Chanowk Yisrael began farming after the Great Recession, and that spawned Yisrael Family Urban Farm in South Oak Park, Sacramento, with a farm stand and a mission to bring back resiliency to communities in the face of uncertainty, as well as work to eliminate a food desert. Learn more at yisraelfamilyfarm.net/.

Chando of Chando's Tacos started 2020 saying it was going to be a great year: Opening new restaurants and a tortilla factory. Then COVID-19 struck, but he didn't let the pandemic stop him from opening the tortilla factory – with social distancing – and putting people to work.

Shira Lane of The Atrium shares how Sacramento artists are making masks in the COVID-19 era, and where you can get yours to support the arts and help provide free ones for frontline medical workers.

Capital Books opened a year ago in downtown Sacramento, and with the COVID-19 pandemic, owners Heidi and Ross Rojek were able to pivot to online sales with delivery and curbside pickup. Heidi describes that process and the future of the bookstore in this episode.

Bogle Vineyards teamed up with Sacramento restaurants to provide 6,000 meals for area hospitals when the COVID-19 stay-at-home order went into place. Jody Bogle describes that effort as well as changes to the business in this week's episode.

N'Gina Guyton shares how she managed to turn her Sacramento restaurant, South, into a takeout-only establishment when the stay-at-home order was issued, and how the Sacramento community has embraced her establishment, enabling her to keep her staff employed.

Chelsea Minor, corporate director of public affairs for Sacramento-based grocery chain Raley's, discusses the challenges the company has navigated during the current crisis, what safety measures are in place to protect staff and customers, and how the grocer has worked to keep food on the shelves despite unprecedented need.

Chef Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney's Building & Loan discusses Family Meal, a charity project with Sacramento restaurants making meals for those in need during these unprecedented times.

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Michael Passmore of Passmore Ranch discusses what it's like to be a farmer in America's Farm-to-Fork Capital, what farmers wish everyone knew about what they do, and how Sacramento came to produce 80 percent of U.S. caviar.