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Listen 10 min MORE Blasting Selena from a mile away, Ricardo Castorena drives through California’s farmland distributing essentials and joy. Photo courtesy of Ricardo Castorena. Richard Castorena coordinates resources to California farmworkers through his organization Binational of Central California. Dubbed “El Profe during his time as an adult educator, he recognized many students, who were farm workers, didn’t have basic school essentials such as notebooks and backpacks. He organized getting them supplies, but the pandemic brought a deeper need. On any given day, Castorena drives a van from Bakersfield to Modesto distributing PPE supplies and food. He has clocked over 25,000 miles during the past year and has reached more than 70,000 essential farmworkers in California’s Central Valley with the help of Radio Lazar’s party van. ....
Transformation: cooking, eating, and lending a hand one year into the pandemic Listen 57 min MORE Michael Flood, Executive Director of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, says that the pandemic has led some people to seek food assistance for the first time. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. It’s now 52 weeks since the restaurants, bars, gyms and schools first shut down, not knowing what the future looked like. Good Food speaks with chefs, activists, and farmers about their experiences over this year of transformation. Musician and rapper Hugh Augustine turned to vegan cooking when his promotional tour was canceled. Lisa Gross moved her intimate classes at League of Kitchens to a digital platform. Yoonjin Hwang shares the ups and downs of her restaurant, Spoon by H, in this week’s installments of “In the Weeds.” Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Executive Director Mi ....