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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Legalizing Cannabis Impacts Food and Farming

Posted August 10, 2021 • 00:08:18

When cannabis was 100% illegal, the price per pound was high. Since 2016, when Californians passed Prop 64 legalizing the recreational use of marijuana,...

Coffee Farms? In California?

Posted August 3, 2021 • 00:07:06

The most commonly traded commodity in the world is oil. What comes in second? Coffee! It’s been grown and loved since at least the 13th century in...

Fish Blood in Their Veins -- But Few Salmon In Their River

Posted July 27, 2021 • 00:10:01

Up in far northern California, where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean, this year’s drought is making a bad situation there even worse....

Nuts for Modesto: Baseball, Religion, and a Land-Use Fight

Posted July 20, 2021 • 00:08:35

So what do baseball, a little-known religious group and a land-use fight have in common? If you’re in Stanislaus County, the answer is: nuts. Almonds...

Farmers' Secret Allies: Birds

Posted July 13, 2021 • 00:12:05

Maybe you’re one of the people who started noticing birds more during the pandemic. A lot of us spent time in our yards, or looking out windows, seeing...