Daniel O'Connell | Industrial Ag's Rapid Degradation of California | 189

189: Daniel O'Connell, author of "In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California," sits down with Dave to discuss the breakdown of ecosystems and communities at the hands of extractive agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley.
Daniel O'Connell is the Executive Director at the Central Valley Partnership, "a regional nonprofit organization and progressive network of labor unions, environmental organizations, and community leaders spanning the San Joaquin Valley." Daniel holds an M.S. in International Agricultural Development from University of California Davis and a Ph.D. in Education from Cornell University. He is the author of "In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against Industrial Agribusiness in California."
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[@joycee5493]

Thank you, both!

[@WpaaTv]

The opening of this video/conversation is so 'right on'. And the information provided subsequently gets better.

[@TheDiversifiedFarmer]

You know what it feels like to get this information? Like you're 7 years old, and up on the high diving board for the first time.

[@TheDiversifiedFarmer]

Yeah Bro, I'm your guy on the East Coast. George Carver was my role model in school. I have received a method of farming from source, to save us. I am being persecuted for my actions in a chemical farming community. Ready to overgrow the system and make health and agricultural practices better for our children. We can't not do it.