New Roots Institute

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>In 2010, Katie Cantrell, then a student at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a> developed a presentation on the impacts of factory farming. She began giving the presentation at local colleges and K-12 schools around the San Francisco Bay Area.
</p><p>In 2012, New Roots Institute received the second most votes in a Facebook poll sponsored by <a href="/facts/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit/RmRtTNGn">BART</a>'s sustainability-focused Blue Sky Program. As a result, New Roots Institute was awarded a month's worth of advertising on BART trains and stations. The ads encouraged BART riders to adopt <a href="/facts/Meatless_Monday/ByvFalMx">Meatless Mondays</a> citing the environmental benefits of doing so.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<h2 id="current-programs">Current Programs</h2>
<p>New Roots Institute's current programming consists of educational outreach, a Summer Leadership Academy, and Fellowship, and auxiliary programs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Tsai, Luke. "BART Ads Plug 'Meatless Mondays'". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2021-02-12. <a href="https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/bart-ads-plug-meatless-mondays/Content?oid=3345314" target="_blank">https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/bart-ads-plug-meatless-mondays/Content?oid=3345314</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"All Programs". Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. Retrieved 2021-02-12. <a href="https://www.ffacoalition.org/programs-all" target="_blank">https://www.ffacoalition.org/programs-all</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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