It’s not easy being green. Ron Rutherford has been toiling for a year now, trying to sustain a community garden in a vacant lot. Heaped with junk, strewn with hypodermic […]
Read MoreShawn Coburn farms land that holds senior water rights to the giant Central Valley Project, rights that usually assure him water. Not this year. He already has decided to let his […]
Read MoreNew York Times’ food and food policy opinion writer, Mark Bittman, reflects on why abundance doesn’t mean health. In the process he refers to ROC’s work with farmers markets to […]
Read MoreOn January 8, 2014, the growing food movement achieved an important milestone. The California Food Policy Council (CAFPC) released its first report to evaluate California’s legislative record related to food […]
Read MoreWhy is the CAFPC report a milestone for the growing food movement? Because federal policy is stuck in a morass; witness the Farm Bill gridlock. Thus, local will be where […]
Read MoreVeteran business reporter Marc Lifsher covered the CAFPC launch in his weekly Capitol Business Beat column for the LA Times, noting the 19-member coalition’s entry into the ‘rough and tumble […]
Read MoreOur report launch caught the attention of respected journalist Clare Leschin-Hoar, who has covered a myriad of food and ag topics ranging from food safety, to sustainable seafood, to drought […]
Read MoreFirst-Ever Report on California Food and Farming Legislation is Released California Food Policy Council and Roots of Change push elected officials for food systems reform OAKLAND, CA (January 8, 2014) […]
Read MoreChef Brenda Ruiz of Sacramento and Y. Armando Nieto of Oakland spoke their truths about food justice for California’s Latino communities in this Univision19 news feature covering our press conference. […]
Read MoreThe California Food Policy Council’s 2013 Report on CA Legislation Related to Food & Farming was greeted with its fair share of media fanfare. A front-page article ran in the […]
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