Food

May, 2020

Doing our part: Covid-19
Article, Uncategorized published May 18, 2020 in Central California Environmental Justice Network.

March, 2019

3-year old Break for Medium-Sized CAFOs Gets Challenged in D.C. court
Article by Dan Flynn. Published March 27, 2019 in Food Safety News.
Is the American Dream Drying Up in California’s Central Valley?
Article by Judith Lewis Mernit. Published March 7, 2019 in LA Progressive.

February, 2019

What's Gavin Newsom's Plan for Sustainable Water in California? We Still Have Little Idea
Article by The Times Editorial Board. Published February 24, 2019 in The Los Angeles TImes.
Workshop Focuses on Bill Addressing Environmental Justice
Article by The Record. Published February 18, 2019 in Recordnet.
Visalia Clean-water Advocate Laurel Firestone Appointed to State Water Board
Article published February 14, 2019 in Sierra2thesea.
Do you reside in ‘disadvantaged community’?
Article by Dennis Wyatt. Published February 2, 2019 in Manteca/Ripon Bulletin.

January, 2019

If the salmon-killing Delta Tunnels hasn’t been approved yet, why is California awarding contracts?
Article by Dan Bacher. Published January 29, 2019 in Red Green and Blue.

December, 2018

Department of Pesticide Regulation finds illegal pesticides on our food
Article by Sarait Martinez. Published December 29, 2018 in San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center.
Coalition challenges USDA loan exemption
Article by Mateusz Perkowski. Published December 11, 2018 in Capital Press.
Lawsuit challenges USDA’s medium CAFO exemptions
Article by Jacqui Fakta. Published December 5, 2018 in Feedstuffs.

March, 2017

Dozens of Advocacy Groups Challenge EPA on Factory Farm Pollution
Blog post by Kate Fried. Published March 8, 2017 in Common Dreams.

March, 2016

UC Merced seminar seeks ‘rural justice’
Article by Thaddeus Miller. Published March 9, 2016 in Merced Sun-Star.

January, 2016

Farms Using Oilfield Wastewater Under Review for Food Safety
Article by Ellen Knickmeyer. Published January 13, 2016 in KQED.

April, 2014

Bakersfield area rates low for access to produce
Article by Felix Adamo. Published April 19, 2014 in Bakersfield Californian.

October, 2013

Hunger in the Valley of Plenty
Radio published October 7, 2013.

October, 2012

Everyone Eats There California’s Central Valley is our greatest food resource. So why are we treating it so badly?
Article by Mark Bittman. Published October 10, 2012 in The New York Times Magazine.

October, 2011

Colonel Allensworth State Historical Park and Local Residents of Allensworth Come Together for Mutual Benefit
Press release by California Department of Parks and Recreation. Published October 8, 2011.

September, 2011

Working for a fair and healthy food system in the Central Valley
Blog post by Edith Jessup. Published September 30, 2011 in Rural California Report.
Edible Education: Perspectives on Race, Place, and Food
Video by UC Berkeley. Published September 23, 2011 in YouTube.

May, 2011

Farmworkers—The basis and bottom of the food chain
Article by Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Christy Getz. Published Spring, 2011 in Race, Poverty and the Environment: A Journal for Social and Environmental Justice.