It’s A Perilous Moment: What is to be Done?
February 17, 2025 Michael R. DimockI worry for our nation and the movement to fix the food system. What will an administration that favors big corporations, ignores the separation of powers and shows no empathy […]
Read MoreWhy I am Optimistic About Our Future
August 23, 2023 Michael R. DimockAs 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 […]
Read MoreCalifornia must reform meat supply chain if Sacramento wants to stay Farm to Fork capital
September 16, 2021 Michael R. DimockAmid 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 […]
Read MoreOp-Ed: California Health Equity Fund Will Improve Health and Resilience Through Healthy Food Systems
June 23, 2021 Michael R. DimockAccess 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 […]
Read MoreLet’s Feed LA: emergency food relief reveals the power of collaboration
March 20, 2021 Michael R. DimockAt 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 […]
Read MoreThe Larta Institute Offers Good News in Hard Times
August 20, 2020 Michael R. DimockThere 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 […]
Read MoreGiving Thanks
November 25, 2019 Michael R. DimockImage: 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 […]
Read MoreRice and Wine Creating a Great Blend for California’s Ecosystem
July 8, 2019 Michael R. DimockOne 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 […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Food Policy Council: A model for the nation
June 25, 2019 Michael R. DimockMore 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. […]
Read MoreROC and Grassroots Allies Help Move Transformative Bill Forward
April 10, 2019 Michael R. DimockRoots 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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