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Following is a partial list of
opinion essays and news articles about our work.
Opinion Essays / Letters to the Editor written by ALBA
Praise for Failed Farm Bill , Monterey County Herald, May 24,
2008
Letter to the Editor by Edward Moncrief , Chairman of the
ALBA Board of Directors. Monterey County Weekly, April 10-16,
2008
Focus on the Farm Bill
– Monterey County Herald: February
25, 2007
Empty foods for a 'Hay belly
nation ' – Guest opinion by Deborah Rich, Monterey County
Herald, June 9, 2008
Senate must take hard look at limiting farm subsidies –
Monterey County Herald, December 11, 2007
Things are looking good out on the farm – Monterey County
Herald: June 21, 2007
Fat profits from empty calories – Monterey County Herald:
April 25, 2007 News Articles
Pajaro Valley Entrepreneurial Fair and Expo , Watsonville
Pajaronian, July 25th, 2008Carrots, Sticks and
Crumbs , Grist, July 17th, 2008
Fair Planned for Small Business , Monterey County Herald,
July 16, 2008
Eating close to home doesn’t have to be painful , Monterey
County Weekly, January 31, 2008.
ALBA shares news about beginning farmer victories in the Farm
Bill , broadcasted on local television news (en Español) –
KSMS Univision-67, Monterey-Salinas, June 2, 2008
ALBA’s comments about the Farm Bill broadcasted on local
television news (en Español) – KSMS Univision-67,
Monterey-Salinas, April 30, 2008
KUSP’s Talk of the Bay , April 22, 2008
Land War: ALBA farmers clash with staff over leases, treatment
and produce prices. Monterey County Weekly, April 3-9, 2008.
Citizens group wants to ban genetically engineered crops –
Monterey County Weekly, March 6, 2008
Genetically altered crop ban sought – Salinas Californian,
February 29, 2008
Farm life soothes veteran – Salinas Californian, February
11, 2008
Workshop focus
on green certification in food service – Monterey County
Herald, December 4, 2007
“In the push to eliminate E. coli risk, produce handlers are
forcing local farmers to unravel conservation practices,”
–
Monterey County Weekly, November 21, 2007
Farmer Growing a Business – Salinas Californian, July 30,
2007
Program turns farmworkers into farmers, fosters small business
– Associated Press: June 20, 2007
Program gives workers seeds for success – Marketplace
(American Public Media), June 13, 2007
Back in the fields, but with a degree: Juan Perez becomes
frontman for healthful-eating promotions – Monterey County
Herald: June 12, 2007
Soledad market opens – Salinas Californian: June 8, 2007
Small farmer training connects to community – KAZU 90.3 FM:
May 4, 2007
Group
harvests link to the S.F. Bay Area – Salinas Californian:
April 23, 2007
Graduation Set for Farm Group – Monterey County Herald:
April 13, 2007
Grant to aid bilingual business education – The Salinas
Californian: April 5, 2007
Three non-profits get $150,000 grant – Monterey County
Herald: April 5, 2007
Soledad Farmer's Market to debut in June – South County
Newspapers: February 28, 2007
Farmers markets move south – The Salinas Californian:
February 27, 2007
Organic
Evolution – Monterey County Weekly: December 28, 2006
Gary
Patton’s Land Use Report – KUSP, Central Coast Public Radio:
December 4, 2006
The Face of Food on the Central Coast – Health Quarterly /
Special supplement published by the Steps to a Healthier Salinas
Program in the Salinas Californian: November 7, 2006
Slow & Fresh: A Celebration of the Earth’s Bounty – Haven
Magazine (Monterey County Herald): October 29, 2006
15,000 UCSC students reap benefits from ALBA Organics –
Watsonville Register-Pajaronian: February 18, 2006
Farr praises organic center – The Salinas Californian:
February 23, 2005
María Luz Reyes profiled for
her innovative pest management and collaborative research,
broadcasted on local television news (en Español) – KSMS
Univision-67, Monterey-Salinas, August 27, 2008