[Kzyxtalk] The Ag Report on KMEC Radio -- Monday, December 29 at 1 PM

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"All About Money" returns to KMEC Radio on Monday, December 29, at 1 PM, Pacific Time, with host, John Sakowicz, and guest, Julia Carrera, of the Small Farmers Association. She'll report on her involvement with the Small Farmers Association whose mission is to work with county and state lawmakers to protect the mom and pop small farmers of northern California. Their goal is to make sure northern California's "cottage industry" is preserved. 




Carrera will also report on the 2014 Emerald Cup, recently held in Sonoma County and formerly held in Mendocino County. 




Julia Carrera is the third-party inspector for Mendocino County's marijuana program. 




Our second guest is BJ McManama 

McManama is the anti-GE (genetically engineered) trees campaigner for the Indigenous Environmental Network. She is based in the mountains of North Carolina, a central location for potential release of GE American chestnuts. 




In October, BJ McManama organized an Indigenous Peoples’ Action Camp against GE trees in Cherokee, NC. She said, “As Indigenous Peoples, we know that GE trees will threaten our cultural heritage, tradition, sovereignty and health. Even today, many of our people survive through subsistence methods -- hunting, gathering, fishing and even our shelters are obtained from our forests. Trees are sacred. They are the children of our mother and our nurturer. We cannot stand idly by as the American chestnut, on which our people depend, is engineered into something that could wind up poisoning the land, air, water and the people. Forests are the source of our spiritual life and knowledge, and we wholly reject any attempts to change the sacred ancient blueprint of these trees -- to destroy their spirit.” 




KMEC Radio airs at 105.1 FM in Ukiah, California. We also stream live from the web at www.kmecradio.org . Our shows are archived. 


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