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Welcome to Harvesting Health!
Hi, and welcome to Vida en el Valle’s new community health blog, Harvesting Health/Cosechando Salud. This blog is part of a new reporting project, funded by the California Endowment, that will allow...
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Day 2 of the #SowChange tour
On Day Two of the Women’s Foundation of California’s Sowing Change 2010 tour, we began in Visalia and visited Seville, Matheny Tract, Lamont and Weedpatch. Read more about the tour, and about Day One...
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Video: Meet an Environmental Justice Champion
UPDATE: Read more about Becky Quintana in this Vida en el Valle story. ————————————————————————————- “Do you want clean water or dirty water?” Becky Quintana called out from her kitchen, in a joking...
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Clean water could soon flow toward Kettleman City
For years, residents of Kettleman City have lived with many environmental hazards and polluting industries. The tiny Kings County community is located 3-1/2 miles from a huge hazardous waste landfill....
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VIDEO: UN Expert learns about Valley’s drinking water problems
UPDATE: The story – ‘UN report not watered down’ – can be found here. People from outside the San Joaquín Valley are often surprised to learn that many residents in this region can’t drink their tap...
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VIDEO: Water distributions in the Valley, and how you can help
UPDATE: Read ‘Water bottles ease woes,’ which ran in the June 8 edition of Vida en el Valle. The first of a series of water donations took place last Friday morning in Monson, East Orosi and Seville –...
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Refreshing news in Kettleman City, and how you can help
UPDATE: Read ‘No more brown water’ here. If all goes according to plan, construction could begin on a surface water treatment plant in Kettleman City in as little as two years, state officials said...
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2011′s top community health issues
Well friends, another year of investigating community health in the San Joaquín Valley is coming to an end. Below are my picks for the Valley’s top five community health issues/trends of 2011. What...
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Latinos Protecting la Tierra, part 2: Local struggles in Mecca and Cutler
What would you do if horrible smells of human waste and gas began wafting into your neighborhood? How would you respond if those smells began sickening your own children, elementary school students,...
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