Category: Food Justice
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Volunteers Bring ‘Free Food Park’ To City Heights
The volunteer group Eat San Diego launched the city’s largest free food park in City Heights on Saturday. Volunteers planted a peach tree, strawberries, kale and other fruits and vegetables. Once the food is ready this fall and winter, it will be available for anyone to pick and eat. Eat San Diego has set up similar curbside…
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Locally Grown Health Benefits at Farmers Market
By Cameron Jones, Paola Evangelista, & Victoria Fuentes
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Food Hub Revitalizes Vacant Lot
A new international food and craft market at El Cajon Boulevard and 44th Street featured games of cornhole and freshly prepared Salvadorean pupusas. For City Heights resident Mireya Galvan, the outdoor eatery is an opportunity. The new space known as Fair at 44 is also an incubator for San Diegans to pursue their dreams of…
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Health Center Works With Restaurants to Improve Nutrition
Sang Dao, a restaurant serving Thai and Lao cuisine, has been partnering with Health center Operation Samahan to serve nutritional menu items. By Brian Myers Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders are disproportionately likely to develop diabetes and at lower weights and younger ages. Health center Operation Samahan partners with local ethnic restaurants to provide nutrition counseling…
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San Diego Immigrants’ Cookbook Makes Traditional Meals Healthier
From left to right Nadia Atef, Fatima Ahmed, Thitina Shita and Amina Sheik Mohamed are pictured in this undated photo. They are some of the contributors to a new cookbook, “Around the World at the Farmer’s Market.” | Photo Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications By Megan Burke and Tom Fudge Passing down family recipes…