I've seen some collateral damage out there -- trees coming down and taking out fences, roads washing out. It probably increases erosion, but you just kind of weather it, so to speak. |
So much depends on what happens after the storm. |
There is a general feeling that this is more often referred to as an 'open space district' to the exclusion of agricultural preservation. Our feeling is that it has strayed from its original intent. |
There's no evidence that this county is ripe with rabid, roving, biting rabbits. |
There's no reason for these companies to even consider Sonoma County. |
They infer we are lackeys for Monsanto. We are not going to do that. That is how Mendocino lost. |
Those farmers could go out and buy the exact grain that they could have produced themselves from some other area of California or another state and import it into the county for their feed--obviously driving up their cost of production, as well as requiring more fuel consumption to get those products to the North Coast. It's kind of an illogical initiative from that standpoint. |
We've been dealing with all these risks in agriculture since the beginning of time. |