Category: Food Justice

  • New Law Good News for Farmers Market Entrepreneurs

    By Angela Carone As of Jan. 1, certain foods prepared in a home kitchen can be sold at places like farmers markets and grocery stores, according to a new law known as the California Homemade Food Act, or AB 1616. It was signed into law back in September by Gov. Jerry Brown but goes into…

  • Schools Serving Up Free Lunches Over Winter Break

    By Kyla Calvert For the first time this year, San Diego Unified is serving free lunches at city recreation centers while schools are closed for winter break. The lunches started this week at recreation centers near schools where break has already started. Just over 61 percent of San Diego Unified students qualify for free or…

  • Local Hunger Groups Screen Documentary Challenging Stereotypes About the Poor

    Jennifer Tracy, executive director of the San Diego Hunger Coalition, and Hannah Gravette, lead organizer for The San Diego Organizing Project discuss their screening of “The Line” 6:30 tonight at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 4227 Fairmount Ave. The film, funded by MacArthur Foundation and produced by Linda Midgett, shares the stories of people living…

  • Tweet City Heights: Group Seeks Funds to Open Vegan Co-op in City Heights

    By Megan Burks Group Seeking Funds to Open Vegan Co-op in City Heights San Diego CityBeat reported this week Mitch Wallis, the co-owner of Hillcrest’s Evolution Fast Food, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a vegan food co-op in City Heights. A food co-op is a grocery store that customers can buy a stake…

  • SD Unified Serving Up Healthy Lunches

    Gary Petill, director of Food and Nutritional Services at San Diego Unified School District, and Vanessa Zajfen, specialist with the Farm to School program at SDUSD, talk to KPBS about school lunches. By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane, Monaliza Noor, Peggy Pico and Claire Trageser Click here to listen to the KPBS Midday Edition interview In accordance with…