Tag: Farmers Market

  • San Diego’s Urban Farms: Oases In Food Deserts

    The City Heights Farmers Market has become a model for outdoor markets that offer fresh produce to low-income immigrant folks in the inner city. | Photo Credit: Tom Fudge By Tom Fudge The Bayside Community Center sits on the edge of Tecolote Canyon amidst a landscape of rental housing, abandoned lots and strip malls. This…

  • Low-Income Shoppers Thrive At City Heights Farmers Market

    By Megan Burks and Brian Myers The produce stalls at the City Heights Farmers Market last week were lined with strawberries so fresh they shined. Some still carried their delicate vines. Ayan Mohamed, who has an 18-month-old, was quick to exchange a Women, Infants and Children voucher for large basket of the fruit. They’re her…