Krie Nguyen

Photo courtesy of www.landbasedlearning.org A proper background in the farming business is sometimes all what separates a successful enterprise from a failed one. To encourage aspiring entrepreneurial farmers, the non-profit organization Center for Land-Based Learning’s California Farm Academy will offer beginners a course on specialty crop production at its headquarters in Winters, Calif., that will […]

Photo courtesy of Asian Pacific Environmental Network Though they’re demographically categorized as minorities, when it comes to putting their support behind environmental issues, Asian Americans are becoming increasingly influential in effecting policy change. For example, a 2009 California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund poll showed that more than 80 percent of Asian Americans support […]