No doubt you’ve heard of crowdfunding – that’s a new way to finance special projects with small amounts from lots of investors, and it’s usually handled over the Internet.
The Western View: Processed Food
Should you trust your processed food?
The Western View: The Mussel Slough Tragedy
If you’ve wondered why the locus of the protest against high-speed rail is Kings County, the answer is: There’s history there, a history that makes us distrustful of anything associated …
Western View: Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in the Forests
An environmental catastrophe is happening in our state, and we’re not doing anything to fix it. I’m talking about illegal marijuana grows in the national forests.
The Western View: New Technology, New Opportunity
New technology brings new opportunity
The Western View: It’s Summer and Sabrina’s AWOL
Summer arrived with a vengeance, with our usual dry heat and lots of sunshine … most of us are settling in for a long, hot and dry summer. Of course, …
The Western View: COOL Repeal
Don’t take COOL away.
The Western View: Jack London, Farmer
Len Wilcox tells us about the grandfather of sustainable agriculture in California.
The Western View: Google U
There’s a new home for the 21st-century version of traveling medicine shows.
The Western View: Saving Butterflies
Len Wilcox talks about using science to protect the Monarchs.
The Western View: Label for GMO Foods
Your American Farm Bureau wants you to “Get a Move On.” They want your support to help create a national, science-based labeling standard for GMO foods.
The Western View: The March Against Myths
Countering the fear mongering about GMOs.
The Western View: Teosinte
Len Wilcox explores the original GMO food.
The Western View: Governor Brown’s Tunnels
The pros and cons of the Delta water tunnel plan