Farming Is Fundamental
The Growing Cannabis Industry Preserves County Agriculture
The North County Farmers Guild represents a new crop for Santa
Barbara County and California — cannabis. We are farmers first and always. We
love the land, we love the miracle of growing, and we are dedicated to making
this community a model of responsible, cooperative farming. We need your help
and support to do that.
Santa Barbara County is what it is today thanks to agriculture.
From avocados and flowers in Carpinteria, to vegetables in the north and wine
in the Santa Ynez Valley, agriculture is foundational to our culture and
history, and it must continue if we are to enjoy our quality of life into the
future.
That is why a small, yet loud, coalition of NIMBYs, one of whom wrote about cannabis in this spot last month, must be answered. While the Voice titled “Reefer Madness” made some outlandish claims, we trust Independent readers to ignore baseless rhetoric. We would, however, like to share the reality.
