{"id":14345,"date":"2017-12-08T09:17:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=14345"},"modified":"2017-12-08T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T16:17:39","slug":"a-farmers-perspective-from-the-fire-zone-from-the-uc-food-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/a-farmers-perspective-from-the-fire-zone-from-the-uc-food-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"A farmer&#8217;s perspective from the fire zone &#8211; from the UC Food Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14346\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14346\" class=\"wp-image-14346\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sayer-photo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sayer-photo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sayer-photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sayer-photo-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Thomas Fire this week from the author&#8217;s farm in Ventura County<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By Chris Sayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-page\">\n<div class=\"wrap container\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"content row\">\n<article class=\"post-14268 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agriculture category-climate tag-thomasfire tag-california-soils-week tag-chris-sayer tag-farms tag-featured tag-petty-ranch tag-soil tag-sonoma-county tag-southern-california tag-uc-agriculture-and-natural-resources tag-uc-anr tag-ventura-county tag-wildfire\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This week is<\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/healthysoils\/soilsweek.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Soils Week<\/a><\/em><strong><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have been chewing on an appropriate commentary, but hadn\u2019t found quite the right angle on it. What was there I could say that was new?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>And then the fire came.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A dear friend was one of the first evacuees; fleeing her home with trailered horses before the news even broke to the world. The last three days have been a literal whirlwind of bad news. I haven\u2019t been able to keep track of all the friends and acquaintances who have suffered from this fire. Homes, farms and businesses are gone.<\/p>\n<p>And we have several more days of Santa Ana winds to go.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been fortunate. Though evacuated from one ranch, I\u2019m safe at the other. I\u2019ve lost nothing but sleep. Writing was something I haven\u2019t had time for. Besides, how could I worry about the soil at a time like this?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Yet it occurs to me that this will be a disaster of the soils as well. As I write this, nearly one hundred thousand acres of my home county have been scorched. On barren hillsides and rangeland, the soil lies wounded and vulnerable.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A friend is putting together a GoFundMe to obtain seed to help restore grazing land and secure slopes. Many details to be worked out. And we\u2019ll need some rain. But soil is built upon the leaves and roots of plants, and we know how to make that happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>We can help the soil help us to recover. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That seems like exactly what I should write about for California Soils Week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-page\">\n<div class=\"wrap container\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"content row\">\n<aside class=\"sidebar\" role=\"complementary\">\n<section class=\"sidebar-meta\"><em>Chris Sayer (<a title=\"Petty Ranch\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pettyranch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@pettyranch<\/a>) is a Ventura County farmer, a civic leader and a fixture on the local food and agricultural scene. 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