Podcasts by Cal Ag Roots Podcast
Cal Ag Roots unearths stories about farming history that challenge us to think deeply about the struggles, breakthroughs, battles and innovations that have shaped California agriculture. Tune in to learn the surprising histories behind the ways we produce food today. You might never look at your grocery aisle in the same way again!
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Bringing Justice and Land Equity to Farmers of Color in California from 2022-01-04T18:17:36
The passage of the Farmer Equity Act, California Assembly Bill 1348, in October 2017 was ground-breaking. For the first time, California acknowledged the racist patterns of systematic discriminati...
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The Cal Ag Roots Podcast: Reflecting On 2021 And What's Next from 2021-12-17T16:45:29
Join us for this mini-episode conversation between the current Cal Ag Roots Podcast Producer, Dr. Caroline Collins, and former Cal Ag Roots Producer, Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, who is currently the Exe...
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We Are Not Strangers Here Ep. 6: “Still Here" from 2021-03-16T22:16:27
We Are Not Strangers Here Ep. 6: “Still Here Black Farmers & Agricultural Stewardship in the Modern Age”
Relationships to the land can be seen throughout African American history and culture. ...
Sneak Preview: We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 6 from 2021-03-13T00:51:42
Sneak Preview: Episode 6, our final episode of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, “Still Here: Black Farmers & Agricultural Stewardship in the Modern Age” premieres March 9...
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We Are Not Strangers Here Ep 5: Back to the Land: Allensworth and the Black Utopian Dream from 2021-03-09T18:29:40
In 1908, African American pioneers established the town of Allensworth forty miles north of Bakersfield as part of the broader Black Town Movement. Discover how these settlers not only built buildi...
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Sneak Preview: We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 5 from 2021-03-06T17:19:51
Sneak Preview: Episode 5 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, “ Back to the Land: Allensworth and the Black Utopian Dream" premieres March 9, 2021. In 1908 African America...
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We Are Not Strangers Here Ep. 4: Independent Settlements from 2021-03-03T00:48:25
WE ARE NOT STRANGERS HERE EPISODE 4 “Independent Settlements: Building Black Communities in Rural California." Starting as early as the 19th century, Black communities--large and small, loosely org...
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Sneak Preview: We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 4 from 2021-02-26T23:23:32
Sneak Preview: Episode 4 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, “Independent Settlements: Building Black Communities in Rural California" premieres March 2, 2021. Starting a...
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We Are Not Strangers Here, Ep 3: Cultivating Change from 2021-02-23T18:15:29
WE ARE NOT STRANGERS HERE EPISODE 3 “Cultivating Change: African American Homesteaders, Innovators, & Civic Leaders." Black people have long cultivated the land in rural California. And in doing so...
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Sneak Preview: We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 3 from 2021-02-22T02:44:34
Sneak Preview: Episode 3 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, “Cultivating Change: African American Homesteaders, Innovators, & Civic Leaders" premieres Feb. 23, 2021. Bla...
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We Are Not Strangers Here Ep 2: Hidden Roots from 2021-02-17T00:33:02
Episode 2 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series is "Hidden Roots: Uncovering the Legacies of African American Homesteaders in California" premieres Feb. 16, 2021. One of the...
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Sneak Preview: We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 2 from 2021-02-13T00:24:09
Sneak Preview: Episode 2 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, "Hidden Roots: Uncovering the Legacies of African American Homesteaders in California" premieres Feb. 16, 202...
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We Are Not Strangers Here Ep. 1: Freedom Chasers from 2021-02-09T17:23:06
WE ARE NOT STRANGERS HERE EPISODE 1 "Freedom Chasers: Early Black Settlers and the California Dream."
Thousands of African Americans participated in the California Gold Rush. Some were st...
We Are Not Strangers Here Episode 1 Trailer from 2021-02-02T17:00:33
Sneak Preview: Episode 1 of the Cal Ag Roots six-part We Are Not Strangers Here series, "Freedom Chasers: Early Black Settlers and the California Dream." Thousands of African Americans participated...
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Coming in February: We Are Not Strangers Here Series! from 2021-01-27T15:58:57
Sneak Preview: On Feb 9, 2021 we'll release Episode 1 of We Are Not Strangers Here, a six-part Cal Ag Roots podcast series shedding light on the history of African Americans in rural California. (P...
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Water Is Gold : How Central Valley Communities are Still Fighting the Drought from 2020-12-17T20:48:55
California, the golden state, is known for many things, chief among them is its status as the breadbasket of the nation and the world. Yet, the ability to sustain agriculture and support the commu...
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Looking Back To Look Forward: How the US Forgot About Farmworkers' Right to Retire from 2020-03-10T21:06:58
Looking Back to Look Forward asks why in California-- which has been the home of farm labor movements-- aging farm workers are not guaranteed any help in their retirement. The story centers farmwor...
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Podcast #13: All My Relations-- Tending the Land on California's Central Coast from 2019-10-14T21:38:15
Stories of California farming history often start at the Gold Rush. Sometimes, they reach back in time to include the Mexican or Spanish eras. But very rarely do we hear about the ways indigenous C...
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Podcast #12: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Nina Ichikawa from 2019-06-26T23:01:35
Nina Ichikawa is shaping the conversation about the future of California farming in many different ways. She's the Interim Executive Director at the Berkeley Food Institute, a member of the Farmer ...
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Podcast 11: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Antonio Roman-Alcalá from 2019-02-26T18:25:48
Antonio Roman Alcalá has a lot of ideas to share about power-building in the food movement. He’s an organizer, and a thinker, a theorizer and a farmer. Antonio strikes me as someone who manages to...
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Podcast 10: Política Del Mole/The Politics of Mole from 2018-12-20T00:50:44
For centuries, people have been telling other people what to eat. The paleo diet fad might be new, but the idea that some people know what food is best, or healthiest, or cleanest and that other pe...
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Podcast 9: A Few Things We're Grateful For-- Tamales, Pambazos & Braceros from 2018-11-21T11:15:49
This is a Thanksgiving podcast, featuring three tasty audio pieces that celebrate family food traditions and workers who have given their lives to fill our tables. Tune in to this 4th episode in ou...
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Podcast 8: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Mario Sifuentez from 2018-10-02T21:14:19
Dr. Mario Sifuentez is an Associate Professor of History at UC Merced who's done a lot of thinking about the past and future of California's Central Valley. He's been involved with Cal Ag Roots sin...
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Podcast 7: Ours To Lose from 2018-08-14T15:02:08
Ours to Lose showcases another performance from our live story-telling event, Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley. The radio play at the center of this episode, Ours to Lose, written by Yia Lee a...
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Podcast 6: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Farmer Organizer Mai Nguyen from 2018-06-19T14:17:22
Mai Nguyen is an innovative grain farmer and an influential farmer organizer. In
this interview, the first in our new series of conversations with food movement leaders that we're calling "Dig...
Podcast 5: Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley from 2018-05-22T05:16:03
In this podcast, listeners hear about the waves of immigrants who have shaped California's agricultural empire-- the great Central Valley. Much of this podcast comes from our latest live event, "Bo...
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Podcast 4: Founding Farmers: Japanese Growers In California from 2017-03-28T19:30:42
Picture your produce aisle: Strawberries. Tomatoes. Lettuce. Celery. Onions. These crops fill shopping carts across the country and a full third of them come from California. There was a time, thou...
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Podcast 3: Break-Down of the Bracero Program from 2016-05-09T23:24:33
It might be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Mexican immigrant workers were welcomed with open arms into Californian communities. The Braceros were Mexican guest workers, many of whom...
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Podcast 2: Can Land Belong to Those Who Work It? from 2016-03-29T14:38:41
Until 1982, there was a law on the books—the 1902 Reclamation Act-- that limited the size of farms allowed to use government subsidized irrigation water across the Western U.S. to just 160 acres. T...
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Podcast 1: There's Nothing More Californian Than Ketchup from 2016-01-29T22:18:32
When you think of California Cuisine do you imagine baby lettuces doused in olive oil and carefully arranged on white plates?
If you’ve ever driven down the Highway 99 corridor, which cuts...