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S4 – Ep#4 – Three social justice leaders share their views on the struggle for Health Equity and Racial Justice Fund

S4 – Ep#3 – Let’s Feed LA County team reveals the power of community based organizations in our challenging age

S4 – Ep#2 – Protecting Farmworkers by Achieving Resilient Communities, Part II with John Krist

S4 – Ep#1 – The ARC project, Part I with Maricela Morales of CAUSE

Opinion: California Must Step Up to Address Racism as a Public Health Crisis

Governor Gavin Newsom and other California lawmakers took an important step toward improved public safety and racial justice this fall by passing the CRISES Act to fund community-based emergency response […]

California, keep funding every part of public health

By Assemblymember Jim Wood, and Genoveva Islas, Special to CalMatters and executive director of Cultiva la Salud. State leaders should keep their promise and continue to support organizations that play a […]

Commentary: Secretary Vilsack, don’t invest in a broken system

By Greg Gunthorp. I own a small on-farm USDA inspected red meat and poultry slaughter and processing plant. Each year, we raise, process and market as much as a million […]

Good Day Sacramento news coverage of Meat Processing Expansion

Guest column: Resilience for farmworkers and farms key to Ventura County’s future

The warming climate is bad news for all of us. In Ventura County, however, few are as vulnerable to its dangers as farmers and farmworkers. The reason is pretty simple. […]

California Meat Processing Progress: Time for Change!

In another key accomplishment this year, ROC worked with UC Davis Food Systems Lab and a coalition of stakeholders, co-led by our ally CCOF, to produce this white paper related […]