By Anne Marie Todd, author of Valley of Heart's Delight: Environment and Sense of Place in the Santa Clara ValleyThe winter of 2023 has been especially soggy in the Santa Clara Valley. In January, San José received 5.67 inches of rain. Flooding, mudslides, and downed trees and powerlines have ma
By Helen Anne Curry, author of Endangered Maize: Industrial Agriculture and the Crisis of ExtinctionThis post was originally published on The Conversation.Last summer I grew three varieties of corn in my tiny garden. I knew from the start that my harvest, if any, would be meagre. The plants
