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It’s Time for a Better Farm Bill

April 20, 2012 Roots of Change

             Action Alert   The opportunity to transform federal food and farm policy only comes once every five years. We’ll need every voice to achieve […]

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Ensuring Healthy Food Access To All

April 18, 2012 Roots of Change

Congress is hard at work on the reauthorization of a U.S Farm Bill. The Senate Agriculture Committee has completed four Congressional hearings and reports indicate the Senate would like to […]

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Support Local Food Today

April 4, 2012 Roots of Change

The Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act is gaining momentum in Congress. This act is being led by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, an ally of Roots of Change (ROC) […]

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California Authors series: Rites of spring

March 18, 2012 Roots of Change

Spring arrives with the first warm breezes and fogless mornings in our Valley. On our 80-acre organic farm south of Fresno, I disk our soil, breaking winter's crust. Read more […]

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Big City Mayors Unite and Send Important Message to Congress about 2012 Farm Bill

March 13, 2012 Roots of Change

Tweet On March 6, 2012 an important breakthrough occurred as 10 mayors of key metropolitan cities cosigned a letter in support of important programs funded by the Federal Farm Bill. […]

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Creative Work Fund

March 1, 2012 Roots of Change

The Creative Work Fund (CWF) supports new works by artists that are developed through collaborations with nonprofit organizations. Artists and nonprofits in 14 San Francisco Bay Area counties are eligible […]

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It’s Not That It’s Broken

February 17, 2012 Roots of Change

I often hear that our food system is broken. I disagree. It is working the way it was intended, only better. In fact, it is working so well that it […]

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Update: The Food Commons 2.0 lifts off the drawing board

January 20, 2012 Roots of Change

After two years of conceptual designing and planning, the Food Commons has recently published its 2.0 version of its original and boldly ambitious concept paper that was first issued in […]

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Looking ahead to food politics in 2012

January 1, 2012 Roots of Change

Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answers readers' questions regarding 2012 food politics agenda.

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Hyper-local markets provide big economic boost

December 27, 2011 Roots of Change

Local specialty grocery store is fueling the neighborhood's economy, not just by bringing other businesses to the street but by supporting other Bay Area companies.

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