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S3 -Ep#1 -Season 3 Opener with Tom Philpott, author of “Perilous Harvest”

A Resilient and Equitable Food and Farming System in California

Today, Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D- Hollister) made an exciting announcement about a bill he just introduced called the Equitable Economic Recovery, Healthy Food Access, Climate Resilient Farms and Worker Protection Bond Act (AB 125). If you missed it live, you can watch the press conference here. Roots of Change is a member of the diverse […]

S2 – Ep #27 – Naima Penniman, inspiring poet, is our Season II finale!

Assessing 2020 and Looking Ahead

Remarkably, the pandemic’s forced isolation has had a silver lining! I sense that as a nation we are quieter, less peripatetic, more rooted in our communities. I see more reflectiveness, interest in dialogue and commitment to antiracism work. More folks are shopping for healthy local food, cooking at home, growing gardens and preserving the harvest. […]

S2 – Ep#26 – Imhoff Archives with pioneering organic farmer Eliot Coleman

S2 – Ep#25 – Deborah Madison, the Queen of Greens shares her life

Reflections on the Moment

With over 250,000 Americans dead, family members unable to gather to celebrate, the economic destruction of the pandemic, and a year of racial and political conflict, giving thanks might feel a bit difficult for some. Nevertheless, I would like to share my list of positive developments from this year. I hope you have one too. […]

S2 – Ep#24 – Imhoff Archives with Wendell Berry

S2 – Ep#23 – 3 Amigas Seek to Break a Meaty Logjam

The Logjam in Meat Processing is Killing Producers & Meat Plant Workers

Last month I mentioned the tragic events surround the death of poultry processing workers at a Foster Farms plant in California’s San Joaquin Valley. It is a sad fact that along with hospitals, elder care facilities, prisons and homeless shelters, meat processing plants are the work sites with the greatest COVID-19 infection rates. Closely stationed […]