Watching the events of Charlottesville in these recent two weeks unfold, from South Africa, has been surreal. Apartheid is in recent living memory here, ending as recently as 1994.

This story was originally written for and published by the Peninsula Open Space Trust

“We make our own droughts, and our own floods.” When a USDA soil scientist told me this, I didn’t believe him at first. Yet the truth lies…

So you want to get in front of somebody. Maybe you’re looking for funding, a strategic partnership, an advisor or board member, or a big sales lead. Here’s how to actually get people to say yes.

I’m a San Francisco resident who works with farmers and ranchers all over the country. In urban and rural communities alike, I meet mostly warm, hardworking, thoughtful, lovable individuals. I often wonder how to bridge the…