Cal Ag Roots Podcast

In this podcast, listeners hear about the waves of immigrants who have shaped California's agricultural empire-- the great Central Valley. Much of this podcast comes from our latest live event, "Borderlands of the San Joaquin Valley." Janaki Jagannath describes the ways that small immigrant farmers carve out niches in the industrial agricultural landscape of the Central Valley and experiment with innovative farming techniques that bring the soil to life. Poets Marisol Baca and Aideed Medina collaborate on two poems that powerfully illustrate the inter-weaving of cultures in the Valley and that speak to the immigrant experience in a time of increasing anti-immigrant oppression. Long-time Valley activist Lupe Martinez plays folk and organizing songs on guitar throughout the podcast. "Despite those billboards that say 'farmers feed the world,' there's a far less glamorous group of farmers that are feeding the community." –Organizer Janaki Jagannath "We are gathered at the Filipino Hall at sunset, the sweet-s