Powered by RebelMouse
Print Friendly and PDF
The peaches are sweet, but growing them isn’t
www.nytimes.com

The peaches are sweet, but growing them isn’t

0 min read
An annual picking trip to a California farm has become a window into our daunting climate and work challenges.

About the author(s):

Peter Dykstra

Peter Dykstra has worked on environmental issues for decades. He is based in Conyers, Ga., and is a former publisher and weekend editor at Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate. He is a contributor to Public Radio International’s Living On Earth.

https://twitter.com/pdykstra
An annual picking trip to a California farm has become a window into our daunting climate and work challenges.
PeachWestern StatesJapanese AmericanJapanese-AmericansUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleySustainable LivingCentral Valley CAAgriculture and FarmingJobsLabor and JobsIllegal Immigration;Undocumented MigrantsWestern States (US)CaliforniaChez PanisseDroughtSustainable livingFresno State UniversityCentral Valley (Calif)Berkeley (Calif)California State FresnoClimate ChangeIllegal ImmigrationFruitGlobal WarmingChez Panisse (BerkeleyCalifRestaurant)United StatesMasumotoDavid MasDavid Mas MasumotoOpinionSummer (Season)Mexican-AmericansSummerMexican AmericanPeachesAgricultureMigrant Labor (Agriculture)Migrant Labornytimes.com
Become a donor
Today's top news

Plastics treaty draft underway, but will the most impacted countries be included?

After powerful countries delayed negotiations, some question fair inclusion of low- and middle-income countries.

We don’t really know what wildfire smoke does to your brain

www.theatlantic.com

Determined to forge ahead with canal expansion, Army Corps unveils testing plan for contaminants in Matagorda Bay in Texas

insideclimatenews.org
Trending Topics
From our newsroom

Displaced and distraught: East Palestine remains at risk and without answers

EHN visited residents still picking up the pieces four months after a catastrophic train derailment dumped toxics in East Palestine, Ohio.

Opinion: Restoring our waters is restoring ourselves

Using water quality research to bring healing and sovereignty to the Apsáalooke.

Opinión: Restaurar nuestras aguas es restaurarnos a nosotros mismos

Usar la investigación de la calidad del agua para sanar y dar soberanía a los Apsáalooke.

EHN welcomes two summer interns to focus on plastic pollution and Spanish-speaking communities

Allison Guy, a longtime writer and communicator in the environmental nonprofit space, and Andy Damián-Correa, a student majoring in bilingual Spanish journalism at San Francisco State University, will join our team for summer.

US lead pipe replacements stoke concerns about plastic and environmental injustice

In a federal push for lead line replacement, regrettable substitutions like PVC piping must be avoided, say health experts.