Food and SustainabilityHow hungry is California? Millions struggle to eat well in an abundant stateAugust 12, 2023How bad is hunger in California? A lot depends on your access to food aid, which expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic but now is being reduced.
Food and SustainabilitySacramento Bee’s Benjy Egel collects regional restaurant favorites in forthcoming cookbookAugust 11, 2023 | Kate WolffeEgel spills the beans about his forthcoming collection of recipes submitted by Sacramento’s top chefs and what it’s like to be a food and drink reporter in the Farm-to-Fork Capital. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
As these farmworkers' children seek a different future, who will pick the crops?July 29, 2023U.S. farms have faced worker shortages for years. Now compounding the problem: The children of farmworkers are leaving the fields, forcing farm owners to look to other countries for labor.
State GovernmentHow fresh will CalFresh be? Food benefits on the table in state budget talksJune 20, 2023A popular program doubles CalFresh benefits to buy fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets. It is among the California food benefit programs on the table in the budget negotiations between legislative leaders and Gov. Newsom.
Food and SustainabilityTop U.S. health official praises Davis dining program; weighs in on hot topicsJune 20, 2023 | Kate WolffeDuring a visit to UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento-born U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra celebrated the “Good Food as Good Medicine” program, and shared thoughts on artificial intelligence, legal weed and more.
Food and SustainabilityCongress created changes to food assistance. Here's what they meanJune 3, 2023In an effort to avoid defaulting on the nation's loans, lawmakers created updates to SNAP, the nation's largest food assistance safety net. There are new work requirements as well as exemptions.
Food and SustainabilitySacramento fixture Shoki’s reopens with new focusMay 10, 2023 | Janelle SalangaIt’s known for putting the “ramen” in Sacramento, through selling shirts with the city’s name stylized as SacRAMENto, but the new Shoki’s is branching out — though it still stresses the importance of community.
Food and SustainabilityFrank Fat’s Restaurant is a Sacramento institution serving up Asian American cuisineMay 1, 2023 | Sarah Mizes-TanThe business, opened by a Chinese immigrant 80 years ago, has made its mark on the state Capitol, as well. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Mid Pacific | Episode 5From Boba to Dosa WafflesApril 27, 2023How does our relationship to food shape our Asian American identity? And how does our identity influence the food we make? Sarah takes on food appropriation and the issues that comes with “ownership” of certain foods. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalifornia bill could ban foreign investors from buying state farmlandApril 26, 2023 | Steve MilneThe bill would also require the state to annually track and publish a report on foreign ownership of California’s farmland. Critics say the bill could open the state up to retaliatory trade efforts.
