Can Flowers Really Be Eco-Friendly?

Originally published by Rachel Tepper Paley on February 13, 2018 at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-13/where-to-buy-sustainable-flowers-organic-florists-and-delivery
While it may be fashionable to investigate the early childhood of your steak, when was the last time you probed your florist for the provenance of your peonies?
According to the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture figures, the U.S. produced $374 million in wholesale cut stems in

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Israeli Wineries Pioneering Environmentalism, Social Change and Diplomacy

Originally published by Eliana Rudee on August 7, 2018 at https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/111884/unique-initiatives-israeli-wine-industry/

With the rise to prominence of Israeli wine in the last few decades, Israeli wineries have branded themselves through unique initiatives created at the nexus of the Start Up Nation and the ancient Jewish tradition of winemaking.
Each presented their wine to the public at the

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Lodi Winegrape Commission Announces New Executive Director

Originally published on April 5, 2018 at http://www.lodigrowers.com/lodi-winegrape-commission-announces-new-executive-director/
The Lodi Winegrape Commission, representing more than 750 winegrape growers farming 110,000 acres which includes 85 wineries in the Lodi American Viticulture Area (AVA), has announced the appointment of Stuart Spencer as Executive Director, effective immediately.
Spencer was promoted from Program Manager for the Lodi Winegrape Commission, a position he has held

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Winners Announced for Fourth Annual California Green Medal: Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards

Article originally published at https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2018/03/29/DC52201
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The California Green Medal winners have been announced for the fourth annual Sustainable Winegrowing Leadership Awards.  The California Green Medal recognizes the leadership of wineries and vineyards committed to sustainability and is presented by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, California Association of Winegrape Growers, Wine Institute, Lodi Winegrape

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Covenant finds adventurous grapes for its premium kosher wines in Lodi

(originally published on http://www.lodiwine.com/blog/ on March 9, 2018)
Covenant finds adventurous grapes for its premium kosher wines in Lodi

Covenant owner Jeff Morgan doing the only thing he is allowed to do in his own kosher winery (clean-up!)
At Covenant Wines in Berkeley late last month (February 2018), winery owner Jeff Morgan laid out his two current Zinfandels, both grown in Lodi, on the table, and

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Cliff Ohmart Retires from SureHarvest

(this story originally published here.)
Cliff Ohmart, original architect of LODI RULES and sustainability giant, announces his retirement by Randy Caparoso

Dr. Clifford P. Ohmart, early 2017

It is largely agreed, within the American winegrowing industry, that the Lodi Viticultural Area’s crowning achievement has been the establishment, in 2005, of LODI RULES for Sustainable Winegrowing. What you might not know

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Kids Explain Sustainability

This January, LODI RULES filmed a video where children and grandchildren of LODI RULES farmers and vintners explain SUSTAINABILITY. Watch ten adorable children, without any preparation, give incredibly insightful and often funny views on sustainability.
A special thanks to our wonderful, dedicated LODI RULES families who came together one Saturday afternoon to make this video a reality!  Thank you

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Esteemed California Sustainable Winegrowing Program Lodi Rules™ Goes International

(Originally published on Wine Industry Advisor on January 17, 2018.)
Israel’s Golan Heights and Galil Mountain Wineries Achieve Historic Certification
January 17, 2018, LODI, CA – The LODI RULES™ Sustainable Winegrowing Program, created by the Lodi Winegrape Commission and third-party certified by Protected Harvest, is making its first foray into the international market. Golan Heights Winery and subsidiary Galil

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Measuring Sustainability

Wines & Vines – Editorial Column
By: Clifford Ohmart
September 2011
“The wine community has embraced the concept of sustainability like no other cropping system. Since the early 1990s winegrowers and winemakers have been committed to moving along the sustainability continuum, from less sustainable to more sustainable. For the most part, progress has been

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