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S4 - Ep#9 - Woody Tasch, Slow Money and a Call to Farms Sep 05, 2022

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Perhaps no one has spoken so clearly about the problem of capitalism and its impact on our food system as Woody Tasch. He is the founder of the Slow Money Institute and the movement it supports. Hear about his latest written statement, A Call to Farms and the Beet Coin initiative launching on September 11, 2022.

S4 - Ep#8 - Carmen Snyder on the nation's first Farm Trails map and promotor of local small family farms Jul 26, 2022

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Resilience requires access to local food. One model of how to sustain and promote local farms is Sonoma County Farm Trails. Launched in 1973, it is the nation's first community-based organization with such a mission. Carmen Snyder, executive director, shares its story and about its upcoming event: the Gravenstein Apple Fair.

S4 - Ep#7 - Regenerative farmer Craig McNamara, son of Robert S McNamara, architect of the Vietnam War Jun 21, 2022

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Craig shares his dramatic life journey from the JFK White House to a farm near UC Davis, the challenge of loving a complex father and how his farm brought healing inside and with the Vietnamese people.

S4 - Ep#6 - Dr. Steven Chen on food as medicine and the future May 17, 2022

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The healing power of food has long been recognized by indigenous cultures and through much of human history. Yet only recently has modern western medicine begun to return to food as healing agent. Diet related disease and other factors ignited this change. Dr. Steven Chen from Alameda County's health system describes how produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals are moving front and center in the effort to heal our communities and create health equity.

S4 - Ep#5 - Two Young Regenerative Meat Producers Share Their Challenges and Solutions Apr 26, 2022

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Guido Frosini and Sarah Silva, members of the Bay Area Ranchers Cooperative, tell us what production and processing challenges they face and how they are solving these challenges even amidst global warming.

S4 - Ep#4 - Three social justice leaders share their views on the struggle for Health Equity and Racial Justice Fund Mar 22, 2022

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Community food projects and much more would be funded if we can place the Health Equity and Social Justice Fund in the California Budget. Mar Velez, Rod Lew and Ron Coleman, three veteran policy campaigners leading the charge, describe the fund, its uses and how we plan to win the Governor's support.

S4 - Ep#3 - Let's Feed LA County team reveals the power of community based organizations in our challenging age Mar 01, 2022

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Pandemic, heat waves, fires and storms demand robust public health infrastructure that includes networks of well resourced community based organizations (CBOs). The Let's Feed LA County program that included 19 local organizations, Roots of Change, Center for Wellness and Nutrition and Wholesome Wave makes clear the need to permanently invest in CBOs on the frontline so they are ready when things get tough.

S4 - Ep#2 - Protecting Farmworkers by Achieving Resilient Communities, Part II with John Krist Feb 16, 2022

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Michael talks with John Krist, retired CEO of Ventura County Farm Bureau, about the need and challenge of protecting farmworkers.

S4 - Ep#1 - The ARC project, Part I with Maricela Morales of CAUSE Jan 18, 2022

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A conversation with Maricela about the Achieving Resilient Communities project and her work with Central Coast Alliance for Sustainable Economy. Maricela is a social justice warrior and the project is a core initiative of Roots of Change and its partners at the Public Health Institute.

S3 - Ep#3 - Unprecedented funding for local, just and regenerative food and farms May 18, 2021

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CA movement leaders describe the $3.3 billion Resilient Food and Farm bond and budget request.

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