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Eat Drink Film Festival

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco

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 […]

The State of the State’s Food Politics

SPUR 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, 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 […]

Celebrating The Hands That Feed Us!

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 […]

Barnraiser Crowd Funding Campaign

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 […]

2016 Legislative Tracker Release Party

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 […]

$25

Dinner at SHED & book “Street Farm: Healing Community”

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 […]

$150

Namu Gaji Farmer-Chef Dinner

Namu Gaji 499 Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA, 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 […]

$200

Lunch with the Queen of Greens

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.

$250