If you’ve ever seen the movie Chinatown, in which private investigator Jake Gittes (played by Jack Nicholson) stum…
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The 10 Biggest Issues With the Global Food System
If you ask food experts like Michael Pollan, Marian Nestle, Gary Nabhan, Vandana Shiva, and numerous other writers and s…
The 10 Biggest Issues With the Global Food System
If you ask food experts like Michael Pollan, Marian Nestle, Gary Nabhan, Vandana Shiva, and numerous other writers and s…
The 10 Biggest Issues with the Global Food System: Part 2 of 2
Last week we began a discussion on the biggest issues in the food system. We noted that the issues are all connected and…
The 10 Biggest Issues With the Global Food System: Part 1 of 2
If you ask food experts like Michael Pollan, Marian Nestle, Gary Nabhan, Vandana Shiva, and numerous other writers and s…
How Family Farming Revitalizes Local Economies
If you’ve been shopping at Northern California Farmers’ Markets for several years, you may have noticed that…
Women Lead the Fight for Pesticide Reform in California’s Central Valley
Josefina Miranda showed up to work in a field still wet from pesticides. She was four months pregnant. By the time she f…
The Mixed Grocery Bag That Is Walmart
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that whatever the giant retailer, Walmart, does sends shock waves through their…