Online Presentation: How Your Diet Affects the Planet
2022-12-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Join us for an online presentation followed by Q&A with Dr. Benjamin Halpern, Director of the UC Santa Barbara National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). He will present his report on the Environmental Impact of Global Food Production. Sign up on the Eventbrite link below.

Food Champion Award Celebration, Sacramento
2023-02-22 05:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles)

California Regional Regenerative Meat Summit
2023-06-28 15:30 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Roots of Change, UC Davis Food Systems Lab, UC Davis Institute of the Environment and IC-FOODS in collaboration with Mulvaney’s B&L, meat producers and processors are hosting this half-day Summit to increase the resilience of the meat supply chain. The day will bring together the entire supply chain including procurement officials, potential infrastructure investors and buyers. The Summit will begin with remarks from USDA and California leaders who seek to achieve multiple agricultural, economic, health and environmental goals in a time of growing climate instability. Our specific purpose will be to initiate a supply chain partnership with the University of California, which feeds up to 600,000 people per day during the academic year.
The summit will be followed by a reception and specially prepared dinner to celebrate California’s regional and regenerative meat producers. We hope you will join us for this event!

A California Feast Celebrating Our Partners in Regenerative Meat
2023-06-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Mulvaney’s B&L in collaboration with Chefs Santana Diaz, Duskie Estes, Northern California Ranchers and Farmers, Roots of Change, UC Davis Food Systems Lab, UC Davis Institute of the Environment, IC-FOODS and Cream Co. Meats cordially invite you to celebrate with us the quality of our regional, regenerative meat products. Enjoy a four course family meal offering some of the best our region has to offer. The healthy beef, lamb, pork and turkey are all sourced from working lands that strengthen California’s ecosystem in a time of climate instability. Meet, and eat with, several of the ranchers who will share their tales of stewardship and how they are creating a healthier tomorrow. Enjoy a panoply of appetizers beginning at 6:15 with a full cash bar. DInner will start at 7 pm. The price for dinner, including wine is $75 per person.

Join us in Encinitas at the Common Ground screening! Discover the compelling journey toward healing our health, food systems, and the climate
2023-10-18 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | La Paloma Theater, 471 South Coast Highway 101, Encinitas, CA, 92024
Discover the future of regenerative living in “Common Ground,” the captivating sequel to the acclaimed documentary “Kiss the Ground.” Embark on a transformative journey as the film delves into regenerative agriculture’s power to rejuvenate our world, bridging the gap between people, food systems, and the environment. The film screening is followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Trickell, Lesley Kroupa, ROC’s Policy Specialist, and other film participants.

Join us in Santa Cruz at the Common Ground screening! Discover the future of regenerative living
2023-10-21 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA, 95062
Join us for a screening of Common Ground in Santa Cruz! Discover the future of regenerative living in “Common Ground,” the captivating sequel to the acclaimed documentary “Kiss the Ground.” Embark on a transformative journey as the film delves into regenerative agriculture’s power to rejuvenate our world, bridging the gap between people, food systems, and the environment. The film is followed by a panel discussion with filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Tickell, Michael Dimock, ROC’s executive director, along with other film participants.

Join us in San Rafael at the screening of Common Ground - an urgent message about the poisonous practices within American food systems
2023-10-22 13:00 - 15:30 UTC | Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 4th St, San Rafael, CA, 94901
Join us for a viewing of Common Ground hosted by filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and other people involved in the film. Michael Dimock, ROC’s Executive Director, will be moderating the panel discussion following the film with the filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Mark Squire, CEO of Good Earth and Kelly Ryerson, Glyphosate Girl. This event includes giveaways and deeper information about how you can get involved in the movement. This documentary by Kiss the Ground provides hope for future generations with concrete ways to fix a broken planetary system. The film explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health and the planet.

Join us in San Francisco at the screening of Common Ground - a film about healing our health, food systems, and the climate
2023-10-27 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Roxie Theater, 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, 94110
Join us at the Roxie Theater! Don’t miss the opportunity to attend a screening of “Common Ground”, the highly anticipated sequel to the acclaimed documentary “Kiss the Ground”. Discover the compelling journey toward healing our health, food systems, and the climate. Secure your tickets now and be part of the movement to regenerate 100M acres of land in the United States. The film screening is followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers Rebecca and Josh Trickell, Michael Dimock, ROC’s Executive Director, and other film participants. Join the solution-driven movement of regenerative leaders as they make a case for soil health across North America and beyond. Playing at the Roxie in San Francisco Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2023.

Join us in Washington, D.C., for a screening of Common Ground!
2023-11-14 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Miracle Theater, 535 8th Street, SE, Washington, D.C., 20003
Discover the future of regenerative living in “Common Ground,” the captivating sequel to the acclaimed documentary “Kiss the Ground.” Embark on a transformative journey as the film delves into regenerative agriculture’s power to rejuvenate our world, bridging the gap between people, food systems, and the environment. Filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell, Michael Dimock, Executive Director of Roots of Change, other film participants and special guests will be on post-film panel.

Food Champion Awards
2024-02-06 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Roots of Change, in collaboration with the California Food & Farming Network, along with close to 50 organizations working across the food & farming system, are excited to celebrate our annual Food and Farm Policy Champions, along with the release of the 2023 Food & Farm Scorecard. The scorecard annually tracks the voting records of California state legislators on key food and farming policies and honors a select few legislators that have stood out.
Please join us in celebration!
2023 award recipients are

Assemblymember Lori Wilson

Senator Caroline Menjivar

Doors open at 5:30pm, program begins at 6pm. Appetizers will be served; no host bar.
Please RSVP by February 2nd, 2023.

Sacramento screening of Common Ground
2024-02-07 19:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Crest Theater, 1013 K Street, Sacramento, CA, United States
Join us at the beautiful Crest Theater in Sacramento for a screening of Common Ground!

CA Regional Regenerative Meat Workshop for Producers, Processors, Butchers, Chefs, and Buyers (full day, reception, dinner)
2024-03-11 10:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TOAST, 5800 Nave Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, United States
A day dedicated to increasing the resilience of California’s regional meat supply chains.
This full-day workshop will increase the resilience of regional meat supply chains by bringing together producers, processors, butchers, buyers, and chefs as well as direct to consumer marketing specialists and regenerative ag experts.
It will
• connect producers & processors with experts who can help build their businesses, and
• connect butchers, buyers & chefs with regenerative meat producers

CA Regional Regenerative Meat Workshop for Butchers, Chefs, and Buyers (afternoon session, reception, dinner)
2024-03-11 13:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TOAST, 5800 Nave Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, United States
An afternoon of panel discussions, presentation and business introductions to connect butchers, buyers & chefs with regenerative meat producers & processors. Includes reception and blind meat tasting comparing fresh & previously frozen ribeye steaks (prepared by Chefs Duskie Estes and Emily Luchetti) and a delicious dinner. Workshop attendees and members of the public will enjoy local, regenerative meats, french fries and three organic salads and local wines.

Dinner - Celebrating Local Regenerative Meat
2024-03-11 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TOAST, 5800 Nave Drive, Novato, CA, 94949, United States
Join us for a blind ribeye steak tasting and dinner featuring a delicious grassfed burger, three organic salads, fries and local wines.

3rd Regional Regenerative Meat Summit (morning & afternoon sessions, incl. breakfast, lunch, reception)
2024-11-18 10:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Roots of Change, UC Davis Institute of the Environment, and IC-FOODS, in collaboration with Mulvaney’s B&L, welcome all meat producers, processors, chefs, butchers, and buyers to a full-day summit. We will again introduce new market opportunities, present project results, and new resources. We will end the day dialoguing about the future and celebrating success. This event will culminate three-years of USDA funded work to develop high-value regional meat supply chains in Northern California. REGISTRATION LINK TO FOLLOW.

3rd Regional Regenerative Meat Summit (all day, incl. breakfast, lunch, reception & dinner)
2024-11-18 10:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento

3rd Regional Regenerative Meat Event: Reception & Dinner
2024-11-18 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Join us at the 3rd California Regional Regenerative Meat Event: Celebrating Successes and Exploring Expanding Opportunities! Roots of Change, UC Davis Institute of the Environment, and IC-FOODS, in collaboration with Mulvaney’s B&L and Cream Co. Meats, welcome the public, along with all meat producers, processors, chefs, butchers, and buyers to a reception and dinner. Join in an evening of dialogue about the future and celebrating success. This event will culminate three-years of USDA-funded work to develop high-value regional meat supply chains in Northern California.

Food & Farm Policy Champion & Scorecard Release Ceremony
2025-02-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mulvaney’s B&L, 1215 19th Street, Sacramento
Roots of Change, in collaboration with the California Food & Farming Network, along with close to 50 organizations working across the food & farming system, are excited to celebrate our annual Food and Farm Policy Champions, along with the release of the 2024 Food & Farm Scorecard. The scorecard annually tracks the voting records of California state legislators on key food and farming policies and honors a select few legislators that have stood out.
Please join us in celebration!
2024 award recipients are

Assemblymember Mia Bonta

Assemblymember Damon Connolly

Doors open at 5:30pm, program begins at 6pm. Appetizers will be served; no host bar.
Please RSVP by February 1st, 2025.

Food & Farming Presentations @ Bioneers Conference 2025
2025-03-27 - 2025-03-29 | Berkeley, CA, Berkeley, CA, United States
→ 20 % discount available for Roots of Change Network. Please request the discount code via mail@rootsofchange.org.

The Bioneers Conference has always, since its inception 36 years ago, had Food and Farming as one of its core domains of interest, realizing that the impacts of agriculture on our ecosystems, of the food we consume on our health, and of the dramatically unequal access to food on social inequity , are so immensely consequential that without radically reshaping our food systems we will never solve some of the key fundamental crises we face: climate unraveling, biodiversity plummeting, hunger still far too prevalent, and epidemic levels of diseases attributable to poor diets and environmental toxicity.
March 26th | 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (pre-conference day long tour)
Bioneers is delighted to be once again partnering with Bay Area Green Tours, who will be offering another of their immensely popular East Bay Foodscape tours as a pre-conference day-long outing. These inspiring and immersive excursions visit select some of the most innovative social enterprises and non-profit urban farms stewarding the land, supporting their communities; providing education and job training to help nurture living wage jobs; generating local solutions to the climate crisis, food waste, and healthy food access; and much more. A locally-sourced lunch is provided. Note: A separate fee and pre-registration is required for this event.
March 27th | 9:00 am to 12:30 pm (DAY 1)
This year, one of the keynote speakers is Doria Robinson, Executive Director Urban Tilth in Richmond, CA, one of the most exemplary community-based organizations dedicated to cultivating a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system in the nation. Doria, who is also one of the most respected longtime social and environmental justice activists in Richmond and is currently serving on its city council, has a long history in healthy food production, having worked on organic farms in Western Massachusetts where she attended college and later at Veritable Vegetable, the groundbreaking, women-owned organic produce distribution company, as well as at Real Food Company and the Mixed Nuts Food Co-op. A Certified Permaculture Designer, Bay Friendly Gardener, nutrition educator and yoga instructor, Doria also co-founded the Richmond Food Policy Council and was formerly co-chair of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance Western Region and a member of the Climate Justice Alliance, Food Sovereignty Working Group.
March 27th | 9:00 am to 12:30 pm (DAY 1)

Another keynote speaker is Wade Crowfoot, Natural Resources Secretary, State of California. On the frontlines of environmental leadership throughout his long career in the public and non-profit sectors, California’s Natural Resources Secretary since 2019, leads efforts to conserve California’s environment and natural resources, overseeing an agency of 25,000+ employees spread across 26 departments, commissions, and conservancies charged with stewarding the state’s forests, natural lands, rivers, water supplies, coasts, wildlife and biodiversity, as well as helping oversee its world-leading clean energy transition, including a commitment to conserve 30% of its land and coastal waters by 2030. Secretary Crowfoot has led efforts to navigate California’s record-breaking droughts, floods, and wildfires and has initiated a new era of partnerships with the state’s Native American tribes.

March 27th, 3:00pm to 4:15pm (DAY 1)
Bioneers is also showcasing the work of some visionary food entrepreneurs from very different parts of the world working in very different domains in two afternoon workshops and one special interactive event.
—Chocolate Rebellion: Creating a Global Value Chain Based on Economic Justice (3:00 pm to 4:15 pm)
Chocolate is a pleasure, but the cultivation and harvest of the cacao bean is hard, skilled labor, a labor most often undervalued by an international commodity market that rewards middle-men and end producers while exploiting the cacao growers of Africa, South America and the Caribbean. In this session, Gillian Goddard, founder of The Chocolate Rebellion, will describe how she has helped bring economic equity to small growers in Trinidad and Africa by developing a network of value-added chocolate enterprises. She will be joined by Laura Ann Sweitzer, Director of Sustainability and Strategic Sourcing at TCHO, a Berkeley-based, organic, Fair Trade, certified B-corporation that produces a full line of quality chocolates and invests in the communities where cacao is grown by partnering directly with technicians and scientists worldwide and paying premiums to farmers to create better quality cacao. There will also be a Delicious Allure of Chocolate Tasting.
—Food entrepreneur extraordinaire: Reginaldo Haslett Marroquin (3:00 pm to 4:15 pm)
An innovative farmer and President of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, a Minnesota-based organization that creates partnerships throughout agricultural supply chains, will explain his model in this session: Tree Range Farms: Stewarding a Regenerative Future.
Friday, March 28th (DAY 2)
Food and Farming-related films
—Food Justice in LA (6:45pm)
This 15-minute pilot episode of the upcoming documentary series From Soil to Soul delves into the heart of food justice and community-led food sovereignty initiatives in Los Angeles, highlighting case studies, including a community garden in Compton, a food forest in a former abandoned alleyway in Fullerton, and the planting of native edible and medicinal plants in lawns for local food resilience. The From Soil to Soul series will present powerful stories of Black, Indigenous and People of Color farmers, regenerative practitioners, food activists, thought leaders and communities reclaiming their right to control their food systems and transforming their relationships with food, land, and each other. The From Soil to Soul co-founders, Ankur Shah, Margaret To and Jahnavi Mange, along with producer Rachel Allen and cinematographer Eldon Arena, will be on hand to introduce the film. (Running time: 15 minutes)
—Common Ground (7:15pm)
This powerful film by award-winning documentary filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and their company, Big Picture Ranch, fuses journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of movements fighting for healthy and equitable food systems to unveil the dark webs of money, power, and politics behind our toxic, destructive, and dysfunctional agriculture. The film, which features many past speakers at Bioneers, reveals how unjust practices forged our current system in which farmers of all backgrounds are literally dying to feed us and profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, Black, and Indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy…before it’s too late. (Running time: 105 minutes)

Live Flipping the Table podcast @ SF Climate Week
2025-04-19 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Manny’s, 3092 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join us from 5pm to 6pm on April 19th in San Francisco for a conversation with Loren Ponica, a regenerative rancher and owner of Stemple Creek Ranch, and Duskie Estes, a chef, farmer, rancher, owner of Black Pick Meat Co., and fierce proponent of regenerative agriculture. Hear about how their work heals the climate and the land.
This is a FREE event and is part of SF Climate Week.

RFSI Data Gathering & Listening Session - Ukiah
2025-05-27 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us in Ukiah for a meeting to discuss building strong and adaptable food system infrastructure!
Led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Resilient Food System Infrastructure Mapping (RFSI) project focuses on enhancing resilience across the middle of the food supply chain by supporting local and regional producers with an emphasis on small and underserved businesses. The initiative seeks to expand capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages, and to create new and safe job opportunities.
By creating more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers this program will also result in thriving local communities, strengthen food security, and promote fair economic opportunities. Together with Roots of Change (ROC), Institute of the Environment (UC Davis), and infrastructure financing experts, this project will serve to improve supply chain resilience for small and mid-size regional producers, positively impacting historically disadvantaged communities.

RFSI Data Gathering & Listening Session - San Luis Obispo (SLO)
2025-06-02 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us in San Luis Obispo for a meeting to discuss building strong and adaptable food system infrastructure!
Led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Resilient Food System Infrastructure Mapping (RFSI) project focuses on enhancing resilience across the middle of the food supply chain by supporting local and regional producers with an emphasis on small and underserved businesses. The initiative seeks to expand capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages, and to create new and safe job opportunities.
By creating more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers this program will also result in thriving local communities, strengthen food security, and promote fair economic opportunities. Together with Roots of Change (ROC), Institute of the Environment (UC Davis), and infrastructure financing experts, this project will serve to improve supply chain resilience for small and mid-size regional producers, positively impacting historically disadvantaged communities.

RFSI Data Gathering & Listening Session - Riverside
2025-06-04 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 4500 Glenwood Dr A, Riverside, CA 92501, United States, 4500 Glenwood Dr A, Riverside, CA, 92501, United States
Join us in Riverside for a meeting to discuss building strong and adaptable food system infrastructure!
Led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Resilient Food System Infrastructure Mapping (RFSI) project focuses on enhancing resilience across the middle of the food supply chain by supporting local and regional producers with an emphasis on small and underserved businesses. The initiative seeks to expand capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages, and to create new and safe job opportunities.
By creating more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers this program will also result in thriving local communities, strengthen food security, and promote fair economic opportunities. Together with Roots of Change (ROC), Institute of the Environment (UC Davis), and infrastructure financing experts, this project will serve to improve supply chain resilience for small and mid-size regional producers, positively impacting historically disadvantaged communities.

RFSI Data Gathering & Listening Session - Los Angeles
2025-06-05 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Larta Institute 1149 S Hill St, Unit 900, Los Angeles, CA 90015, Larta Institute 1149 S Hill St, Unit 900, Los Angeles, CA, 90015, United States
Join us in LA for a meeting to discuss building strong and adaptable food system infrastructure!
Led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Resilient Food System Infrastructure Mapping (RFSI) project focuses on enhancing resilience across the middle of the food supply chain by supporting local and regional producers with an emphasis on small and underserved businesses. The initiative seeks to expand capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages, and to create new and safe job opportunities.
By creating more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers this program will also result in thriving local communities, strengthen food security, and promote fair economic opportunities. Together with Roots of Change (ROC), Institute of the Environment (UC Davis), and infrastructure financing experts, this project will serve to improve supply chain resilience for small and mid-size regional producers, positively impacting historically disadvantaged communities.

RFSI Data Gathering & Listening Session - Clovis, Fresno
2025-06-10 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Valley Community SBDC, 390 West Fir Avenue #300 Clovis, CA 93611 United States, Valley Community SBDC, 390 West Fir Avenue #300, Clovis, Fresno, CA, 93611, United States
Join us in Clovis for a meeting to discuss building strong and adaptable food system infrastructure!
Led by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Resilient Food System Infrastructure Mapping (RFSI) project focuses on enhancing resilience across the middle of the food supply chain by supporting local and regional producers with an emphasis on small and underserved businesses. The initiative seeks to expand capacity for the aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storing, transporting, wholesaling, and distribution of locally and regionally produced food products, build resilience in the middle of the food supply chain, provide more and better markets to small farms and food businesses, support the development of value-added products for consumers, fair prices, and fair wages, and to create new and safe job opportunities.
By creating more and better market opportunities and new streams of revenue to small and mid-sized agricultural producers this program will also result in thriving local communities, strengthen food security, and promote fair economic opportunities. Together with Roots of Change (ROC), Institute of the Environment (UC Davis), and infrastructure financing experts, this project will serve to improve supply chain resilience for small and mid-size regional producers, positively impacting historically disadvantaged communities.

ROC Meat Pavilion @ Terra Madre Americas 2025
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-28 | SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, 1400 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814, Sacramento, CA, 94720, United States
Join us at ROC’s Meat Pavilion at Terra Madre Americas on September 26-28, 2025. The program will include live interviews, cooking and butchery demos, and a celebration of regenerative agriculture. You won’t want to miss it!
This year’s Terra Madre gathering will continue to build on the momentum of connecting diverse food communities across the Americas, focusing on agroecology and community wisdom throughout the continent.
The area dedicated to agroecology will show how deeply it is rooted in the reconstruction of relationships between people, agriculture and environment, food systems and society. The space will showcase the interconnections with agroecological systems in the USA and the richness of projects and initiatives of the Slow Food network in Latin America.
With a wide range of participants and activities, Terra Madre Americas will highlight regional and global food systems, sustainable agriculture, and food justice movements. The event will emphasize collaboration, education, and the celebration of food sovereignty, bringing together farmers, cooks, activists, academics, and policymakers from across the Americas.
