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Boston psychiatrist and researcher Nassir Ghaemi has written in Psychology Today how people who get too comfortable in any field of their life can stop progressing and end up feeling unfulfilled.

Jacobs Farm del Cabo’s ClimateLab, now in its third year, is expanding its efforts from Baja California, Mexico to Northern California, where the company put down roots in 1980 and still farms today. In its new location, the mission of the ClimateLab remains the same: to preserve organic farmers’ livelihoods and the future of organic produce in the face of global climate change.

Stronger supplies of California organic basil in 2022

The continued growth of Controlled Environment Agriculture and the ramifications of hydroponically grown items being eligible for organic certification will be the subject of the first announced educational session at Organic Produce Summit 2022. Hydroponics: To Soil or Not to Soil? will feature industry leaders from opposing sides of the issue discussing the current lawsuit filed against USDA, and what the future of organic hydroponics may look like.

Hydroponics debate featured in OPS educational session

Climate-resilient food system program continues growing

Jacobs Farm del Cabo is making significant progress in its ClimateLab efforts, a program focused on building a more inclusive, climate-resilient food system. For close to 40 years, the company has helped hundreds of small-scale, organic family farms and increased farmer incomes by 10 times, yet climate-related events have rapidly become the most significant threat to protecting and ensuring those gains for thousands of farmers and their families.

New paper clamshell for tomatoes introduced Jacobs Farm del Cabo is excited to introduce a paper-based clamshell under the del Cabo brand as an alternative to single-use plastic clamshells. This year alone, the paperboard pack is projected to reduce the company’s plastic waste by half a million pounds. “Plastic reduction is an important part of our broader climate change initiative, ClimateLab™, designed to both mitigate our impact and help our farming communities develop the tools needed...

Jacobs Farm del Cabo introduces paper-based clamshells May 19 , 2021 Jacobs Farm del Cabo has introduced a paper-based clamshell as an alternative to single-use plastic clamshells under the companys brand. The new paperboard pack is projected to reduce the companys plastic waste by half a million pounds this year. “Plastic reduction is an important part of our broader climate change initiative, ClimateLab, designed to both mitigate our impact and help our farming communities develop the tool...

ILCA Spring Series at Queen Mary © Simon Winkley 34 ILCAs lined up on the second Sunday of the Spring Series at Queen Mary Sailing Club after a very tedious lockdown. It is the tradition at QM that the first to round the windward mark of the first race writes the race report - this week that honour comes to Mark Lyttle. Its worth noting that the ILCA club racing at QM is without doubt the most competitive in the country - so hats off to all those who took part. Race Report by Mark ...