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Klamath Salmon at Heart of Fight Between Farmers, Tribal Fishermen
A massive tug of war is happening in a Fresno courtroom this week over who has greater claim to the water in the rivers of Northern California. At the request of a couple Central Valley water districts, Judge Lawrence O'Neill granted a temporary restraining order on releases down the Trinity River, which feeds into the Klamath. Farmers say they need that water, but so do tribal fishermen, and they traveled to Fresno to make their case.

What Is the Human Cost of How We Farm?
Most Californians have a rough idea there are hundreds of thousands of Mexicans picking our crops during harvest season, but the details of their lives are a little hazy unless we live in farm country. The details are what make the book "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies" a provocative read. To study the human cost of the way we farm today, UC Berkeley anthropologist Seth Holmes strapped on a backpack and traveled with Triqui Indians between their home towns in Oaxaca and the farms of the Western U.S.

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