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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 le... Read more

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Podcast 3: Break-Down of the Bracero Program

Podcast 3: Break-Down of the Bracero Program

It might be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when Mexican immigrant workers were welcomed with open arms into C... Read more

9 May 2016

21mins

Ranked #2

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Podcast 4: Founding Farmers: Japanese Growers In California

Podcast 4: Founding Farmers: Japanese Growers In California

Picture your produce aisle: Strawberries. Tomatoes. Lettuce. Celery. Onions. These crops fill shopping carts across the ... Read more

28 Mar 2017

22mins

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Podcast 6: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Farmer Organizer Mai Nguyen

Podcast 6: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Farmer Organizer Mai Nguyen

Mai Nguyen is an innovative grain farmer and an influential farmer organizer. In this interview, the first in our new se... Read more

19 Jun 2018

23mins

Ranked #4

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Podcast 7: Ours To Lose

Podcast 7: Ours To Lose

Ours to Lose showcases another performance from our live story-telling event, Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley. The... Read more

14 Aug 2018

39mins

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Podcast 5: Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley

Podcast 5: Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley

In this podcast, listeners hear about the waves of immigrants who have shaped California's agricultural empire-- the gre... Read more

22 May 2018

27mins

Ranked #6

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Looking Back To Look Forward: How the US Forgot About Farmworkers' Right to Retire

Looking Back To Look Forward: How the US Forgot About Farmworkers' Right to Retire

Looking Back to Look Forward asks why in California-- which has been the home of farm labor movements-- aging farm worke... Read more

10 Mar 2020

41mins

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Podcast #13: All My Relations-- Tending the Land on California's Central Coast

Podcast #13: All My Relations-- Tending the Land on California's Central Coast

Stories of California farming history often start at the Gold Rush. Sometimes, they reach back in time to include the Me... Read more

14 Oct 2019

38mins

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Podcast #12: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Nina Ichikawa

Podcast #12: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Nina Ichikawa

Nina Ichikawa is shaping the conversation about the future of California farming in many different ways. She's the Inter... Read more

26 Jun 2019

24mins

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Podcast 11: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Antonio Roman-Alcalá

Podcast 11: Digging Deep-- A Conversation with Antonio Roman-Alcalá

Antonio Roman Alcalá has a lot of ideas to share about power-building in the food movement. He’s an organizer, and a thi... Read more

26 Feb 2019

21mins

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Podcast 10: Política Del Mole/The Politics of Mole

Podcast 10: Política Del Mole/The Politics of Mole

For centuries, people have been telling other people what to eat. The paleo diet fad might be new, but the idea that som... Read more

20 Dec 2018

37mins

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