It is the dead of winter but the rice fields in the Sutter Basin are full of life. It’s the slowest time of year for most farmers; crops have been harvested and the spring planting season is months away. While most farmers patiently await the turn of season, fields southwest of Yuba City are busy … Continue reading “The Winter Farmer – Roger Cornwell”

There is a saying that goes; “you can never go home again,” but Jeff Sutton is proving you can. The phrase refers to our tendency to have unrealistic or only nostalgic memories of where we spent our formative years, but for Sutton, he is returning to the irrigation district his great- great-grandfather helped create and … Continue reading “Coming Home – Jeff Sutton”

His neck bent backward allowing his eyes the chance to follow the bark line to the top of the towering pines reaching toward the majestic blue above. Beneath his gaze flowed a forest green ocean of pine needles pinching the branches as so they would not be lost to the wind. The whistling sound the … Continue reading “The TreeGazer – Willie Whittlesey”

At just eight years old, Andy was set free into the woods. To be clear he wasn’t abandoned. This was the early 1980s and kids were given immense freedom to explore the outdoors on their own accord. Spared from the fears of parents today, the brown- haired boy with dust coated jeans and a t-shirt … Continue reading “The Perfect Combination – Andy Fecko”