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🌱 Patch AM: Why a Healdsburg winery replaced grapevines with 3,000 sunflowers

Also check out 17th Annual Greek & Middle Eastern Festival on the Healdsburg Patch calendar

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What's up Healdsburg! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a Healdsburg winery replaced grapevines with 3,000 sunflowers
  • Why activists gathered outside Healdsburg's General Dynamics facility this week

Also on today's calendar: 17th Annual Greek & Middle Eastern Festival and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 95, low: 63.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, a shower; hot, with a high of 99 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sonoma County winery ditches grapes for sunflowers in latest blow to troubled industry (amedpost.com) — A longtime Healdsburg winery, Chateau Diana, has ripped out just over an acre of Zinfandel vines and planted 3,000 sunflowers instead, creating a photo-friendly draw for visitors. The family-owned business hopes the vibrant field will keep tasting-room traffic strong as traditional wine tourism softens, while continuing its local produce donations to Farm to Pantry.
   

• 'She was remarkable in every way': Sonoma County women remember Gloria Steinem (pressdemocrat.com) — Local women reflecting on Gloria Steinem's legacy are still acting on her call to organize, including a Sebastopol activist demonstrating outside the General Dynamics facility in Healdsburg over its missile guidance work. Their memories connect Steinem's visits to Sonoma County with ongoing feminist and peace advocacy, underscoring how her influence continues to shape local organizing today.
   

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Ok Healdsburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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