Vineyards Grapple With How to Best Keep Their Workers Safe

Photo caption: Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards has adapted their harvest protocols to protect workers, opting to pick grapes at night or early in the morning, when temperatures are much cooler. Photo courtesy of Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards. Article by Elisabeth Sherman. Modern Farmer – May 2, 2022.

As the West learns to live with the constant threat of extreme heat and wildfire, wineries are adapting their vineyard practices with workers top of mind.

Shannon Donnell remembers a time, just five years ago, when she didn’t see a wildfire break out until late November—well after wine grapes in Sonoma County, California had been fully harvested. Now, […]

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