GMO Free Sonoma County is a grassroots movement comprised of volunteers working to prohibit growing GMOs in Sonoma County and to Label GMOs in CA.  We strive to educate people regarding ZGMO concerns.

Our Current Mission:

To have the Sonoma County Supervisors vote our ordinance into law, which would make it unlawful for any person, partnership, corporation, firm, or entity of any kind to propagate, cultivate, raise, or grow genetically engineered organisms in the county.

The passage of this ordinance would uphold these purposes:

1. To protect Sonoma County’s native plants, trees, and animals from transgenic contamination by GE organisms;
2. To defend and promote the economic integrity of organic, conventional, and other markets that are harmed by transgenic contamination by GE organisms;
3. To protect Sonoma County from increased pesticide use resulting from GE plant propagation and cultivation; and
4. To preserve the right of Sonoma County residents to reject GE organisms resulting from health-related, moral, or other concerns.                                       

Help us join Marin, Mendocino, Trinity, and Santa Cruz Counties who already have simislar ordinances in place.

If you are a Sonoma County resident, are 18 years old or older, and have not already signed, please visit our website: www.GMOFreeSonomaCounty.com, and sign our online petition and/ or volunteer. If you represent a business or organization you may also endorse.

Based in Sebastopol, California, just north of San Francisco, we’ve built and converted vehicles to electric power since 1991.

Now we’ve invented the SWITCH – an electric vehicle which we like to think of as “a vehicle for education.”

Combined with our curriculum it includes everything students need to learn to build an electric vehicle. 

• Adjustable lectures, projects and tests allow the course to be taught is as few as 8 weeks or as many as 19             
• Project based lab assignments mean more activities for more students
• Most of the components are build or configured away from the vehicle, install once they are complete
• ALL wiring is provided.  Everything is cut to length, professionally terminated and labeled for ease of assembly, the wiring looms are even color coded
• Training for the instructors is provided.  In one week we demonstrate the basic functionality of the components and the teachers actually build a SWITCH during the class.  The training is approved for Continuing Education credit in California.

Switch Vehicles has made this a program for success.  Based on project based instruction we include STEM as part of our coursework.

We were started by two long time EV builders and enthusiasts.  One founder taught How to Convert your car to Electric at the local community college, the other was involved with Electrothon racing at high schools up and down the state of California as far back as 1995.

Tower Garden by Juice Plus+:

State of the art vertical aeroponic growing system perfect for patios, balconies, rooftops and any sunny place outside. * 

• EFFECIENT:Grows 20 plants in just 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet of space
• ECO FRIENDLY:Uses 10% of the water and land required by traditional garden
• EASY: Easy to assemble, no weeding, tilling or kneeling
• COST: EFFECTIVE:Lasts a lifetime and easily pays for itself in about 2 years
• SAFE: Made from USDA-approved UV- stabilized, good grade plastic.

* Used inside this winter w vertical grow lights mounted on the tomato cage with grow produce all winter.

Ryan Honeyman is a sustainability consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author of The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, October 2014), the world’s first book on B Corporations.

Ryan helps businesses save money, improve employee satisfaction, and increase brand value by helping them maximize the value of their sustainability efforts, including helping companies certify and thrive as a B Corp. His clients include Ben & Jerry’s, Klean Kanteen, Nutiva, CleanWell, Exygy, and the Filene Research Institute.

Honeyman Sustainability Consulting, a Certified B Corporation, was recently honored—alongside Patagonia, Seventh Generation, New Belgium Brewery, GoLite, and Method—on the 2014 B Corp “Best for the Environment List,” which recognizes businesses that have scored in the top 10% of all B Corps worldwide for positive environmental impact.

Ryan has written articles for TriplePundit, Sustainable Industries, and the CU Times. He has also been a featured speaker at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, San Francisco State University, Mills College, the California College of the Arts, the Sustainable Enterprise Conference, the Marin Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, the New Sector Alliance, Nextspace, the Impact Hub Oakland, and the Impact Hub SoMa in San Francisco.

Ryan sits on the board of directors for the B Corp B2B Networking Group and Conscious Capitalism Bay Area. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Strong partnerships exist between family farmers and their communities. CAFF strives to build on shared values around food and agriculture, and work together in practical, on-the-ground programs. These partnerships create locally based economic vitality, improved human and environmental health, and long-term sustainability of family farms.