Roots of Change

2019 Food & Farm Champions & Scorecard Release Party
2020-01-15 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
The California Food & Farming Network, a group of more than 60 organizations working across the food & farming chain, is excited to announce the release of the 2019 Food & Farm Scorecard on January 15th, 2020. The annual scorecard is developed by dozens of local and state organizations, tracks the voting records of California state legislators, and honors a select few that have stood out. Please join us in celebration of the scorecard and honoring these champions!
Award recipients:
Assemblymember Cecila Aguiar-Curry (AD-04)
Assemblymember Monique Limón (AD-37)
The event is hosted by Mulvaney’s B&L. The 7th annual scorecard builds upon prior years work of both Roots of Change and the California Food Policy Council.
Doors open at 5:30PM, program begins at 6PM. Food & drinks will be served.
Please RSVP by January 10, 2020.

Live Podcast: Our Restaurant Mecca is Becoming a Wreaka
2019-07-12 18:30 - 20:00 | Manny’s, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Please join us for a special live podcast event in San Francisco at Manny’s on Friday evening July 12th. This honest conversation will center on how San Francisco and the Bay Area can maintain its place as a culinary Mecca, given the cost of living. Affordable leases for space are very rare and it is nearly impossible to hire crews because they cannot find affordable housing, or they are under pressure from immigration authorities. Plus, restaurants face increasing competition from hi tech firms that create their own food service programs within their facilities. On top of all that many small farms, particularly those producing high quality meat, are dying off because of the challenges of processing and distribution. So, I will be in conversation with Anthony Myint of Mission Chinese and Perennial fame and Duskie Estes, whom you may know from the Food Network’s, Next Iron Chef, and who recently closed her restaurant Zazu in Sonoma County. We’ll explore the challenges and the opportunities that this crisis creates. To learn more, you can visit Manny’s website, the roots of change website, or watch our social media for links. I hope to see you on July 12th.
http://www.rootsofchange.org/wp-content/uploads/Mannys-AD-3-july-12th-v2-1.mp3

Farming to Save the Earth
2019-04-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Outdoor Art Club, One West Blithedale, Mill Valley, CA
A Conversation with Paul Dolan, Former Chairman, Wine Institute; Former President, Fetzer Vineyards, and Michael Dimrock, President, Roots of Change.

One of the best-kept secrets in combating the climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity and agricultural productivity is a return to an agriculture model that sustained people and the planet prior to the age of industrial agriculture. The answer to the future of farming is to look to the past.

Beginning from the modern sustainable agricultural and slow food movement, California’s early pioneers in organic farming have redefined the meaning of sustainability. The new models for an earth-friendly, food-healthy system have drawn from the teachings of Rudolf Steiner—noted scientist, philosopher and founder of the Waldorf School. Interestingly, he was instrumental in helping European farmers combat the rapid decline in seed fertility, crop vitality and animal health on their farms.

Join fourth-generation winemaker Paul Dolan, former chairman of the Wine Institute and former president of Fetzer Vineyards, who led a transformation that put the company at the forefront of organic viticulture and sustainable business. Today, besides growing and making biodynamic wines, Dolan is a leader in redefining the farming system, with a focus on regenerative agriculture and biodynamic farming.
Joining Dolan is Roots of Change (ROC) president Michael Dimock, an organizer and thought leader on food and farming systems. ROC develops and campaigns for smart, incentive-based food and farm policies that position agriculture and food enterprises as solutions to critical challenges of the 21st century. He is the host of the new podcast “Flipping the Table,” featuring honest conversations about food, farms and the future. Dimock serves on the boards of the UCLA Law School’s Resnick food law and policy program, Farm to Pantry, the Wild Farm Alliance and Sonoma Academy.

ROC's Whole Foods Market 5% Day
2018-10-18 | Whole Foods Market
Shop at any Whole Foods Market in California on
Thursday, October 18!

Whole Foods Market will donate 5% of sales to Roots of Change
Together we can power the food movement through advocacy and education!
Find a store near you here.

2017 Legislative Tracker Release Party
2018-01-16 17:30 - 20:30 | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Join Roots of Change and the California Food Policy Council for the release party of the 2017 Legislative Tracker and Score Card in the heart of the Farm to Fork Capital, Sacramento. Join change makers from all over the state to celebrate advances in food policy and our Good Food Champions in the Legislature. We’ll feast on delicious local, seasonal and sustainable dishes and local beverages at Mulvaney’s B&L.

Community Event: Celebrate Civil Eats & Support Independent Journalism
2017-11-13 06:30 - 23:00 | Pearl, 601 19th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Location: The Pearl, 601 19th Street, San Francisco
Civil Eats is one of ROC’s greatest sources of news and information related to food system change. The editors and writes provide an independent voice that dives deep into stories that reveal the multiple strands of the food movement. The team expertly covers projects, programs and policies related to agroecology; local food systems; food justice, waste reduction and safety; worker rights, urban agriculture and more. This event supports the ongoing work of the Civil Eats team. Michael Dimock will be the auctioneer for a select set of amazing experiences involving food movement ROCkstars!
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civil-eats-celebration-tickets-37708354704

Webinar: Strategies to Improve Healthy Food Access & Food Waste Recovery in Rural Communities
2017-10-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Webinar
This webinar will address how to provide aid to rural communities needing to enhance access to healthy food, with an emphasis on fresh fruits, vegetables, and nuts. It will address key points and concepts for aiding these underserved communities. The goal of the webinar will be to assist participants in implementing projects that will improve healthy food access and put them in contact with community partners. Some of the approaches that will be addressed include – gleaning and food waste recovery programs, farm gardens for workers, farm to school programs and policy approaches moving forward. Featured speakers: Cathryn Couch, founder of Ceres Community Project; Melita Love, founder of Farm to Pantry; and Stuart Woolf founder of Woolf Farming’s Huron Community Garden.
You must register at https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/1361649879204277505

Film Screening: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
2017-10-13 17:15 - 19:15 | Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 2550 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join us for a special screening of the new and powerful documentary featuring Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali and more food-waste fighters. The film will be followed by Dana Gunders, author of the Waste Free Kitchen Handbook and lead scientist for NRDC’s food waste work, in conversation with ROC’s Michael R. Dimock.
Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUQGVSyXDWA&feature=youtu.be
Purchase ticket here: https://drafthouse.com/show/wasted-the-story-of-food-waste

Lunch & Tour of the Collins Farm
2017-10-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Collins Farm, Davis, CA, United States
Just outside of Davis, CA, Rich and Shelly Collins have established and continue to grow a productive, sustainable and diversified farm program that improves the land and health of the involved community. See what the Collins’ and the 4 young farmers that share their land have accomplished and enjoy a special farm lunch in their verdant garden. Click on the Eventbrite link below to get your ticket.

Webinar: Nutrition Incentive Programs - Powerful Obesity Prevention Allies
2017-06-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Please join us for a 90 minute webinar to model nutrition incentive programs in California. They are important allies in the state’s effort to improve healthy food access for low-income people. The call includes case studies with specific information about how local health departments and nutrition incentive programs can collaborate to reach more people.

Participants:

Michael Dimock, President Roots of Change (Moderator)
Martin Bourque, Executive Director, Ecology Center, and leader of the Market Match Program.
Carle Brinkman, Food & Farming Director, Ecology Center
Steve Schwartz, Executive Director, Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative

Downloadable files:
Webinar Nutrition Incentive Program – presentation (PDF)
Webinar Nutrition Incentive Programs – audio file

Home Cooking with Anya Fernald
2017-06-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Berkeley, CA, United States
Step inside the home kitchen of First Lady of Livestock. Anya Fernald has cooked up some of the most successful enterprises in the world of food: Slow Food Nation, Eat Real Festival, and now Belcampo Inc. Now she’ll cook some of her greatest hits for 10 lucky supporters. It promises to be a night that you won’t forget. Click on the Eventbrite link below to get your ticket.

Kayak with Craig McNamara
2017-06-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Sierra Orchards, 9264 Boyce Rd, Winters, CA
Join Craig McNamara, organic walnut farmer and President of the State Board of Food and Agriculture, for a one of a kind kayak float down Putah Creek and lunch at Sierra Orchards on Saturday, June 3rd, 2017. This event is SOLD OUT.

Lunch with the Queen of Greens
2017-04-30 13:00 - 15:00 | SHED, 25 North Street, Healdsburg, CA
Founder of Greens Restaurant, cook book & food author, Deborah Madison, will share her culinary journey, a delicious lunch and provide you her new book, “In My Kitchen”. Healdsburg SHED, Sunday April 30th, 2017, 1 pm.

Namu Gaji Farmer-Chef Dinner
2017-02-05 06:30 - 17:00 | Namu Gaji, 499 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join Executive Chef Dennis Lee and Namu Farmer Kristyn Leach for a family style tasting menu at Namu Gaji in San Francisco’s Mission District. At Namu the flavors of your meal begin long before the cooks step into the kitchen. It begins by building community, building soil, and rebuilding heirloom seed stocks.
To attend this event please email tiffany@rootsofchange.org.

Dinner at SHED & book "Street Farm: Healing Community"
2017-01-28 18:00 - 21:00 | SHED, 25 North Street, Healdsburg, CA
Enjoy a delicious dinner and discussion at the gorgeous Healdsburg SHED with farmer and author Michael Ableman.
Receive his new book about his founding of the largest urban farm in north America: Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier. Saturday, January 28, 2017, 6 pm.
To attend this event please send an email to tiffany@rootsofchange.org.

2016 Legislative Tracker Release Party
2016-11-16 17:30 - 20:30 | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Join Roots of Change and the California Food Policy Council for the release party of the 2016 Legislative Tracker and the 1st Score Card in the heart of the Farm to Fork Capital, Sacramento. Join change makers from all over the state to celebrate advances in food policy and our Good Food Champions in the Legislature. We’ll feast on delicious local, seasonal and sustainable dishes and local beverages at Mulvaney’s B&L.
Get your ticket for this event through our Barnraiser campaign link. Click on 1st Score Card Release Party (scroll down on the right)

Barnraiser Crowd Funding Campaign
2016-11-10 08:00 - 2016-11-18 18:00
Help us Raise the Roof – Support our Barnraiser Campaign!
By backing this campaign, you help us improve our advocacy work. We can show politicians there is a real political movement growing in our state.
When you back us you get to choose from an amazing list of gifts that reflect the beauty and bounty of the food movement! Click here to donate and choose your gift.

CAFPC Statewide Meeting, Aug 29 & 30, 2016
2016-08-29 - 2016-08-30 | CDFA Auditorium, 1200 N Street , Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
CAFPC meeting agenda

CAFPC Statewide Meeting, March 14 & 15, 2016
2016-03-14 09:00 - 2016-03-15 17:00 | CDFA Auditorium, 1200 N Street , Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States

Celebrating The Hands That Feed Us!
2015-11-18 18:00 - 23:00 | Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way , Berkeley, CA, United States
Join ROC and Anna Lappe for a special family-style dinner at The Brower Center with Alice Waters and other special guests followed by a FREE event with Eric Schlosser, Joann Lo from the Food Chain Workers Alliance and other food worker leaders to celebrate the hands that feed us and toast the wins of the Food Chain Workers Alliance! (Plus pies and produce from Pie Ranch.) Get tickets here: http://bit.ly/1idpwOZ

The State of the State's Food Politics
2015-11-02 12:30 - 13:30 | SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94105, United States
In the past few years, state legislators have deliberated forward-thinking food and agriculture-related legislation. Proposals have included supporting farmers using climate-friendly practices, strengthening the state’s diversion of food waste into compost and putting state funding into healthy food incentive programs. Join us for a discussion of the current state — and the future — of food politics in California with leading experts who have been walking the halls of Sacramento.
Click here for event details.
+ Lena Brook / Natural Resources Defense Council
+ Michael Dimock / Roots of Change
+ Renata Brillinger / California Climate and Agriculture Network

Eat Drink Film Festival
2015-10-24 11:00 - 23:00 | Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, 94110
Next week for Food Day on October 24th, Roots of Change is co-sponsoring the Eat and Drink Film Festival’s special event. Four great full length films will be screened at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and a number of shorts will be played at the Exploratorium for your joy and edification. From gastronomic romance to food politics, these films will be a feast for the eyes and the brain and will ignite your desire for a sumptuous celebratory meal that evening. We believe in the power of film and we applaud Eat and Drink Films for making this special afternoon and evening possible for Bay Area residents. Check out theattached program and the link below. We hope to see you there!
Film Program

Activate Your Network Webinar
2015-10-05 10:30 - 11:30 | ReadyTalk webinar, United States
ROC is proud to feature Joann Lo, Co-Director of Food Chain Workers Alliance, and Frank Tamborello, Executive Director of Hunger Action Los Angeles in this webinar. Joann and Frank will highlight real world scenarios in how their organizations get their respective networks to engage in state and local policy making. This will be an informative webinar for the entire CAFPC network, especially for those looking to take the next step in advocacy with inclusion.
To REGISTER, click HERE.

Joann Lo is the Co-Director of the Food Chain Workers Alliance, a national coalition of workers organizations throughout the food system. The daughter of immigrants from Taiwan, she graduated from Yale University with a degree in Environmental Biology and has organized with both unions and a worker center. Joann has been a labor and community organizer for almost 20 years. She is the Vice Chair of the Leadership Board of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Domestic Fair Trade Association, the City of Los Angeles’ Sweatfree Advisory Committee and the Enlace Institute Advisory Board.
Frank Tamborello is Executive Director of Hunger Action LA. He was born into a large family in a small town. He then expanded his narrow mind by traveling into the wide world, including a stint working with street children in Luanda, Angola. Upon his return to the U.S. he eventually co-founded Hunger Action LA (HALA) in 2006. HALA’s recent milestones include the passage of the city of LA’s surplus food ordinance in 2010, the launching of LA’s first Market Match program in 2010; leading statewide advocacy efforts over years finally resulting in the repeal of the ban on CalFresh benefits for people with past felonies, organizing state advocacy to increase SSI benefits , and partnership with numerous other groups on the rights of workers, tenants, homeless persons and seniors to live with dignity and sufficient healthy affordable food.

AB 1321 Press Event
2015-09-30 10:30 - 11:00
Assemblymember Ting will hold a press event calling for Governor Brown’s signature for AB 1321 at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market on September 30, 2015 at 10:30 am.

CAFPC Statewide Meeting Sep 21 & 22
2015-09-21 13:00 - 2015-09-22 15:30 | Governor’s Office, Council Room, State Capitol, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, 95814
The statewide meeting will be held at two different locations:
9/21: Governors Office, Council Room, State Capitol, Sacramento
9/22: CDFA, Auditorium, 1220 N Street, Sacramento

CAFPC Regional Meetings (Central Valley/Mountain, NorCal & SoCal)
2015-09-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Governor’s Office, Council Room, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, 95814

CAFPC SoCal Region Meeting
2015-08-28 09:00 - 16:30 | The Village, 1505 E 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA, United States
The SoCal Regional Meeting is scheduled for Friday, August 28th.
Where: The Village at 17th Street – 1505 E. 17th St., Santa Ana CA 92705
Time: 9:30 am – 5 pm, registration at 9 am with dinner to follow.
RSVP here by 8/19: http://doodle.com/k7dzs89seszagctv
There is plenty of free parking and easy access to multiple freeways for anyone that wants to drive/carpool. If you prefer public transportation, we will be providing a ‘shuttle’ service from the Santa Ana Train Station which services Metrolink and Amtrak.

ENACT Summer Training Webinar
2015-07-21 10:00 - 11:00
Register today for the ENACT Summer training webinar at 10 am on July 21st!
ROC is a co-presenter.
This webinar will prepare you for continued advocacy on ENACT legislation in the communities where you live, work, and play.
Sign up today for a one hour webinar on July 21st where you can learn how ENACT bills have fared, and what you can do when state Assemblymembers and Senators are back home during the legislature’s summer recess. This is a great opportunity to continue building relationships with your state representatives and to highlight healthy eating and active living issues that are important to you. This webinar is free and open to the public. Please register using the link below:
ENACT Summer Webinar
July 21, 2015
10:00 am to 11:00 am
Click here to register!

Twitter Chat on SSBs
2015-06-30 12:00 - 13:00
In honor of National Fruits and Vegetables Month, Community Health Councils (CHC) will be hosting a twitter chat on June 30, 2015 12:00pm – 1:00pm. Join Roots of Change as an Expert Guest for an in-person twitter event in downtown LA.
The Twitter Chat will engage and convene local and statewide organizations in a conversation around current advocacy efforts and implementation strategies that prioritize healthier options for disadvantaged communities. CHC will be discussing community driven recommendations that were developed by Community Health Councils’ Health Impact Assessment on a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax.
Build partnerships and your social media advocacy skills by participating in this event, which will highlight CAFPC policy priorities, provide social media training and opportunities for social networking.
Contact holly@rootsofchange.org for more information and to confirm your participation.

Kilusan: At the Intersection of Health & Social Justice
2015-06-20 09:00 - 19:00 | Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street , Oakland, 94607
