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Farming is traditionally seen as a male dominated field, but women have played a vital role throughout history. Find out how a local women farming advocate is trying to get their voices heard on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org

Women farmers have been a backbone in agriculture for hundreds of years, but according to some their voices and stories are not being heard. Now a group in Sebastopol is trying to break that mold. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

This story is part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful initiative. Find out more about the event’s women farmers on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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The controversy over genetically modified crops is shifting to alarm over the potent herbicide that some seeds enable. That compound is called glyphosate, and it’s coming under fire.

Thanks in large part to the widespread use of genetically modified corn, soy and other crops, herbicides containing glyphosate are being more widely used than ever before. At the same time, new concerns about the health and environmental damage that the chemical causes are prompting calls to restrict it.

This story is part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful initiative. For more about the International Monsanto Tribunal, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Activists in wheelchairs staged a history-making sit-in in San Francisco in 1997. A visiting exhibit coming to Santa Rosa recounts it.

Almost 40 years ago, an unprecedented sit in at the Federal Building in San Francisco helped launch the nationwide disability rights movement. A special exhibit coming to SRJC details that historic turning point.

The “Patient No More” exhibit, in the Bertolini Student Center on the SRJC campus in Santa Rosa, will open tomorrow afternoon with a special presentation on “Equal Education for All.” It will also be open for free viewing next Monday through Thursday only, from 7 am to 8 pm each day. We also have more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Marin County officials are working on a plan to protect and encourage the biodiversity of its open spaces.

For nearly a decade Marin County’s Open Space District has been working on a plan to better manage the vegetation and biodiversity on their nearly 16-thousand acres. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the plan gained approval from the county’s Open Space Commission this week.

Find a link to the draft management plan and see photos of Ring Mountain on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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A third airline will begin regular flights in and out of Santa Rosa early next year, and more carriers may be joining them. Listen for details on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.

American Airlines will add daily flights to and from the Sonoma County airport in four months, but the list of direct destinations served from Santa Rosa remains the same, at least for now.

Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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An extended water-level survey of the entire length of the Russian River is setting the stage for a new look at its future next year. We’ll summarize the final stage of the river descent.

The three-stage descent of the full length of the Russian River wrapped up this weekend with a public finale kayaking from Duncan’s Mills to Jenner. It was an extended prelude to a broad examination of the watershed and its future next year.

Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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International peace worker Linda Sartor was honored on the Sebastopol Peace Wall this week.

Santa Rosa resident Linda Sartor has traveled to many international hot spots, speaking out for peace, tolerance and understanding. On Sunday, she was among the four new honorees added to Sebastopol’s Living Peace Wall. Today, we revisit an interview with her from 2012, in which she reported back on her recent visit to war-ravaged Afghanistan.

The other honorees added to the Living PEACE Wall this week were the late long-time Sonoma County activist Lucy Forest, former President Jimmy Carter, and Santa Rosa attorney Charles Pickett, a lifelong civil rights advocate. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Safe disposal of unwanted medicines is a widely applauded goal. The argument is over who pays for it.

Sonoma County Supervisors this week signaled their intention to apply the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility to pharmaceuticals, through a new ordinance to require the safe collection of extra or unwanted medicines.

Hear more about this issue on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Humans are born curious; the challenge for educators is how to preserve and cultivate that.

Efficiency and curiosity are fundamentally at odds with each other, says a Sonoma State liberal studies professor. And that basic conflict needs to be acknowledged in shaping our educational systems.

Hear more from Professor Ostroff on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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A decade of local collaboration around climate change has been recognized by the White House.

For years now, Sonoma County agencies and NGOs have bene working together to understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Now that work has been honored and promoted at the national level.

We’ve got links to the Sonoma County portions of the new Dashboard on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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