How California Farms Can Survive the Post-Pandemic World
Growers will need to find new ways to market their products, such as shipping farm boxes directly to consumers....
28 May
15 Apr
‘The Perfect Storm of Vulnerability’: Protection In the Fields Doesn’t Follow Farmworkers Home
Many H-2A farmworkers live in unsanitary, overcrowded conditions, the perfect recipe for an outbreak during a pandemic....
26 Mar
No Face Masks So California’s Farmworkers Are Left Unprotected
As California enters fungicide season, soon followed by fire season, growers, farm labor contractors, farm laborers and their advocates worry there won’t be enough masks to allow farmworkers to apply...
20 Mar
Coronavirus Affecting Local Food Scene
The food industry has been hit hard by the shelter-in-place orders being experienced in most Bay Area counties....
24 Jul
‘It Smacks’: Loaded Chicken Finds a Following
On a busy day, the people behind Loaded Chicken serve up to 60 pounds of poultry to as many as 300 customers. The lines that used to form when they...
24 May
‘Taste of Richmond’ Provides Warmth Through Food and Community
With rain soaked clouds outside, people stayed warm and dry inside Riggers Loft during the annual Taste of Richmond food and wine event. With all 750 tickets selling out...
02 Oct
Local Happenings: October 2018
Assembly candidates Jovanka Beckles and Buffy Wicks will discuss the current food system and its impacts on wage, hunger, climate change and several other environmental issues beginning at 6 p.m....
28 Aug
How I Learned What’s Wrong With My Food
I attended a Veggie Rx class at the San Pablo Community Center that focused on sugar, salt and processed and unprocessed foods. It was an eye-opener and left understanding...
14 Jul
El Sol Owner Shines Love Back on Point Richmond
Josephine Orozco returns the love to the community that raised her as the co-owner (with her husband) of EL Sol Restaurant in Point Richmond....
11 Jul
Searching for Fried Oysters on the Edge of Richmond
Just in time for summer, Nobilis is a great new lunch and brunch spot for both locals and visitors coming out to the harbor by boat....
10 Apr
On Being the Vegan at the BBQ
On this Easter Sunday, I just watched. My cousins said I had “hungry eyes.” They cracked funnies, saying if they knew I was coming over they would have thrown some...
19 Mar
Gator Bites: Spicy Shrimp with Orange Marmalade Glaze
For all you Southern shrimp lovers out there, here is a dish that will put you on the front porch on a Sunday afternoon right after church....
15 Mar
Richmond CSA Program Brings Affordable, Fresh Produce to the Table
The goal of the Farm-to-Table Community Supported Agriculture program, started by Richmond nonprofit Urban Tilth, is to change the “culture around eating healthy” in the area....
20 Aug
Free Healthy Cooking Classes Offered in Richmond
The organization Fresh Approach is offering free nutrition classes in Richmond that teach residents recipes for making yummy, healthy and affordable foods....
28 Mar
14-Year-Old Teaches Kids to Make Better Food Choices
14-year-old Sara Madriz is working hard to teach kids in her community to make better food choices....
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