www.tdwilleyfarms.com/frwho.html\">grow\u003c/a> a huge variety of vegetables, in part so that they can offer year-round work and develop a more stable, cohesive team. \"Creating that sense of community, in which people feel that they're working in a non-coercive environment, is something that I focus a great deal on,\" says Willey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Willey doesn't pretend that he's solved all the problems. He still can't pay very much. As it is, 70 percent of his farm's revenue goes to paying the workers. And they're competing with other farms, not just in California, but also in Mexico and Central America, where workers earn \u003ca href=\"http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-camps/\">even less\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We may be allowing fewer people to cross the border, Willey points out, but imports of vegetables from Mexico are way up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2015 \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\">NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricio is frustrated with federal immigration policies that make life difficult for his workers. Those feelings are partly rooted in self-interest because he needs them. But they're mixed with sympathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're just trying to feed their families,\" he says. \"And to punish people for seeking a better life, which we've held up as our mantra throughout the world, is wrong!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So one part of Patricio was happy when, last fall, President Obama \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants\">promised\u003c/a> more protection for millions of immigrants, such those who have children who are U.S. citizens. This executive action probably covers hundreds of thousands of farm workers — but it is now in limbo, because a federal judge in Texas has \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/17/386905806/federal-judge-blocks-obama-s-executive-actions-on-immigration\">blocked\u003c/a> it, at least for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricio, however, also has another reaction, one that illustrates deeper conflicts over U.S. immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says that giving more legal rights to those workers is probably bad for his business. He believes that some of these workers are in the Central Valley, working in agriculture, because it's a good place to hide from the authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If those workers gain legal status, \"that pressure is off. Now they can go to the cities and look for construction jobs, or manufacturing jobs,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 1980s, millions of immigrants gained legal status. Patricio believes that, as a result, many left agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back then, employers had an alternative. The border was more porous than it is now, and employers were able turn to a fresh wave of immigrants. That flow has now slowed to a trickle, and Patricio says this has created a real shortage of farm workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traveling around the Central Valley, I heard same argument from several different employers. Among the most vocal was Manuel Cunha, Jr., who is president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.niseifarmersleague.com/index.htm\">Nisei Farmers League\u003c/a>, based in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers who get legal protections \"are going to go find full-time jobs, because now they're safe,\" Cunha said. \"And I have nothing to replace them with. Nothing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg\" alt=\"Farm worker Lorena Hernandez (right) with her daughter Luzliliana. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR \" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93571\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-2_enl-51e4233938c735c8ae25134d98cbcfa5bc7afa35-320x213.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farm worker Lorena Hernandez (right) with her daughter Luzliliana. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first, I was surprised to hear this argument. It seemed self-incriminating for employers to suggest that their workers are trapped in these jobs by their lack of legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's a political and historical background to Cunha's argument. Cunha, along with many farm leaders, wants to resurrect some form of the guest worker program that they relied on in the 1950s and the 1960s. This program brought in large numbers of farm workers for seasonal work, but did not promise citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups representing farm employers have been lobbying Congress for a new guest worker program, so far without success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, there's debate over whether farm workers do, in fact, stay in agriculture because they lack legal status. Many farm workers themselves deny it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them is Lorena Hernandez, who lives in Madera, Calif. She came to the U.S. from Mexico eight years ago. Since then, she married and now has a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of that daughter, who is an American citizen, Hernandez and her husband would be covered by the Obama Administration's executive action; if it went into effect, she'd be able to work legally — at least for the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I met Hernandez before the recent court decision that put this on hold. So it looked at that time as though she would soon be able to get a real social security card. It would change a lot of things for her, she said, but not her job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm still going to be working in the fields,\" she told me. \"I like it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her friends and co-workers feel the same way, she says. \"I was talking to them about it, and it seems like they're not interested in any other work. They're just interested in working in the fields.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rick Mines, who ran a national survey of farm workers for the Department of Labor during the 1980s and 90s, says those surveys also \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2013/02/in-immigration-reform-debate-is-agribusiness-crying-wolf.php\">show\u003c/a> that workers who gain legal status are no more likely to leave farm work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers do leave agriculture, says, and many employers believe that legalization is the reason. But in reality, Mines says, \"those farm workers leave because they can't make a living at it. And whether or not they're legal is not that relevant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/farmers-1_enl-698ceb4d58428fb28b9b76910c4170580018253c.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Willey grows a big variety of organic vegetables near Madera, Calif., and employs about 50 people year-round. 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And they're competing with other farms, not just in California, but also in Mexico and Central America, where workers earn \u003ca href=\"http://graphics.latimes.com/product-of-mexico-camps/\">even less\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We may be allowing fewer people to cross the border, Willey points out, but imports of vegetables from Mexico are way up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/oranges_enl-aa10abd7c0ef6c558b506fa720a8437e14c7d5af-e1424319625651.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/oranges_enl-aa10abd7c0ef6c558b506fa720a8437e14c7d5af-e1424319625651.jpg\" alt=\"Oranges sit in crates at the Rancho Del Sol Organics farm in San Diego County, Calif., on Feb. 10, 2014. A labor dispute at major West Coast ports has left millions of pounds of California oranges stranded in warehouses and on half-loaded boats. 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A labor dispute at major West Coast ports has left millions of pounds of California oranges stranded in warehouses and on half-loaded boats. Photo: Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg via Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Alastair Bland, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/18/387256612/heaps-of-oranges-could-rot-as-west-coast-dock-dispute-drags-on\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (2/18/15)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California citrus growers are caught in the middle of a labor dispute between dockworkers and shipping lines that could end with millions of pounds of rotten oranges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bitter negotiations over a new union contract for dockworkers has resulted in \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/02/14/386199926/west-coast-port-closures-are-hitting-several-industries-hard\">major slowdowns\u003c/a> in the unloading and loading of cargo ships at major West Coast ports, causing a serious bottleneck in the entire nation's economy. The conflict has coincided with unusually hot weather throughout the drought-baked state, which is causing oranges to ripen a month ahead of schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heaps of fruit are now stranded in portside warehouses and on half-loaded boats in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland. That puts a great deal of the crop at risk of spoiling during what is normally the busiest time of year for packers sending citrus to Asia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the current rate, there will be fruit discarded,\" says Tom Wollenman, vice-president and general manager of \u003ca href=\"http://www.lobuecitrus.com/about.php\" target=\"_blank\">LoBue Citrus\u003c/a>, a grower and packer in California's San Joaquin Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is forecast to produce just over 300 million pounds of oranges this season, of which more than a quarter could be exported, according to Bob Blakely, vice-president of the industry group \u003ca href=\"http://www.cacitrusmutual.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Citrus Mutual\u003c/a>. He says the voyage from the California coast to South Korea, China and Japan — major destinations for California's prized navel oranges — usually takes 14 to 21 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These delays will add 10 days to two weeks to the trip,\" he says. \"The fruit really starts to break down after three or four weeks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, not those handling the fruit, will take the heaviest hit if the produce spoils before reaching Asia. Wollenman says farmers generally don't receive money for their shipped fruit until after receivers buy it. On average, a farmer will make a profit of roughly $13 on a 40-pound carton of oranges, Wollenman says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if the fruit perishes at sea, California farmers waiting for paychecks could get nothing. \"They might even get a bill,\" says Wollenman. He explains that receivers who must dispose of rotten fruit may charge the sender $2 to $3 per box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's farmers are desperately trying to avoid such losses. Many are simply delaying picking, since the safest place to store oranges and other citrus fruit for long periods of time is often on the tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trouble is, this method works best in cold weather. This winter has been exceptionally mild, with daytime high temperatures recently soaring into the 70s throughout the state. The spring-like weather is hastening the ripening of fruit, and many ready-to-eat oranges are dropping from the trees at a time when chilly winter air would normally provide outdoor refrigeration conditions. Blakely says cold storage facilities are not an option for most growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other farmers have sent their fruit to Houston, to be rerouted to Asia via the Panama Canal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That adds a week to travel time, but at least it gets the fruit on the water,\" Blakely says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few farmers, he says, have even driven out to the Port of Oakland to try and retrieve their oranges from the holds of cargo ships stalled by the port impasse. Many growers are looking for opportunities to sell their oranges domestically while the dock crisis plays out, Blakely says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But selling a surplus of citrus in the U.S. may not be possible. Even if the fruit is\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>offered at discounted prices, Americans tend to eat only so many oranges, lemons and tangerines, Blakely says. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_93241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 680px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/chocolate-lukas-gojda-shutterstock.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/chocolate-lukas-gojda-shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate. Photo: Lukas Gojda / Shutterstock \" width=\"680\" height=\"323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93241\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/chocolate-lukas-gojda-shutterstock.jpg 680w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/chocolate-lukas-gojda-shutterstock-400x190.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2015/02/chocolate-lukas-gojda-shutterstock-320x152.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chocolate. Photo: Lukas Gojda / Shutterstock\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/author/egrossman/\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Grossman\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2015/02/11/heavy-metal-valentine-is-there-lead-in-your-chocolate/\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Eats\u003c/a> (2/11/15) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve begun to expect unusual flavors like chili, salt, and lavender in chocolate. But there might be another surprising addition to your Valentine’s Day sweets: heavy metals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the consumer health watchdog \u003ca href=\"http://www.asyousow.org/\" target=\"_blank\">As You Sow\u003c/a>, there’s a good chance that chocolate you buy may contain lead or cadmium. Lab test results obtained by the group examined 42 products, 26 of which contained lead and/or cadmium at levels above what the state of California considers safe. The brands that tested positive for heavy metals included Hershey’s, Mars, Ghirardelli, Godiva, See’s, Lindt, Whole Foods, and Green and Black’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the chocolate tested contained lead at levels up to 5.9 times California’s “\u003ca href=\"http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/getNSRLs.html\" target=\"_blank\">safe harbor\u003c/a>” level—or the maximum allowable daily limit—for reproductive harm, and found cadmium at levels up to 8.2 times the limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one expects heavy metals in their chocolate,” said Eleanne van Vliet, As You Sow’s director of toxic chemicals research. “We hope to convince chocolate manufacturers to remove heavy metals from their products,” said As You Sow president Danielle Fugere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lead is well known to cause neurological damage, particularly in children. In 2012, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/acclpp/blood_lead_levels.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered\u003c/a> what it considers “elevated lead exposure” for children from 10 to 5 parts per million. What this amounts to, says Boston University School of Medicine professor of pediatrics and public health Sean Palfrey, is that “No amount of lead ingestion is safe for children.” What’s more, “lead exposure is cumulative”—it builds up in the body—explains Bruce Lanphear, Faculty of Health Sciences professor at Simon Fraser University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As both Lanphear and Palfrey explain, chocolate is unlikely to be the only source of lead to which someone is exposed. And as anyone with a sweet tooth can attest, it can be hard to stick with a single recommended serving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-term, low-level exposure to cadmium can cause bone, kidney, and liver damage. In animal studies, cadmium has also been shown to cause developmental, reproductive, and neurological harm. There are also concerns about prenatal exposure to both cadmium and lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s for these reasons that California has established safety limits and requires warnings on products that exceed them. And it’s on this basis that As You Sow filed notices of legal action today against three major chocolate brands alleging violation of California’s law known as \u003ca href=\"http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/background/p65plain.html\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 65\u003c/a>, for failing to warn consumers of cadmium in their chocolate products–and against 13 brands for failure to issue warnings about lead and cadmium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the fourth time As You Sow has filed notices against chocolate companies on such grounds. The organization filed notices–naming many of the same brands in today’s filings–in \u003ca href=\"http://oag.ca.gov/prop65/60-Day-Notice-2014-00635\" target=\"_blank\">July, November, and December 2014\u003c/a>. Another organization filed such notices back in 2002, but they were withdrawn before coming to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research into \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/food-thought/leaden-chocolates\" target=\"_blank\">lead and cadmium contamination\u003c/a> of chocolate and cocoa dates back at least 10 to 15 years. Studies have found these metals in chocolate purchased all around the world. A survey by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in 2000 found milk chocolate bars to have the fourth highest lead concentration of all the food it tested. Lead content in some dark chocolates do exceed what FDA considers an \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm172050.htm\" target=\"_blank\">acceptable children’s exposure level\u003c/a>, but because children don’t eat very much dark chocolate, the agency does not appear to be concerned about this exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do these heavy metals get into chocolate in the first place? Scientists point to environmental contamination, primarily of soil, as a likely culprit. But air pollution may also be a factor as cacao beans are often dried outdoors. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281277/\" target=\"_blank\">2005 study\u003c/a> found high levels of lead in chocolate sourced from Nigeria. The authors suspected that air and soil contamination from leaded gasoline were to blame. It’s also thought that lead may enter at other points in the chocolate manufacturing practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the industry group \u003ca href=\"http://responsiblecocoa.com/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\">Responsible Cocoa\u003c/a>, an international coalition of chocolate manufacturers that works in the U.S. with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.candyusa.com/\" target=\"_blank\">National Confectioners Association\u003c/a>, says that “most of the naturally-occurring lead is in the cacao bean shell, which is removed during processing.” It also notes that “FDA and other health authorities have determined that tiny traces of naturally occurring heavy metals in foods are unavoidable and present no public health risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about heavy metals in chocolate, \u003ca href=\"http://www.hersheys.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hershey’s\u003c/a>, which owns \u003ca href=\"http://www.dagobachocolate.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dagoba\u003c/a>—one of the brands named—said in a statement, “People have been eating cocoa and chocolate for centuries with no evidence of a single incident of concern regarding these naturally occurring minerals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As You Sow disagrees with the industry’s use of the term “naturally occurring,” explaining that these contaminants end up in the environment and hence in cacao due to anthropogenic—or human caused—processes. Proposition 65 regards environmental contaminants in the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As You Sow has not identified any specific links between where the chocolate comes from and its lead content—but that’s mostly because manufacturers don’t typically reveal cacao origins, says van Vliet. There also appears to be no clear pattern of brands affected as they span the range of chocolate on the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how concerned should we be? According to Palfrey and Lanphear—both practicing pediatricians and lead experts—the lead an adult might be exposed to in chocolate may be small, but it adds up and can be harmful to infants and children. And there’s no easy way to find lead-free brands. As Palfry sees it, more testing throughout the process would be a step in the right direction. “These exposures are preventable,” he says—before chocolate gets to the store shelf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the Writer\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nElizabeth Grossman is a Portland, Oregon-based journalist specializing in environmental and science issues. She is the author of Chasing Molecules, High Tech Trash, Watershed and other books. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including \u003cem>Scientific American\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Environmental Health Perspectives\u003c/em>, Yale e360, \u003cem>Ensia\u003c/em>, \u003cem>High Country News\u003c/em>, The Pump Handle, Chemical Watch, \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>, TheAtlantic.com, Salon, \u003cem>The Nation\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Mother Jones\u003c/em>. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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And as anyone with a sweet tooth can attest, it can be hard to stick with a single recommended serving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-term, low-level exposure to cadmium can cause bone, kidney, and liver damage. In animal studies, cadmium has also been shown to cause developmental, reproductive, and neurological harm. There are also concerns about prenatal exposure to both cadmium and lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s for these reasons that California has established safety limits and requires warnings on products that exceed them. And it’s on this basis that As You Sow filed notices of legal action today against three major chocolate brands alleging violation of California’s law known as \u003ca href=\"http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/background/p65plain.html\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 65\u003c/a>, for failing to warn consumers of cadmium in their chocolate products–and against 13 brands for failure to issue warnings about lead and cadmium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the fourth time As You Sow has filed notices against chocolate companies on such grounds. The organization filed notices–naming many of the same brands in today’s filings–in \u003ca href=\"http://oag.ca.gov/prop65/60-Day-Notice-2014-00635\" target=\"_blank\">July, November, and December 2014\u003c/a>. Another organization filed such notices back in 2002, but they were withdrawn before coming to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Research into \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/food-thought/leaden-chocolates\" target=\"_blank\">lead and cadmium contamination\u003c/a> of chocolate and cocoa dates back at least 10 to 15 years. Studies have found these metals in chocolate purchased all around the world. A survey by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in 2000 found milk chocolate bars to have the fourth highest lead concentration of all the food it tested. Lead content in some dark chocolates do exceed what FDA considers an \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm172050.htm\" target=\"_blank\">acceptable children’s exposure level\u003c/a>, but because children don’t eat very much dark chocolate, the agency does not appear to be concerned about this exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do these heavy metals get into chocolate in the first place? Scientists point to environmental contamination, primarily of soil, as a likely culprit. But air pollution may also be a factor as cacao beans are often dried outdoors. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281277/\" target=\"_blank\">2005 study\u003c/a> found high levels of lead in chocolate sourced from Nigeria. The authors suspected that air and soil contamination from leaded gasoline were to blame. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/12/enriched-cage_custom-d0bd8668df5a4ff7e1d06e2d462ee7e0310f571b-e1419897443870.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/12/enriched-cage_custom-d0bd8668df5a4ff7e1d06e2d462ee7e0310f571b-e1419897443870.jpg\" alt=\"These "enriched cages" at the JS West farm in Atwater, Calif., comply with the state's new law. They are larger and allow chickens to perch and lay eggs in enclosed spaces. Photo: Jill Benson/AP\" width=\"1000\" height=\"641\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91686\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These \"enriched cages\" at the JS West farm in Atwater, Calif., comply with the state's new law. They are larger and allow chickens to perch and lay eggs in enclosed spaces. Photo: Jill Benson/AP\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Listen to the Story on All Things Considered:\u003cbr>\nhttp://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2014/12/20141229_atc_how_californias_new_egg_rules_are_shaking_up_the_egg_industry.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/people/143160021/daniel-charles\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Charles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/12/29/373802858/how-californias-new-rules-are-scrambling-the-egg-industry\" target=\"_blank\">The Salt at NPR Food\u003c/a> (12/29/14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within just a few days, on Jan. 1, all eggs sold in California will have to come from chickens that live in more spacious quarters — almost twice as spacious, in fact, as the cages that have been the industry standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's been a shock to the egg industry, and to grocery stores. Eggs are one of those staples that any self-respecting grocery retailers absolutely, positively has to keep in stock. \"You have to have bread, milk, lettuce. You have to have eggs,\" says Ronald Fong, the president and CEO of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cagrocers.com/\">California Grocers Association\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why, right now, California's grocers are doing whatever it takes to get their hands on eggs that are stamped with with a new, almost incomprehensible label: CA SEFS Compliant, which stands for California Shell Egg Food Safety Compliant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That stamp means that those eggs comply with a new regulation, the result of a voter initiative that passed with over 60 percent of the vote in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 2, as it's called, required eggs in California to come from chickens that have enough room to fully extend their limbs and turn around freely. It was a direct challenge to the egg industry, because most egg-laying chickens can't do that in standard hen houses where they live in small cages, five or ten birds to a cage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials had to figure out how to translate Prop. 2's requirement into specific regulations. California's state veterinarian, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/exec/public_affairs/cdfaexecstaffbios.html\">Dr. Annette Jones\u003c/a>, turned to animal welfare experts at the University of California, Davis. \"We actually did hire some scientists at UC Davis to do a study for us, to kind of give us their feel, based on some field trials that they did, of how much space\" the law required, Jones says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, they decided that each chicken is legally entitled to at least 116 square inches of floor space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, as of January 1, most egg producers in the U.S. cannot sell eggs in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Egg producers have responded in several ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91687\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/12/img_5767_custom-00ee09e63229e2104bed0c2d9e1f9011db4e9049-e1419897523733.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/12/img_5767_custom-00ee09e63229e2104bed0c2d9e1f9011db4e9049-e1419897523733.jpg\" alt=\"Free-range chicken houses allow chickens to move around freely, but critics say birds are more frequently injured than in cages. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91687\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free-range chicken houses allow chickens to move around freely, but critics say birds are more frequently injured than in cages. Photo: Dan Charles/NPR\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some have tried to \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/07/286811197/poultry-farmers-to-fight-back-on-california-cage-free-egg-law\">challenge\u003c/a> the California rules in court. So far, that's failed. Jones says that other egg producers have built new hen houses - either \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/27/195639341/what-the-rise-of-cage-free-eggs-means-for-chickens\">free-range\u003c/a> houses, where chickens can walk around on the floor, or houses with larger \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/26/145900751/ex-foes-stage-coop-detat-for-egg-laying-chickens\">enriched cages\u003c/a>\" with perches and enclosed hutches where chickens can lay their eggs. \"In general, poultry farmers are trying to move in that direction, to provide more space and the ability for their hens to exhibit more natural behaviors,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But building new barns takes time and costs a lot of money. Ronald Fong, from the California Grocers Association, says most egg producers so far have taken a simpler, cheaper route. \"They are complying with the new standards by reducing the flock size,\" he says. They've kept their cages for now, but they've cut the number of birds in each cage in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means, of course, fewer chickens in each house and fewer eggs delivered to supermarkets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in the egg industry say that this is one reason why the egg industry in California has gone into a sharp decline. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/IMG_4046-e1413174116143.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-88754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/IMG_4046-e1413174116143.jpg\" alt=\"KQED's Silicon Valley News Desk reporter Rachael Myrow moderates a panel discussion on sustainable agriculture for The Center for Land-Based Learning. Panelists (L to R): Kat Taylor, Founding Director of TomKat Ranch & CEO of Beneficial State Bank; Bonnie Powell, Chief Director of Communications at Bon Appetit Management Co.; Marc Manara, Co-founder of Kincao; Thaddeus Barsotti, Chief Farmer/Co-owner Farm Fresh To You & Capay Organic. 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Photo: Nina Suzuki\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Get a group of farmers and ranchers together and they will tell you without hesitation California's historic drought is driving up the cost of food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://landbasedlearning.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The Center for Land-Based Learning\u003c/a>, a non-profit teaching people how to farm, held its \u003ca href=\"http://landbasedlearning.org/dinner-oracle\" target=\"_blank\">annual fundraiser\u003c/a> at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood City this weekend. In the glossy lobby, Matt Byrne of \u003ca href=\"http://sunfedranch.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SunFed Ranch\u003c/a> cut an incongruous figure in his cowboy hat and boots. SunFed is based in Woodland, west of Sacramento. The beef is sold all over the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Byrne says the company is trimming its herd because there simply isn't enough water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ranchers usually feel the effects of drought early because each season we count on winter rains to provide the base for our feed for the entire year,\" Byrne says. \"Our operation, especially as a grass-fed operation, is based on raising cattle on grass, not on grain.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means importing more expensive hay and reducing the number of cattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As it stands today we're probably down a little bit. Maybe 3,500 instead of the 5,000 we would normally be. And we’ve had to move those animals further afield, not quite so close to home to find the grass, just because we’ve had to go to where the pasture’s available.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USDA has predicted the price of meat, dairy and vegetables will \u003ca href=\"http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/in-the-news/california-drought-2014-farm-and-food-impacts.aspx#.VDryvBYqgws\" target=\"_blank\">continue to rise\u003c/a>, overall by up to 3.5% this year over last, because of the drought, but the impacts vary according to which crop you’re talking about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A farmer who grows tree fruit can’t switch crops from season to season, but a farmer who grows produce has more flexibility in which fields to fallow and what kind of produce to grow. Thaddeus Barsotti, co-owner of \u003ca href=\"http://capayorganic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Capay Organic\u003c/a> in Yolo County, explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/IMG_4016-e1413173575203.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-88748\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/IMG_4016-e1413173575203.jpg\" alt=\"Thaddeus Barsotti, Chief Farmer/Co-owner Farm Fresh To You and Capay Organic speaks to the audience at The Center for Land-Based Learning annual fundraiser. Photo: Nina Suzuki\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thaddeus Barsotti (on R), Chief Farmer/Co-owner Farm Fresh To You and Capay Organic speaks to the audience at The Center for Land-Based Learning annual fundraiser. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/drought-shutterstock_1245781001-680x312.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/10/drought-shutterstock_1245781001-680x312.jpg\" alt=\"Locavore Losses: California’s Chefs, Artisans Feel the Drought \" width=\"680\" height=\"312\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88406\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/author/lclark/\" target=\"_blank\">Leilani Clark\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2014/10/01/locavore-losses-californias-chefs-artisans-feel-the-drought/\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Eats\u003c/a> (10/1/14)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.nopalitosf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nopalito\u003c/a>, if the local corn runs out, you might as well shut the doors. It’s typical for the restaurant’s two San Francisco locations to go through 200 pounds of California-grown organic masa in a single day. The grain is at the menu’s core, used in everything from tamales, to tortillas, to house-made chips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In mid-September, Nopalito’s owner, Laurence Jossel, learned that \u003ca href=\"http://giustos.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Giusto’s\u003c/a>, the Northern California grain processor and wholesaler from which Nopalito sources its flours, had run out of corn after severe drought conditions caused the product to dry up. “It’s been a mad scramble,” says Jossel. He and his head chef called restaurants all over the city, searching for a locally-grown equivalent, without luck. In a pinch, they settled on more expensive organic corn flour from Montana and some from as far as Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t run a restaurant based on [corn] without it,” says Jossel. With no end to the California drought in sight, chefs like Jossel, and many artisan food makers who rely on local food, are feeling the squeeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January 2014, California governor Jerry Brown declared a \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18368\" target=\"_blank\">state of emergency\u003c/a> due to severe drought conditions. Eight months later, with the continuation of one of the driest years on record, 95 percent of the state continues to suffer under “\u003ca href=\"http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\">extreme drought conditions.\u003c/a>” Reservoir levels are \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2731091/California-s-vanishing-lakes-Before-photos-reveal-shocking-shriveling-effect-state-s-devastating-drought-decades.html\" target=\"_blank\">shockingly low\u003c/a> and wells are going dry, a fact that lead Governor Brown to sign \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/19/california-governor-orders-help-for-dry-wells/\" target=\"_blank\">emergency groundwater regulation\u003c/a> legislation on September 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As widely reported, California’s large-scale agricultural operations, most notably livestock and dairy, have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/california-paradise-burning\" target=\"_blank\">severely impacted\u003c/a>. Across the state, the financial hit to agriculture will reach an estimated \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-Wells-Could-Run-Dry-in-One-Year-UC-Davis-Study-267185971.html\" target=\"_blank\">$2.2 billion\u003c/a>, say economists at University of California Davis. As harvest season ramps up, the true impact of the drought for everyone, not just Big Agriculture, is coming into high relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On September 17, the same day Jossel’s wholesale corn order dried up, he visited the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, only to discover that \u003ca href=\"http://www.dirtygirlproduce.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dirty Girl Produce\u003c/a>, an organic farm located near Santa Cruz, had run out of its \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2014/08/05/the-great-tomato-debate-heirlooms-hybrids-or-gmos/\" target=\"_blank\">famous dry-farmed tomatoes\u003c/a> two months earlier than normal. Sadly, says farmer Joel Schirmer, “those two months usually generate the highest income of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schirmer’s tomatoes depend on winter rain for moisture, which is then trapped in the soil through mulching. The first wave, planted in early spring, did fine. The second wave couldn’t tap enough moisture in the soil to survive summer’s heat stress; Schirmer says at least 20 inches of rain are needed to set a baseline for the plants. This time of year, he and his workers should be packing up wholesale crates for shipment to Whole Foods and other large retailers. Instead, the farmer says he’ll lose an estimated $100,000 in sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s not out of the woods yet. Schirmer relies on well water for the rest of his fall crops and says, “We could have a well go down on a piece of property that’s filled with baby plants. That would be devastating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Schirmer says, farming requires him to evolve or die. “It’s a lesson not to put all your eggs in one basket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.junetaylorjams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">June Taylor Jams\u003c/a> in Berkeley, flexibility is equally as important. Owner June Taylor uses Dirty Girl tomatoes into late fall for small-batch production of ketchup, paste, and sauces, but she too received word about the season’s untimely end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I can’t get major fruits–pears, tomatoes–that is going to be difficult,” says Taylor. At the same time, with the unusually early arrival of apples, pears and figs, September has been busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I used to think of September as a month where we could take a break after getting through the summer production,” says Taylor, who’s been preserving local produce for 25 years. “But now it’s as busy as June. The rhythms seem out-of-whack and water is one of the key components.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tough decisions about water are all in a day’s work at Toluma Farms, a 160-acre goat ranch outside of Tomales, California. In 2013, husband-and-wife team Tamara Hicks and David Jablons ventured into cheesemaking with \u003ca href=\"http://www.tolumafarms.com/creamery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tomales Farmstead Creamery\u003c/a>. They don’t have “a normative baseline” for what it’s like to make cheese outside of drought conditions, says Hicks, but it requires a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toluma Farms is well known in the community for having good water, she explains. But that didn’t prevent a water scare last year when one of their two streams dried up. She and Jablons had to cut down to a single daily milking and eliminate one water-intensive cleaning of the milking parlor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the pastures where the goats feed greened-up three months later than usual, resulting in a gap in nutrition for the animals. Trucking in alfalfa cost $8,000 for two months of feed, a financial cut that hit the new business hard. They ended up growing their own combination of dry-farmed oats, rye, and clover for the animals–an alternative that is lower in protein, but beneficial in other ways. It’s a solution for now, but Hicks does say if the drought worsens this year, “all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flavor and consistency of the goat’s milk has also been impacted, creating a challenge for head cheesemaker Jennifer Kirkham. In dry times, milk tends to be higher in fat and contain less moisture. It also becomes less predictable as an ingredient. Last December, just as the ranch scrambled to replace the goat’s normal feed, Kirkham had to stop making \u003ca href=\"http://culturecheesemag.com/cheese-library/Kenne\" target=\"_blank\">Kenne\u003c/a>, a soft ripened cheese, because the batch failed. Small percentage changes in the butterfat and protein content of the milk, due to changes in the animal feed, prevented the cheese from draining fast enough, so that it didn’t set properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re having conversations based on what the goats are eating, which is based on rain and water,” says Hicks. “We’ll probably only make hard cheeses during the winter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like other small farmers, ranchers, and artisans, Hicks and her husband are having hard conversations about what comes next, while operating on the premise that they might be up against a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/09/29/the-connection-between-californias-drought-and-climate-change/\" target=\"_blank\">long-term climatic shift\u003c/a>. “We have to figure out how not to be operating in crisis mode,” explains Hicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades of working with seasonal produce has taught jam-maker June Taylor to work first with what nature has on offer, but she too believes the changes chefs and artisans are seeing now could have a lasting impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have to think about what this means on a broader and longer-term basis regarding what farmers can produce in California and what won’t work,” she says. “We keep saying ‘If we just get some rain,’ but I don’t think one winter of rain will rebalance things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the Writer\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLeilani Clark is a freelance writer based in Santa Rosa, California. Her work has appeared in \u003cem>The North Bay Bohemian, Made Local, Shareable, Yes, The Orlando Weekly,\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Sacramento News and Review\u003c/em>. She is a 2014 California Endowment Health Journalism Fellow through the USC Annenberg School of Communication. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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Eight months later, with the continuation of one of the driest years on record, 95 percent of the state continues to suffer under “\u003ca href=\"http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\">extreme drought conditions.\u003c/a>” Reservoir levels are \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2731091/California-s-vanishing-lakes-Before-photos-reveal-shocking-shriveling-effect-state-s-devastating-drought-decades.html\" target=\"_blank\">shockingly low\u003c/a> and wells are going dry, a fact that lead Governor Brown to sign \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/19/california-governor-orders-help-for-dry-wells/\" target=\"_blank\">emergency groundwater regulation\u003c/a> legislation on September 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As widely reported, California’s large-scale agricultural operations, most notably livestock and dairy, have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/california-paradise-burning\" target=\"_blank\">severely impacted\u003c/a>. Across the state, the financial hit to agriculture will reach an estimated \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/California-Wells-Could-Run-Dry-in-One-Year-UC-Davis-Study-267185971.html\" target=\"_blank\">$2.2 billion\u003c/a>, say economists at University of California Davis. As harvest season ramps up, the true impact of the drought for everyone, not just Big Agriculture, is coming into high relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On September 17, the same day Jossel’s wholesale corn order dried up, he visited the Berkeley Farmers’ Market, only to discover that \u003ca href=\"http://www.dirtygirlproduce.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dirty Girl Produce\u003c/a>, an organic farm located near Santa Cruz, had run out of its \u003ca href=\"http://civileats.com/2014/08/05/the-great-tomato-debate-heirlooms-hybrids-or-gmos/\" target=\"_blank\">famous dry-farmed tomatoes\u003c/a> two months earlier than normal. Sadly, says farmer Joel Schirmer, “those two months usually generate the highest income of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schirmer’s tomatoes depend on winter rain for moisture, which is then trapped in the soil through mulching. The first wave, planted in early spring, did fine. The second wave couldn’t tap enough moisture in the soil to survive summer’s heat stress; Schirmer says at least 20 inches of rain are needed to set a baseline for the plants. This time of year, he and his workers should be packing up wholesale crates for shipment to Whole Foods and other large retailers. Instead, the farmer says he’ll lose an estimated $100,000 in sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s not out of the woods yet. Schirmer relies on well water for the rest of his fall crops and says, “We could have a well go down on a piece of property that’s filled with baby plants. That would be devastating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Schirmer says, farming requires him to evolve or die. “It’s a lesson not to put all your eggs in one basket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.junetaylorjams.com/\" target=\"_blank\">June Taylor Jams\u003c/a> in Berkeley, flexibility is equally as important. Owner June Taylor uses Dirty Girl tomatoes into late fall for small-batch production of ketchup, paste, and sauces, but she too received word about the season’s untimely end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I can’t get major fruits–pears, tomatoes–that is going to be difficult,” says Taylor. At the same time, with the unusually early arrival of apples, pears and figs, September has been busy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I used to think of September as a month where we could take a break after getting through the summer production,” says Taylor, who’s been preserving local produce for 25 years. “But now it’s as busy as June. The rhythms seem out-of-whack and water is one of the key components.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tough decisions about water are all in a day’s work at Toluma Farms, a 160-acre goat ranch outside of Tomales, California. In 2013, husband-and-wife team Tamara Hicks and David Jablons ventured into cheesemaking with \u003ca href=\"http://www.tolumafarms.com/creamery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tomales Farmstead Creamery\u003c/a>. They don’t have “a normative baseline” for what it’s like to make cheese outside of drought conditions, says Hicks, but it requires a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toluma Farms is well known in the community for having good water, she explains. But that didn’t prevent a water scare last year when one of their two streams dried up. 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