Category: Food Justice

  • The Fruits of Providing Cash Incentives for Healthy Eating in San Diego

    At the farmers market in City Heights, customers are able to use food stamps to purchase their fruits and vegetables. It’s a helping hand for the customers and a boon for the farmers. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Randy Dotinga Local advocates for the needy have warned for years about “food deserts” in poor…

  • Monroe Clark Middle Goes Green With Campus Garden

    A new community garden at Monroe Clark already is bearing fruit…er, vegetables.| Photo Credit: Christina Chomut By Julia Richardson Haga clic aquí para leerlo en Español At first glance, photography and gardening may not appear to have much in common. But at Monroe Clark Middle School in City Heights, an effort aimed at having students…

  • Community Mourns Closing of Urban Greenspace

    A nursery on 44th Street near University Avenue has closed despite community support because the operation violated city zoning laws. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers A group of volunteers and patrons of Antonio’s Nursery got together one last time to recall the good times of the short lived micro farm on 44th…

  • Food Stamp Cuts to Hit 270,000 in San Diego County

    By Susan Murphy Nearly 270,000 people across San Diego County who rely on food stamps, called CalFresh in California, to buy groceries and meals will see their benefits cut 5 percent on Friday. The monthly benefits for a family of four will drop $36, from $668 per month down to $632. The federal benefits were…

  • Teens Consuming More Sugary Drinks

    By Kenny Goldberg Sugary drinks like sodas are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. In a discouraging trend, a new study finds adolescents in California are drinking even more of these beverages than before. The study comes from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. It’s based on interviews of more than 40,000 California…