Lauren Markham, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 22:53:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Lauren Markham, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 The possibilities of climate grief https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-possibilities-of-climate-grief/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:01:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=331562

A journey through the heart of despair to find what’s on the other side.

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]]> 331562 In rural California, a Liberian family finds an agricultural refuge https://www.hcn.org/issues/44-15/in-rural-california-a-liberian-family-finds-an-agricultural-refuge/ Fri, 07 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2012/09/07/in-rural-california-a-liberian-family-finds-an-agricultural-refuge/

On a historic 50-acre ranch in Northern California, Cynnomih Tarlesson and her nine children drop watermelon seeds into the ground. Behind them, her father, Roosevelt, uses a tractor to churn up the dirt for tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant — along with some lesser-known crops, like the Tarlesson-named ‘Billy Goat Pepper,’ from the family’s native West […]

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