The COVID state of emergency ended this year, which also ends emergency CalFresh allotment benefits. Recipients who managed CalFresh benefits now need to find ways to maximize their food resources. One way to respond to the benefits decrease is to go to food banks or a CalFresh participating farmers market. Inflation and increased demand have food banks scrambling to help those in need with limited resources. Joining us to discuss the challenges CalFresh recipients and food banks are facing is CapRadio Healthcare reporter Kate Wolffe.

Composting, to single use products, reducing waste– or even zero waste at that– is a feat gaining more mainstream attention. Dr. Josette Lewis, Almond Board of California Chief Scientific Officer, discusses one of the latest attempts at sustainability, which focuses on a popular California crop– almond upcycling. The process focuses on repurposing the hull of an almond into fiber-rich ingredients that can be used in nutrition bars, tea, beer, and more. The work is in partnership with Mattson, a food science company based in the Bay Area. Al Banisch, Chief Strategy and Client Engagement Officer, and Willem Duckworth, Product Development Technician, discuss getting multiple uses from a single tree.