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Why I am Optimistic About Our Future

August 23, 2023 Michael R. Dimock

As I look back over the last 30 years of the good food movement I am convinced that I have seen more advances or victories since 2019 than in all […]

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California must reform meat supply chain if Sacramento wants to stay Farm to Fork capital

September 16, 2021 Michael R. Dimock

Amid Sacramento’s annual Farm to Fork celebration, a glaring contradiction remains: The pandemic and this summer’s ransomware attack on JBS (the world’s largest meat processor) disrupted the four industrial processors centered […]

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Op-Ed: California Health Equity Fund Will Improve Health and Resilience Through Healthy Food Systems

June 23, 2021 Michael R. Dimock

Access to healthy food systems impacts every aspect of our lives. When hungry stomachs diminish students’ ability to focus, learn, and retain information, their education suffers. In adults, lack of […]

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Let’s Feed LA: emergency food relief reveals the power of collaboration

March 20, 2021 Michael R. Dimock

At about the time the pandemic hit in March 2020, ROC had entered a partnership with Wholesome Wave to aid them in bringing a new nutrition incentive technology to under-resourced […]

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The Larta Institute Offers Good News in Hard Times

August 20, 2020 Michael R. Dimock

There are fires in all directions of the nine Bay Area counties of northern California and over 370 statewide. All of this in the midst of serious level of Covid-19 […]

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Giving Thanks

November 25, 2019 Michael R. Dimock

Image: Ali Ghiorse (Left) and Rachel Khanna, hosts of Creative Conversations. I am back in California after three weeks on the road. I traveled to southern Baja in Mexico to […]

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Rice and Wine Creating a Great Blend for California’s Ecosystem

July 8, 2019 Michael R. Dimock

One might not typically put rice and wine together in their minds. Rice and beer or wine and pasta would be less surprising. But that’s if you are thinking about […]

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The Los Angeles Food Policy Council: A model for the nation

June 25, 2019 Michael R. Dimock

More than at the state level, and certainly more than at the federal level these days, food activists have traction in cities and counties. They are making good things happen. […]

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ROC and Grassroots Allies Help Move Transformative Bill Forward

April 10, 2019 Michael R. Dimock

Roots of Change Reaction to the April 9, 2019 Historic Vote in the Assembly Health Committee to Make California Healthy with A 2-cent tax on sugary drinks. We are a […]

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4 Minutes on Healthy Food and Farming: Food is the Basis to our Health

April 2, 2019 Michael R. Dimock

This is Flipping the Table and I am Michael Reid Dimock with four minutes on Healthy Food and Farming. Food is pleasure. Food is culture. Food is nutrition, the basis […]

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