Fall 2005
Table of Contents
Soiled Secrets
Years ago one-pump gas stations and auto repair shops were scattered all over the landscape. They left souvenirs.
Underwater Canaries
“The upwelling is really strong, but the plankton just aren’t there.”
Pombo’s Promise
“Pombo’s bill would reverse thirty years of progress. It would rip the heart out of America’s most important wildlife law.”
Sacramento Watch
Hijinks in the Capitol
Got Milk
Mega-dairies mega-pollute.
Steady As It Goes
Working in the Milk Mine
How Do You Spell Organic?
The fight to save a standard
Pyramid Schemes
How the government promotes ill health
Q&A With Michele Simon
Simple-size us!
Freedom’s Just Another Word
Free-range? Cage-free? What does it mean?
Soil Voodoo
Eye of newt, horn of cow
Buying The Ivory Tower
Corporations increasingly own the fruits of research
Parchester’s Marsh
Breuner Marsh is at the crossroads—and in the crosshairs
Urban Oasis
Palm trees are a favorite barn owl nesting site. But they aren’t always a good choice.
Silk Purses
Landscape stalwarts support entire industries back home
Essential Reads
Cultivated California
Closing The Circle
Grass-fed, organic, and a heritage breed
On The Green Beat
Don’t dump used motor oil—or anything else—in Santa Rosa. This city of 175,000 has a full-time environmental cop
