New art, culinary market in Mendocino aims to revive town hit by cannabis downturn

IN 2017, Cherry Creek resident Traci Pellar started two organizations, the Mendocino Producers Guild and the Mendocino Wildlife Association. In Pellar’s mind, the two were inextricably connected, as guild members committed to protecting wildlife. 

“I wanted to promote food and cannabis producers doing best management practices to live sustainably with wildlife,” Pellar said. “Our producers practice nonlethal means of livestock and crop protection and also conserve water and habitat for wildlife.”