Cal Ag Roots
Cal Ag Roots shares stories from this wide range of people, opening new lines of communication among them.
Cal Ag Roots is a project of the California Institute for Rural Studies, with Project Director Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, whose mission is to unearth stories about a vitally important segment of California’s culture and economy: Food Production. Cal Ag Roots puts historical roots under current California food and farming change movements by telling the story of California agricultural development in i
Our Story
Cal Ag Roots is a project of the California Institute for Rural Studies, with Project Director Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, whose mission is to unearth stories about a vitally important segment of California’s culture and economy: Food Production.
Cal Ag Roots puts historical roots under current California food and farming change movements by telling the story of California agricultural development in innovative, useful and relevant ways.
There is deep knowledge about the structures, driving forces and key moments that have shaped California’s food system among recognized “experts” and those who have participated in the creation of CA farming, but this knowledge doesn’t always inform food movement work.
Cal Ag Roots shares stories from this wide range of people, opening new lines of communication among them.