We Need Common Sense to Understand Risk
If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do it too? As a dad, I may have used that line to get one of my kids to use common sense when considering risk. ...
Ted Sheely
Innovative technology eradicates pink bollworm
This week's piece is adapted from comments by GFN Board member Ted Sheely from California at the recent announcement at the US Dept of Agriculture that after ye...
We’ll Give The President Time But, This Trade War Has To Stop
My father always said that you can’t count on a harvest until it actually comes in—but I’m ready to announce that this year’s crop of pistachios, which we’ll sh...
Well-Intentioned CA Prop 65 is Getting Out of Hand
Farmers in California have it tough these days. Despite recent rainfall from El Nino, we continue to suffer through one of the worst droughts in history. We sti...
Ted Sheely on the John Batchelor Show
Ted Sheely is a California farmer. This year he has been forced to idle one-third of his prime farm ground because of the drought. Ted writes in this week’s col...
California farmers invest water to feed people
The worst thing about California’s drought is the suffering it has put on ordinary people. In many places, drinking wells have dried up. The crisis is so severe...
The Port Slow-Down was an Unnecessary Economic and Humanitarian Disaster
The ports on the West Coast are open for business again—and not a moment too soon. Technically, they never closed, though for months they’ve suffered from a ...
Chipotle Unnecessarily Tears Down Agriculture to Build a Brand
In the boardrooms of Madison Avenue, they call it “values branding”: a marketing strategy in which a company tries to instill a feeling of righteousness in the ...
Just Say No to Washington State Labeling Initiative
As voters in Washington state go to the ballot box on November 5 to consider special labels for foods with genetically-modified ingredients, I have a single tho...
No Labeling Needed When Consumers Know the Whole Truth
Shop at Whole Foods. Spend your Whole Paycheck. That’s the popular description of the upscale grocery store. Last year, in a Consumer Reports survey, Whole F...
Ted Sheely
Farmer, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Ted Sheely raises lettuce, cotton, tomatoes, onions, pistachios, wine grapes and garlic on a family farm in the California San Joaquin Valley. Ted volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is Chairman of the Horizon Growers (pistachios). He has provided leadership to the National Cotton Council, Cotton Incorporated, California Farm Bureau and Westlands Water District. Ted’s long-standing interest and investment in water availability, quality and use has earned him recognition by the California Water Policy Conference with the Innovative Water Conservation Award.