Getting your farm and crew prepared for a disaster like a wildfire can feel overwhelming – but having a plan and Go-Bags ahead of time is a critical step in decreasing your risk and increasing your ability to safely and efficiently respond in an emergency. But what does it really look like in practice? What …
Go Kits and Emergency Plans: Preparing for Wildfire with Bee-well Farms: Read More »
Though David Cooper is an experienced Farm Manager, nothing prepared him what he had to face. At two in the morning on October 8th, 2017, the Nun’s Fire crested the hills five miles outside Glen Ellen, CA. The wildfire burned for 22 days, and was so destructive it resulted in three deaths and 56,500 acres …
Being impacted by wildfire is terrifying, potentially deadly, and can be extremely costly. But for farmers and ranchers, there are so many layers to the type of losses they face from not just the wildfire, but the evacuations and power shut-offs that can make recovery almost impossible. It’s important to note what these losses are …
Counting the Losses: Tallying the True Costs of Wildfire for Farmers Read More »
“We send up our prayers with smoke, and they are answered by fire,” shares Margo Robbins, quoting a gentleman from her neighboring tribe. It’s a radical concept, but the view of fire as a natural, welcome and sacred part of living on land in California is core to the Yurok tribe, and many other Native …
Fire is Family: A Conversation with the Yurok Tribe’s Cultural Fire Management Council Read More »