Half Moon Bay Farmers’ Market: It’s All About the People
July 26, 2012 Roots of ChangeWhat does it look like when you combine local farmer control, comprehensive community involvement, and diversity of participants? The day that I got to visit Half Moon Bay Coastside Farmers’ […]
Read MoreFood Studies: Fad or Future?
July 19, 2012 Roots of Change“Food is not just relevant, but critical to dozens of disciplines. It’s agriculture; it’s business; it’s health; it’s the economy; it’s the environment; it’s international relations; it’s war and peace.” […]
Read MoreAn Emerging Mainstream In Food and Farming
July 11, 2012 Roots of ChangeIs our food system broken? Earlier this year we shared an excellent blog, It’s Not That It’s Broken, written by farmer and author Chris Sayer. He writes about the state […]
Read MoreVote with Your Fork for a Better Food System this Fourth of July!
June 28, 2012 Roots of ChangeIt’s Independence Day once again, the great American holiday that commemorates the formation of our democracy and the Declaration of Independence. For this Fourth of July, we should celebrate that […]
Read MoreYouth in Agriculture
May 18, 2012 Roots of ChangeRoots of Change is delighted to share this three part series of “Youth in Agriculture”. Our high school student intern, Justin Schmidt writes about his experiences farming and shares his […]
Read MoreSenate Agriculture Committee Passes 2012 Food and Farm Bill
April 27, 2012 Roots of ChangeRoots of Change (ROC) is very grateful for all the phone calls made by our allies up and down the State who sought to motivate our Senators to craft a […]
Read MoreIt’s Time for a Better Farm Bill
April 20, 2012 Roots of ChangeAction Alert The opportunity to transform federal food and farm policy only comes once every five years. We’ll need every voice to achieve […]
Read MoreEnsuring Healthy Food Access To All
April 18, 2012 Roots of ChangeCongress 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 […]
Read MoreSupport Local Food Today
April 4, 2012 Roots of ChangeThe 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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