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Environment

Sacramento region residents want to preserve open and wild spaces, new poll suggests

October 8, 2021 | Pauline Bartolone

Over 90% of respondents in a new CapRadio/Valley Vision survey of the Sacramento metropolitan area said they value the preservation of open space for wild animals and plants.

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Food and Sustainability

Food insecurity in Sacramento is higher than the U.S. average. Here’s possible solutions.

October 8, 2021 | Janelle Salanga

A new CapRadio/Valley Vision poll suggests one out of four residents are using food aid, but only 12% rely on food pantries. Look up a pantry near you in Sacramento.

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Food and Sustainability

Hmong residents connect at Sacramento’s community gardens, but want more city support to grow more food

October 6, 2021 | Sarah Mizes-Tan

A new survey by CapRadio and Valley Vision Sacramentans of color were most likely to want a community garden, but least likely to be able to access one.

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Food and Sustainability

Sacramentans of color are most interested in homegrown food but have few resources. These local gardeners want to change things.

October 5, 2021 | Manola Secaira

Groups such as Planting Justice and Three Sisters Gardens are expanding resources and delivering fresh, local food and produce to communities of color.

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Food and Sustainability

Many in the Sacramento region lack access to fresh and local food, CapRadio/Valley Vision poll suggests

October 4, 2021 | Nick Miller

A new survey released Monday by CapRadio, Valley Vision and Sacramento State’s Institute for Social Research suggests that food access and systems in the region are not inclusive of all Sacramentans, especially residents of color.

Christophe Ena / AP file

Food and Sustainability

Sacramento Restaurants Earn Michelin Guide Honors In Latest Guide

September 28, 2021 | Ed Fletcher

Camden Spit & Larder and Beast & Bounty earned “Plate” awards, while Nixtaco and Yue Huang join Canon and Frank Fat’s with prestigious “Bib Gourmand” honors.

Anne Wernikoff / CalMatters

California State Of Mind | Episode 38

Can California Continue to Grow the World’s Food Without Reliable Water?

September 3, 2021

California is known for innovation, but some say more is needed to address its drought-ridden future – especially when it comes to the state’s agriculture industry. California’s Food and Ag Secretary Karen Ross shares some ideas.

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Business

Sacramento Dining Icon Randy Paragary Dies

August 14, 2021

Paragrary opened his first Sacramento restaurant, The ParaPow Palace, in 1969. Since then, he started a number of businesses in the city — including Centro Cocina Mexicana, R15, Cafe Bernardo and his namesake Paragary's.

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Food and Sustainability

California's New Animal Welfare Law Could Mean The End Of Bacon

August 2, 2021

In 2022, the state will begin enforcing a proposition that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves. Only 4% of national hog operations now comply with the new rules.

Tash Kimmell / CalMatters

Environment

Forever Chemicals: California Unveils Health Goals For Contaminated Drinking Water

July 24, 2021

It’s California’s first big step toward regulating “forever chemicals,” which are ubiquitous in California and around the globe.

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A shortage of baby formula is making it hard for parents to feed their infants

May 16, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about February's shutdown of formula giant Abbott Nutrition, which led to a surge in demand that other formula makers struggle to meet.

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

May 14, 2022

The study makes use of lunar soil samples collected from Apollo 11, 12 and 17.

White House bolsters efforts to get baby formula into the hands of WIC recipients

May 13, 2022

States have been asked to increase accessibility of baby formula for recipients of the low-income program. And the Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to make it easier to import formula.

COMIC: One Sioux chef's attempt to reclaim Native American cuisine

May 13, 2022

When it comes to North American cuisine, Indigenous foods don't typically come to mind. Chef Sean Sherman is changing that by serving food that celebrates and preserves his ancestors' Lakota cooking.

Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

May 10, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

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