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In What World Is It OK To See Flames When You’re At The Playground With Your Kids?

Sometimes environmental issues are hard to visualize. The planet is enormous, and the changes always seem to be happening slowly or happening somewhere else.This community doesn’t have the luxury of trying to visualize environmental change. It’s happening now, and it’s happening in their backyards. But it’s not staying there. The food they produce gets exported…

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Phoebe Gavin

In 2012, Kern County produced billions of dollars worth of food including grapes, carrots, pistachios, oranges, and almonds.

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