Shepherd Bliss

Dr. Shepherd Bliss has taught at three North Bay colleges, including Sonoma State University.

Op-Ed

Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More Than Weeds

Protests against Monsanto's Roundup - with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate - have spread around the globe.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Speakout

February 3, 2016

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Wine and Water Watch Challenges Invasive Wine Empire

The “Grape Rush” in Sonoma and Napa counties has made grapes an invasive species that threatens to consume water and land.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Speakout

August 28, 2015

Op-Ed

How “Sustainable” Is the Wine Industry in California’s Sonoma County?

The Winegrowers self regulate, thus co opting and green washing the word, like a fox guarding the chicken coop.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Speakout

July 23, 2015

Op-Ed

Wine Empire Replaces Redwood Empire

Local residents and nature have been dominated by these outside investors; they reap the benefits, while the environment and residents pay the costs.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; SpeakOut

May 28, 2015

Op-Ed

Californian Wine Maker’s Herbicide Spraying Upsets Parents and Neighbors at Apple Blossom School Meeting

Perhaps Apple Blossom School's name should be changed to something like Pesticide-Poisoned School.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Truthout

May 20, 2015

Op-Ed

North Coast California Gathering Blasts Big Wine

Since it takes about 30 gallons of water to produce one glass of wine, extensive water use by wineries as events centers was a major concern of the gathering.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Truthout

May 12, 2015

Op-Ed

Big Wine Fails to Dry Farm During California’s Relentless Drought

It's hypocritical for Gov. Brown to mandate that the rest of us reduce water use by 25%, except for his friends in Big Ag and Big Wine.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Truthout

May 5, 2015

Op-Ed

Water or Wine? California’s Drought and Water Competition

Agricultural enterprises can continue to dig into our water table and extract as much of our limited water supply as they want, for free.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; Truthout

April 13, 2015

Op-Ed

Sour Grapes in “Wine Country” – Intense Challenges to Wineries Erupt

A movement against the expansion of rural wineries grows throughout the North Bay.

By: Shepherd Bliss ,; SpeakOut

March 5, 2015

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Trouble in “Wine Country”

A moral person would not buy “blood diamonds.” It is time to consider the various environmental, climate change, and human factors when one buys Sonoma or Napa County wines.

By: Shepherd Bliss &; Shepherd Bliss ,; SpeakOut

February 25, 2015

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