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Food and Sustainability

Interview: Here’s what you need to know about community fridges in Sacramento

April 1, 2022 | Randol White

If you’ve seen community refrigerators around the city of Sacramento, you may be wondering what they’re all about. Here’s what you need to know.

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Environment

Getting healthy, nutritious foods to California students isn’t easy. First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom is making it her priority issue.

March 21, 2022 | Janelle Salanga | Manola Secaira

The state is working to track progress on efforts to serve students healthier food, and a new “farm-to-school road map for success” report is putting the spotlight on youth food insecurity and literacy.

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Interview: Where Sacramento stands on California's new food waste recycling program

March 15, 2022 | Randol White

Erin Treadwell spoke with us about a yet-to-be fully implemented California law that requires all residents and businesses to separate food waste from other trash.

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Interview: Celebrity chef Martin Yan on his large cookbook donation to UC Davis

February 4, 2022 | Megan Manata | Vicki Gonzalez

Host of Yan Can Cook, chef Martin Yan recently donated 3,000 cookbooks he amassed over his long career to UC Davis, where he earned multiple degrees.

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Health Care

Without guidance from Sacramento county health officials, restaurants take individual approaches to worker safety amid omicron surge

January 13, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

Sacramento County announced that they would not be enforcing measures for businesses during this surge. Some Sacramento restaurants have closed for an extended break; others continue indoor dining.

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Food and Sustainability

Increasing access to food assistance and locally-grown produce in the Sacramento region could be key to improving food system, new report says

December 6, 2021 | Janelle Salanga

The 2021 Sacramento Region Food System Action Plan outlines recommendations for the infrastructure and funding changes needed to offer more equitable, healthy and accessible food for people living in the Sacramento region.

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Thousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuit

December 5, 2021

Guest farmworkers will see pay increases in 2022 thanks to a lawsuit to stop a Trump-era wage freeze. President Trump proposed the freeze in an attempt to help farmers who lost profit and fallowed land during the pandemic shutdown in 2020.

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Rethinking the holidays: Sacramento urban farmers look beyond ‘food as charity’

November 23, 2021 | Manola Secaira

In the world of food banks, efforts in the colder months double up to accommodate food drives during the holidays. But those holidays aren’t the main focus for all Sacramentans.

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Food and Sustainability

New cooking classes, student gardens at Sacramento elementary school aim to address food insecurity

November 5, 2021 | Janelle Salanga

The cooking school will open to the public in spring 2022 and is part of a continued effort by Sacramento City Unified School District to combat food insecurity and improve student health.

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Food and Sustainability

$182 million in pandemic food aid is going unused in California. Here’s how to make sure you’re not missing out.

November 2, 2021 | Janelle Salanga

A state audit released in October found food benefits for families whose children are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals are going unused.

 

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Nearly 270 cases of salmonella have been linked to chocolate Easter eggs

May 19, 2022

European health officials say that 266 confirmed cases and 58 suspected cases of an outbreak have been reported throughout Europe and in North America. The vast majority of the cases are in children.

White House invokes the Defense Production Act for the baby formula shortage

May 19, 2022

The Biden administration says help is on the way to address the nationwide baby formula shortage. How would the Defense Production Act, a legal vestige of the Cold War era, help?

The Buffalo shooting shuttered Tops and left a food desert. Locals are stepping in

May 19, 2022

Local organizations are behind food distributions in the East Side of Buffalo following the shooting at a Tops supermarket.

Grubhub offered free lunches in New York City. That's when the chaos began

May 18, 2022

Yesterday was a bad day for Grubhub. The food delivery service launched a free lunch promotion for people in New York City. And spoiler alert: it backfired.

Johns Hopkins' students solve a modern-day problem: messy lunches

May 18, 2022

The engineering students invented something called "Tastee Tape" — possibly the world's first edible tape that can stick to food. Gone are the days of burritos, gyros and wraps falling apart.

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