Category: Food Justice

  • New Law Helps Families Stretch Food Dollars

    By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview here. A new California law will help low-income families stretch their food dollars with healthy food choices and support farmers by expanding their markets. The California Nutrition Incentives Act will leverage federal grants to provide a dollar-for-dollar match to…

  • Food Waste Activists Serve Vegetarian Meals At City Heights Park

    Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers On a Sunday afternoon a group of activists drive their car up to the park next to the City Heights Library and pull a large steaming pot of soup out of the car. They take it over to a table, along with bags…

  • Study: Trash in City Heights Canyons Linked to Plastics in Fish

    By Megan Burks City Heights students and the Ocean Discovery Institute last school year helped scientists study urban runoff in their neighborhood canyons. The results of that study are coming together now, and they’re painting a picture of how inland residents impact the coast. Theresa Talley of California Sea Grant at the Scripps Institution of…

  • Crawford High Pilots Halal School Lunches

    Crawford High School in City Heights has been piloting a new lunch menu to reach out to its Muslim students. Once a week, students can pick up a special halal meal. | Video Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks Walk the halls of Crawford High School and you’ll see City Heights in miniature. The neighborhood…

  • Nation’s School Districts Take a Seat at Crawford’s Table

    National school officials checked out Crawford High’s farm-to-table program April 9, 2015. | Video Credit: Matt Bowler By Matt Bowler Food service officials from 30 school districts from across the country on Thursday stopped by Crawford High School for lunch. The officials were there to learn about San Diego Unified School District‘s farm-to-school program. The…