SONOMA COUNTY Farm Trails hosts Fall Tour Farms throughout ... via email so you can plan your route using a special online map. Be sure to wear sturdy shoes. Registration is free; prices of ...

Sonoma County’s Ag and Open Space District is launching a pilot program called Buy-Protect-Sell, and it’s meant to help farmers like Erin Roscoe and her partner Brennan Murphy. They run Fox Sparrow ...

Sonoma County voters will decide on a ballot measure that would force large farms to downsize or close Proponents argue Measure J would support animal welfare and environmental protections ...

Proponents say the move is about the humane treatment of animals. "Sonoma County is well-known for its hundreds of small farms," Measure J propoents state on their website. "But throughout the ...

And that has put Weber, and many of his fellow Sonoma County farmers, in the political crosshairs of Measure J, a county ballot initiative that seeks to banish large poultry and dairy farms ...

A controversial ban on large animal farms in Sonoma County appears to be heading for a major defeat, as early returns show 85% of the voters rejecting Measure J. The citizen initiative would have ...

Farmers feel the measure has created awareness, too, about the challenges they face, said Dayna Ghirardelli, executive director of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Many local communities oppose the ...

He hopes it will spark interest from Healdsburg-area wineries and farms in a 7,000-acre area ... from the supply from 1975 to 2010 in Sonoma County’s Santa Rosa Groundwater Subbasin.

Say “Sonoma County farm,” and most people will conjure an image of docile cows chewing cud or chickens scratching the dirt, idly whiling away their days among the grassy, green hills of this ...

which is one of the large-scale animal farms that would be forced to phase out or downsize if Measure J is passed by Sonoma County voters, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Petaluma, Calif. Credit ...