Help Transform California Food Policy
December 3, 2012 Michael R. DimockThe election frenzy is over and the stage is set for accelerating the changes we need for California’s food and farming future. Both the Assembly and Senate have powerful progressive […]
Read MoreUpdate: Legislative Hearing on Sustainable Food and Wine
October 16, 2012 Michael R. DimockThe newly formed Senate Select Committee on California Food, in conjunction with the Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry, held their first hearings in Santa Rosa on Monday, October […]
Read MoreInvest In Today and Tomorrow’s Food and Farms
December 2, 2011 Michael R. DimockWhat a year! Occupiers across the nation are finally challenging the corporate lock on our governance, a lock that is fully apparent in our food system. We are facing the […]
Read MoreUS Farmers And Ranchers Begin With A Monologue While Consumers Want A Dialogue
September 30, 2011 Michael R. DimockThe newly formed and already much discussed U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance recently commissioned a national survey. It showed that slightly more American’s feel the food system is headed in […]
Read MoreThe Me or the We, a Golden Mean Required
September 1, 2011 Michael R. DimockI read a fantastic piece in The New York Times about Ntsiki Biyela, “South Africa’s Woman Winemaker of the Year in 2009” who is with Stellekaya, a boutique winery in […]
Read MoreThe Struggle Over Genetic Engineering and the Food Supply
August 26, 2011 Michael R. DimockAs reported on August 18, by California Farmer, two university scientists, Alison L. Van Eenennaam of UC Davis and William M. Muir of Purdue, have criticized the federal government’s process […]
Read More2012 Farm Bill Priorities
June 30, 2011 Michael R. DimockTweet Testimony before the State Board of Food and Agriculture Regarding 2012 Farm Bill Priorities June 29, 2011 Sacramento, CA Good morning Madam Secretary, President McNamara and Members of the […]
Read MoreHealth, Food and Reform
May 20, 2011 Michael R. DimockTweet Presentation to the Southern California Public Health Officer Meeting May 11, 2011 The Children’s Bureau, Los Angeles, CA Public health officials from 8 counties and 2 cities in Southern […]
Read MoreCalifornia’s Food System. Where Is It Headed?
February 25, 2011 Michael R. DimockTweet Roots of Change (ROC) president, Michael Dimock, had the pleasure to interview one of the leading figures in the food movement, Michael Pollan. Pollan is the author of several […]
Read MoreTop 10 Achievements of ROC Network in 2010
Michael R. DimockTweet Roots of Change (ROC) continues to evolve as we head into 2011, but before we move forward we’d like to take a moment and reflect on the accomplishments […]
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