Agroecology as a Choice, Not Coercion
Meet the world's new farming buzzword: "agroecology."
I'd try to define it, but "agroecology" is one of those slippery terms whose meaning shifts depending on ...
Ted Sheely
California Can Keep the Water Flowing
California is in trouble.
We can't keep the lights on, the fires out, or the air clean.
Worst of all, from my perspective as a farmer, is that we've failed to...
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.
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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...
Well Give The President Time But, This Trade War Has To Stop
My father always said that you cant count on a harvest until it actually comes inbut Im ready toannouncethat this years crop of pistachios, which well 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 weeks col...
California farmers invest water to feed people
The worst thing about Californias 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 againand not a moment too soon.
Technically, they never closed, though for months theyve 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 ...
Ted Sheely
Farmer, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Ted raises lettuce, cotton, tomatoes, onions, pistachios, wine grapes and garlic on a family farm. Chairman of Horizon Growers (pistachios). Long-standing interest and investment in water availability and quality. Received Innovative Water Conservation Award.