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Noted environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appeared in Fresno on Friday. He was there on behalf of state court case where pesticide manufacturer Monsanto is challenge a state labeling law.

GV Wire caught up with him for a few minutes to talk about that case, his support for farm labor in immigration and an update on the vaccine commission President Trump wants him to head.

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