California Foodways

For California Foodways, reporter Lisa Morehouse spends a lot of time in her car. She’s on a kind of mission: to travel to every county in the state, finding stories about food, agriculture, and -- most importantly -- the people that make both possible.

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Milking Cows...In Prison?

Posted October 2, 2018 • 00:08:21

Making license plates is the stereotypical job for a prisoner, but there’s a group of inmates in the Central Valley have very different work. They...

A Pop-Up Coffeehouse on the Pacific Crest Trail

Posted September 18, 2018 • 00:08:57

The thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail start in Mexico, traversing 2650 miles into Canada. The lazier among us might have just read Wild, Cheryl...

The Forgotten Filipino Pioneers of the Delano Grape Strike

Posted September 4, 2018 • 00:10:14

At the beginning of September in 1965, one of the most significant movements in modern day labor history -- the Farmworker Movement -- began in California's...

From Bear Feeding Shows to Bear-Proof Containers

Posted August 21, 2018 • 00:12:57

When you camp in Yosemite and other parks with bears, you can’t just leave your food out on the picnic table or in your car overnight. Anything with...

Trucks, Planes, and Flying Fish

Posted August 7, 2018 • 00:08:56

If you are driving along the striking Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra, chances are you’ve come to fish for trout in one of the area’s alpine lakes....