Source: WOMENSHEALTHGOV | June 24, 2014
Reiter Affiliated Farms in California supports breastfeeding moms with pop-up tents and covered vehicles. A company policy assures accommodations and support.…
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Ventura County “Heroes for the Red Cross” Honored
Source: REDCROSS.ORG | May 13, 2014
On Wednesday, April 30, the American Red Cross serving Ventura County, recognized its 2014 Heroes for the Red Cross at an awards breakfast held at Spanish Hills Country Club. Representing five categories of local heroism, the award winners are individuals …
Source: REDCROSS.ORG
Precision Irrigation at Reiter Berry Farms
Source: ECO FARM | September 25, 2012
This video is a part of the water stewardship video series produced by the Ecological Farming Association. This video features Reiter Berry Farms in Watsonville, California. Farm Manager Frank Estrada discusses the farm’s precision irrigation practices which they have pioneered …
Source: ECO FARM
Oxnard forums aim to make food security a reality for everyone
Source: VCSTAR.COM | July 13, 2012
Where do you get your food? What’s your idea of an ideal healthy food system?
These are just a couple of questions posed at forums recently held at three locations in Oxnard. The forums are part of the Oxnard Community …
Source: VCSTAR.COM
DAN BALBAS – Berry Grower, Pajaro Valley
Source: Pacific Institute | November 27, 2011
Dan Balbas is a berry grower for Reiter Farms, producing berries that are marketed under the Driscoll’s label. Over the last decades, groundwater pumping has exacerbated seawater intrusion into the area’s freshwater aquifers, which threatens agricultural production. Balbas discusses what …
Source: Pacific Institute
Oxnard grower enrolls workers in program to reverse obesity, diabetes among Latinos
Source: VCSTAR.COM | March 25, 2010
In a pearl snap button shirt, cowboy boots, and tan Wrangler cords topped by a big brass belt buckle, Juan Becerra looks every bit the farmhand.
That’s what makes the yoga he’s doing seem so odd.
Under his thick black …
Source: VCSTAR.COM