One of humankind’s oldest agricultural crops is making a gradual comeback in Mendocino county.

Agricultural diversification in Mendocino County doesn’t just mean adding new varietals, or even preparing for legal cannabis cultivation. For a small but growing number of farmers, it includes growing traditional and specialty grains. Reporter Valerie Kim visited the man at the center of this incipient trend, Doug Mosel of the Mendocino Grain Project.

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A new puppy training facility at the Guide Dogs for the Blind campus aims to connect more dogs with people.

Guide Dogs For the Blind is planning to build a new puppy training center at its national headquarters in San Rafael, with a goal of having more puppies graduate into certified guide dogs. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

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Natural gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate and the environment than oil and gas, says the head of Food and Water Watch.

The subtitle of Wenonah Hauter’s new book is, “The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment.” Its subject is fracking.

Wehnonah Hauter spoke about Frackopoly last night at Copperfield’s Books in Sebastopol. You can hear more from her on the North Bay Report webpage at krcb.org/news. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Find out how an Argentinian group is using traditional techniques to train horses across the world - including wild horses in Sonoma County.

Yesterday we heard about the wild horse sanctuary Montgomery Creek Ranch and how it’s founder, Ellie Phipps-Price, is helping rescue hundreds of mustangs. Today we’re back at her training facility to see how a traditional technique called Doma India is being used to gentle some of the ranch’s horses. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

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When a band of wild horses were set to go to a slaughterhouse, one Sonoma County resident took action to save them.

Wild mustangs are an enduring symbol of American culture - representing freedom, beauty and power. But these horses are rapidly losing their place on public lands. One Sonoma County resident is trying to change that by providing a local sanctuary for displaced mustangs. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

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During Baseball’s All-Star game break, we take a close up look at the game’s other extreme, as represented by the Sonoma Stompers.

Armchair analysts tell themselves they could run a baseball team better that whoever is really doing it. But when two sportswriters got a chance to actually do that, it wasn’t quite what they expected.

Miller talks about how he and his colleague got their shot with the Stompers, and the wildest experiment they persuaded the team to try, on the North Bay Report webpage at krcb.org/news. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

The first attempt just missed. So county library leaders are readying a second sales tax measure for the fall ballot.

Sonoma County Library officials and aligned community groups are laying the groundwork for a second ballot measure to fund operations and restore service cuts.

The Library Commission meets tonight in the Santa Rosa city Council Chamber. The public hearing on the proposed ballot measure is scheduled for 7 pm. Learn more on the North Bay Report webpage at krcb.org/news. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

How to grow food is pretty well understood. But how do we grow new farmers?

Northern California is home to a growing number of innovative and holistic farms and farmers. A new Farm School program in Sebastopol is out to help export those practices more widely.

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Wild animals living on Mount Tam are in the spotlight thanks to wildlife cameras.

Over the past year, close to one hundred cameras have been taking candid pictures of deer, squirrels and sometimes even mountain lions that live on Mount Tamalpais. It’s part of a worldwide effort to inventory wildlife in specific environments. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi went to a recent photo cataloguing workshop to find out more about the project.

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Sustainability is on the rise in Sonoma County’s vineyards, and that movement is gathering attention much further afield.

To assist local vineyards in moving toward sustainability, The Sonoma County Winegrowers organization has compiled a fat binder of best practices, many of them developed by a team at UC Davis. It’s not a series of steps that must be taken, says Executive Director Karissa Kruse; more like a menu of possible actions.

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