Building Worker Power to Transform Agriculture
About the California Institute for Rural Studies: The California Institute for Rural Studies (CIRS) has been working for forty years to increase social justice in rural California for all residents. Their belief? That it …
Food and Ag News You May Have Missed
Pour yourself a cup of something warm. Settle into a comfortable chair, and enjoy some of these recent food and farming stories you may have missed: A Salute to Irish …
Farm Labor, Braceros and Trump
As California farmers plan crops for this year, there are serious questions about whether there will be enough workers to plant and harvest them. President Trump’s immigration plan is having …
Guest Post: Dr. Mario Sifuentez on Teaching About Food System
A few months ago, I was asked to write a blog post for the Organization of American Historians blog – Process – about my experience teaching a class I call the “History …
Two Climate Experts Tell Us What 2017 Might Hold for California
Just before the holiday rush, I had an opportunity to speak with two leading voices on climate change. As we look ahead to 2017, what they had to say about …
We’ve traveled around the United States to find these food and agriculture stories for you — from the Pacific Northwest to the Hawaiian Islands to the National Mall in Washington, …
Guest Blogger: UC’s Rachel Surls
Editor’s Note: The UC Food Observer is excited to feature a guest post from Rachel Surls. You may have read my Q&A with Rachel, in which we discussed a newly released …
Mario Sifuentez on Mexican Labor in Pacific Northwest
I first met Mario Sifuentez at a meeting at UC Merced a few years ago. We were part of a UC Merced/UC Agriculture and Natural Resources team framing a digital …