Food and Sustainability‘Overwhelming’ inflation affecting Sacramento restaurants — and chicken spots may be hit hardestAugust 15, 2022 | Randol WhiteThe latest numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture echoed the Sacramento experience: Food prices this summer are up as much as 12 percent over last year. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityStudy says California employers fail to keep food, farm workers safe from COVIDJuly 10, 2022A new report uses Cal/OSHA data to show how California food production employers failed to keep workers safe from COVID-19.
Food and SustainabilityCalifornia’s plan to provide food assistance to undocumented residents leaves some outJune 14, 2022California will offer food assistance to undocumented people over 55. Advocates want more. They say younger people need help, too.
Food and SustainabilityInterview: Here’s what you need to know about community fridges in SacramentoApril 1, 2022 | Randol WhiteIf 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. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentGetting 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 SecairaThe 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. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityInterview: Where Sacramento stands on California's new food waste recycling programMarch 15, 2022 | Randol WhiteErin 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. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityInterview: Celebrity chef Martin Yan on his large cookbook donation to UC DavisFebruary 4, 2022 | Vicki Gonzalez | Megan ManataHost 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. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareWithout guidance from Sacramento county health officials, restaurants take individual approaches to worker safety amid omicron surgeJanuary 13, 2022 | Sarah Mizes-TanSacramento 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.
Food and SustainabilityIncreasing access to food assistance and locally-grown produce in the Sacramento region could be key to improving food system, new report saysDecember 6, 2021 | Janelle SalangaThe 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. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Food and SustainabilityThousands of farmworkers will get pay raises thanks to a lawsuitDecember 5, 2021Guest 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.
