By Anna Chico Cornel MBAHM, BSN, RN, PHN, HNB-BC, Carnitas Coach® It’s hard to believe that we need legislation to ban known toxic chemicals in our children’s food but that’s where we are in the US. Without a legislative mandate, food companies, particularly those...
By Barbara Sattler We, nurses, and others arrived at the small-scale strawberry farm with others who were participating in a “Farmworker Tour” sponsored by the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, CA. Ann Lopez, the Center’s Executive Director, welcomed us...
By Erika Alfaro Erika Alfaro, a Santa Cruz resident and pediatric nurse case manager, was one of dozens from across California who implored regulators to limit the use of 1,3-dichloropropene on crops during a recent hearing in Sacramento. The regulatory board has...