The railroad's surprising impact on food and civil rights in California

Update: 2025-01-17

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Here’s a thing you may not know about the Transcontinental Railroad: It helped turn California into an agricultural powerhouse – transforming the food system – and it also galvanized a series of Civil Rights victories. This episode, reported by FERN contributor Lisa Morehouse, was produced in partnership with “California Foodways” and KQED’s alifornia Report” podcast.

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The railroad's surprising impact on food and civil rights in California

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The railroad's surprising impact on food and civil rights in California