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Food and Sustainability

Cooking with gas — or electricity? Californians wonder how electrification might impact the food we eat

March 28, 2023 | Manola Secaira

As part of its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, California is working to cut emissions in all parts of life, including the kitchen.

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Health Care

California could be the first state in the country to ban some much debated food additives

March 17, 2023 | Kate Wolffe

Two California legislators want to eliminate chemicals present in thousands of grocery items, like candies and drinks, that are linked to health problems and are already banned in the European Union.

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Food and Sustainability

CalFresh emergency benefits end this month — here’s what to know

March 3, 2023 | Janelle Salanga

How your benefits might change, where to access free food in the area, how to get involved in community efforts to share food and more.

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Food and Sustainability

USDA tightening organics certification regulations to reduce label fraud

February 11, 2023 | Randol White

The USDA sets guidelines for which foods can be labeled “certified organic.” This week, it announced a series of new, tighter regulations, aimed at closing loopholes that previously allowed non-organic ingredients into products labeled organic.

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Listen: Michelin awards Sacramento restaurant Localis with a coveted star

December 7, 2022 | Randol White

CapRadio’s Randol White speaks with The Sacramento Bee’s Benjy Egel about the city’s latest Michelin-starred destination.

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State Government

Newsom signs a bill expanding union rights for farmworkers, shocking advocates

September 28, 2022 | Manola Secaira

Advocates of the bill waited a month for the decision, setting up a vigil outside the capitol after a 335-mile march in August.

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Food and Sustainability

San Joaquin County saw ‘substantial gains’ in 2021 agricultural production

September 19, 2022 | Rich Ibarra

A new report says fruit and nuts made up the highest value crops produced by the county last year, raising over $1.7 billion.

Bobbi Wilson

Food and Sustainability

There aren't enough young farmers. Congress is looking to change that

September 1, 2022

Congressional Democrats and Republicans say ensuring a younger generation of farmers can enter the business is key to upholding local and regional supply chains needed for emergencies, domestic food production and to meet the demand of local food.

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Healthier options on the menu as California begins providing free meals for all students

August 28, 2022

California districts are continuing to offer free meals to all students, and extra funding this year is allowing them to incorporate more healthy, local ingredients

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Food and Sustainability

Interview: Creators of Dinner at Tiger dish on Sacramento cuisine

August 23, 2022 | Randol White

Tony Christian of Tiger Restaurant & Bar and Chef Ryan Royster of Last Supper Society joined CapRadio’s Insight to talk about how their latest collaboration showcases an incredible culinary experience in Sacramento.

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In California, leafy greens farmers both suffered from floods and welcomed the water

March 29, 2023

Most of the country's lettuce and leafy greens come from California, where 13 atmospheric rivers hit this winter. Farmers both welcome the water and sometimes suffer from the deluge.

Yang Bing-Yi, patriarch of Taiwan's soup dumpling empire, has died

March 29, 2023

The cofounder of Taiwan's famed Din Tai Fung restaurant chain died at 96, his company announced March 26. He helped turn delicate soup dumplings into a global phenomenon, even earning Michelin stars.

Australian company makes a meatball from a mammoth, but it's not for eating

March 29, 2023

Vow, which made the meatball from the genetic code of the extinct mammoth, wants to transition people away from meat-eating. It used faux meat to symbolize how climate change affects biodiversity.

During Ramadan, Muslims opt for pre-dawn comfort food

March 29, 2023

For some observing Ramadan, 24-hour diners make a good option for a pre-dawn meal.

A startup says it made a jumbo meatball using the genetic sequence of the mammoth

March 28, 2023

The meatball is a one-off and has not been tasted, even by its creators, nor is it planned to be put into production. Instead, it was intended to get people talking about the future of meat.

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