#California farm

[thedartharts]

Trying out an industrial scene for the first time. On a local walnut farm, and this is the back where they press and process the oil

#oil painting #painting #fine art #original art #traditional art #art #art study #still life #big sky #farmhouse #farmland #organic farming #organic farm #local farms #local art #California art #california artist #California farm #farm

[archiveofaffinities]

Ant Farm, Media Burn, San Francisco, California, 1975

#art #performance #sculpture #ant farm #media burn #california #San Francisco

[nemfrog]

"Boysenberry (left) compared with blackberries." Startling facts about the boysenberry, gigantic in size. Advertising. pamphlet by Knott's Berry Place. 1942.

Internet Archive

#boysenberry #blackberry #berries #size comparison #knott's berry farm #southern california #1942 #1940s #nemfrog #big

[henk-heijmans]

Dairy Farms of Sonoma County, Northern California, 2017 - by Nathan Wirth (1966), American

#Nathan Wirth #California #Sonoma #farms

[retropopcult]

March 1931. A young farmboy stands on a dirt road in an unincorporated area of the San Fernando Valley. This area would eventually be included in the new neighborhood known as Sherman Oaks. The small town of Burbank is a few miles behind his left shoulder and the Verdugo Mountains can be seen in the distance.

#vintage #Los Angeles #1930s #farm boy #California

[fawnvelveteen]

Cats Blackie & Brownie Catching Squirts Of Milk During Milking At Arch Badertscher's Dairy Farm In Fresno, California, 1954

#milk #cow #Dairy Farm #fresno #California #1950s #1954 #cat

[reasonsforhope]

"California will begin paying for free legal help with immigration for undocumented farmworkers who are involved in state investigations of wage theft or other labor violations, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced this week.

The $4.5 million pilot program will provide qualifying farmworkers with referrals for legal help with their immigration status. 

Roughly half of California’s farmworker population is believed to be undocumented. Fear of deportation and difficulties finding jobs can discourage workers from filing labor complaints or serving as witnesses in cases alleging unsafe work temperatures, wage theft, or employer retaliation for unionizing, officials said...

Respecting immigrant rights

Farmworkers in labor investigations who qualify for the new state program will receive a direct referral to legal services organizations that already offer immigration services, such as the Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County or the United Farm Workers Foundation, which spoke in support of the program. 

The free legal services workers could receive include case review, legal advice and representation by an attorney, according to Newsom’s office...

Deferred deportation

State officials said the pilot program aligns with a new Biden administration policy that makes it easier for undocumented workers who are victims of labor rights violations to request deferred action from deportation. Because the federal Department of Homeland Security can’t respond to all immigration violations, it exercises “prosecutorial discretion” to decide who to try to deport.

State officials said they won’t ask for workers’ immigration status, but noncitizens granted this deferred action may be eligible for work authorization.

This year, California labor department officials began supporting undocumented workers’ requests for prosecutorial discretion or deferred action from federal immigration officials, including when employers threaten workers with immigration enforcement to prevent workers from cooperating with state investigators. 

“The Department of Industrial Relations’ Labor Commissioner’s Office … was the first state agency to request deferred action from DHS for employees in an active investigation, and that request was successful,” Hickey said. “This is an important process for undocumented workers to be aware of.”"

-via CalMatters, July 21, 2023

#labor #immigrant rights #immigration #migrant workers #farm workers #wage theft #exploitation #labor rights #workers rights #deferred action #legal system #legal aid #california #united states #us politics #undocumented #undocumented workers #labor trafficking #work permit #good news #hope

[bryophyta-au]

surface

[ID: landscape in pen. Grillby and Sans are sitting on a bench. They’re holding hands. Grillby is wearing suspenders and a shirt with the sleeves rolled up, Sans is wearing his usual hoodie. The bench is on a grassy hill with an oak tree, overlooking farm land and mountains. Down right of the hill is a barn, farmhouse, and more trees. End ID.]

#utmv #my art #sans #sansby #grillby #Bryophyta AU #undertale #california #farm

[silascoke]

Farmer’s daughters

#grunge #ethel cain #southern gothic #2014 grunge #gore lover #preachers daughter #vintage #weirdcore #hayden anhedönia #girlblogger #farmers daughter #farm girl #cowgirl #southern california

[betty-bourgeoisie]

Probably my most unpopular Alfred headcanon is that he didn't participate in the roaring 20's at all because he was busy being a farmer in Oklahoma that decade

#hws america #aph america #Hetalia #it serves narrative purpose in my mind #I headcanon that from about 1835 to 1930 actually wasn't getting paid by the U.S government #and was bouncing from state to state taking human jobs to make ends meet #in the 1910's he was working in the meat packing industry in Chicago #but when he got involved with union organizing for that industry he ended up having to skip town to avoid an FBI raid #flees to Rural Oklahoma and changes his name from Alphonsus Kirkland to Alfred Jones #and this sets him up to be in the middle if the dust bowl in the 30's (a historical period I find much more interesting than the 20's) #the dust bowl causes him to move out to California where he works as a seasonal farm laborer for a while #and then when FDR becomes president putting Alfred back on payroll gets lumped into his social welfare reform #and Alfred finally gets a hand in his own government again #and yeah I know no one else in the fandom agrees with this #but you know #my blorbo and my blog so I'll say what I want

[ca-dmv-bot]

Customer: FEMALE FARMER DMV: FARM HER SOUNDS LIKE PIMP HER OR USE HER Verdict: DENIED

#California license plate with text FARM HER #bot #ca-dmv-bot #california #dmv #funny #government #lol #public records

[goldengay49]

#wttt #wttt fandom #welcome to the table #welcome to the statehouse #wttt california #wttt headcanons #wttt fanfic #wttt texas #wttt florida #wttt new york #wttt map #wttsh #wttt maps #California farm boy

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

Creative "goat" wordmark

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#goat #mountain goats #farm #domestic animals #farmer #cows #sheep #farmlife #land #logo #wordmark #creative process #illustration #negative space #black and white #vector #california #los angeles #san francisco #texas

[forestduck]

Mar 13, 2013 - .

#pinterest #nature #beautiful #pretty #cottagecore #offgrid #wanderlust #aesthetic #quail #farm #chicken #quails #poultry #game birds #bird #birds #calfornia quail #Californian quail #california quail #calfornia #animals #off grid #farming #hobby farm #homestead #grow your own #eggs #quail eggs

[probablyasocialecologist]

Looking ahead 20 years, many farmers will have to take land out of agriculture to comply with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), 2014 legislation that has required counties to implement groundwater management plans throughout California. As a result of SGMA, AFT estimates 4 percent, or 212,000 acres, of cropland in the San Joaquin Valley alone could be permanently retired and 27 percent intermittently fallow. Conservation groups hope to see some of that land become part of corridors for native plants, waterways, and wildlife, but farmers are also looking to agrivoltaics opportunities.

Agrivoltaics may also help conserve water. “The shade that is created by the solar panels, in areas that receive more sun than plants need for their photosynthesis, reduces the heat stress on those crops, makes them healthier, and makes them require less water,” Abou Najm said. “Agrivoltaics is more than just a dual production of food and energy on the same plot of land—it maximizes the synergy between the two.”

Agrivoltaics stand to assist Central Valley farms in myriad ways, said Dahlquist-Willard. Larger farms that adopt agrivoltaics could potentially benefit smaller ones by alleviating pressure ­on regional groundwater. At the same time, farmers with less land are more likely to consider agrivoltaics than converting entirely to solar. “For a small farm—say 10, 20, 30 acres—if you convert your whole farm to solar, you’re quitting farming. Nobody does that when farming is their only source of income,” she said.

Abou Najm published a theoretical study looking at how to grow crops—including lettuce, basil, and strawberries—under solar panels in a way that maximized productivity. He found that the blue part of the light spectrum is best filtered out to produce solar energy, while the red spectrum can be optimized to grow food; this requires a specific type of panel that’s less common but available. His follow-up research involves expanding the types of crops and conducting field trials.

U.C. Davis is filling a necessary gap in California research, though many other studies have been conducted nationally and internationally documenting crop yields under panels. Scientists have found agrivoltaics can improve the efficiency of the panels, and increase water-use efficiency, soil moisture content, and crop yields. In one cherry tomato study, production doubled under the panels and water-use efficiency was 65 percent greater.

Researchers from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo are also documenting the benefits of grazing under solar panels in California, supporting research worldwide. They are studying the benefits of sheep grazing on two solar installations, Gold Tree Farm and Topaz Solar Farm. There, they’ve found that the solar arrays can offer synergistic benefits for the sheep and the grasslands. Compared with pastures outside the solar panels, the shaded grasses have higher water content, greater nitrogen content, and lower non-digestible fiber.

#agrivoltaics #california #farming #solar power

[rinibayphoto]

#photographers of tumblr #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #photography #original photographers #bay area #norcal #california #fall #autumn #october #sheep #animals #cute #farm #farmcore #joan's pumpkin patch #livermore #aesthetic