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What will happen to the food supply if our farmland is fracked?Panelists Mark Nechodom, Director of the California Department of Conservation Kassie Siegel, Director of Climate Law Institute at the Center for Biological Diversity Jim Leap, organic farmer, former farm manager at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, and member of Aromas Cares for the Environment. […]

The California Department of Public Health, California Department of Education, the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health, The California Endowment, and Kaiser Permanente are pleased to announce the 2013 Childhood Obesity Conference scheduled for June 18-20, at the Long Beach Convention Center, California. Now in its […]

Food+Tech Connect, in partnership with the GRACE Communications Foundation and Applegate, is bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-profit leaders and industry executives to develop technologies and tools that help create a better future for meat.Over the course of the weekend, teams will work with design-thinking facilitators and industry “steakholders” to rapidly prototype innovative […]

Slow Money Northern California celebrates another Farm Fest at Sunol Ag Park in Sunol, East Bay. Learn more about how to support sustainable food systems, meet the Slow Money movers, and have lots of fun networking with entrepreneurs, investors and our local community!

 POWERED by our dream of local clean energy, the Richmond CLEAN Festival will be a fun-filled day of music, games, performances, clean energy technology demonstrations and more! 

Modern agriculture has become increasingly dependent on corporate seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, while the family farm is a fading myth. Frederick Kaufman, author of Bet The Farm: How Food Stopped Being Food, and Wenonah Hauter, author of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America and executive director of Food and Water Watch, look into the […]

Eat Real combines a state fair, a street-food festival, and a block party to create a celebration of good food. At the Eat Real Festival, participants learn where food comes from, who grows and makes it, and how they make it. Eat Real Festival attendance is 100% free of charge, all food at the festival […]

The Hoes Down is a celebration of the end of the harvest season. After the long summer, farmers need to kick off their boots, kick up their heels, dance, and have a grand time with their family. The Hoes Down is a fundraiser for over 30 local and regional community organizations- not one penny stays […]

California Food Policy Council (CAFPC) members, Roots of Change, and Assembly Member Roger Dickinson will host a press conference on Wednesday, January 8, 2014, to release the Council’s 2013 Report on Legislation Related to Food and Farming.This first-ever report highlights 2013 State legislative votes on food and farm related issues. This is the first time […]