The Capital Region’s Food Systems 101
How nonprofits improve local health, the environment and economy
In America’s farm-to-fork capital, it’s easy to place attention on the fork side of the story – the amazing chefs and restaurants feeding us. Yet, there’s a complicated web of grassroots services, part of a larger food system, which covers everything including health, environment, economy, social justice and more. Nonprofits provide core services that keep this delicate system moving toward a better community. Comstock’s explores this side of Sacramento’s local food network.
Bitcoin Started With All Men. Now Crypto Is Opening to Women
Something new is happening in the world of cryptocurrencies.
Upgrade to 5G Costs $200 Billion a Year and May Not Be Worth It
In the wildest dreams of wireless engineers, the mobile network of the future controls our cars, lets our refrigerators talk to the grocery store to order more milk, and provides fast, reliable broadband connections to our homes so we can sever ties with cable companies.
Built in 3D
Virtual technology finds real-world applicability in the construction and architecture fields
Virtual reality used to be financially out-of-reach for many firms. Now, builders and architects alike are finding that implementing technology upfront prevents mistakes, and saves money, down the road.
Back and Forward: Alona Jennings
Operation Innovate founder on the psychology of innovation
Alona Jennings, founder of Operation Innovate in Sacramento offers her insight into the psychology of innovation.
Buzzwords: Influencer
In recent years, with the rise of social networking, the business world has embraced a modern form of evangelism, making the word synonymous with an entirely new brand of evangelist: the influencer.
Fresher Sacramento Feeds Local Community and Entrepreneurship
The nonprofit in Oak Park spurs entrepreneurship among local high schoolers through its mission to provide nutritious, locally-sourced food
From a humble plastic folding table, the team behind Fresher Sacramento sells meals cooked in a spare kitchen of the Art Institute of Sacramento.
Partial Preservation of Income Tax Deductions Softens Blow to Californians
Some Californians are breathing a sigh of relief now that House and Senate Republicans have agreed to a partial preservation of state and local income taxes, but a lot of taxpayers will still be unhappy.
In California’s Wildfires, a Looming Threat to Climate Goals
Beyond the devastation and personal tragedy of the fires that have ravaged California in recent months, another disaster looms: an alarming uptick in unhealthy air and the sudden release of the carbon dioxide that drives climate change.
Limits to Launch
Is the UC’s two-tiered tech-transfer system restraining innovation and economic growth?
Tech transfer at publically-funded universities isn’t just about generating revenue from IP — it’s about the public good. But is the UC’s strategy for negotiating licenses making this double-barrelled mission even more complex?