Tag: Food Insecurity

  • Community Gardens Can Now Be Planted Citywide

    Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido The San Diego City Council has made it much easier to start community gardens — once banned or too expensive to permit — on most vacant land citywide. The council voted unanimously Tuesday to support removing costly permitting requirements and zoning restrictions on gardens. Now, San Diegans will…

  • Around the Community Table

    Photo Credit: Adam, age 12, Iraq | Courtesy of The AjA Project Craft, organic coffee and specialty produce were once reserved for farmers markets and niche grocers in affluent neighborhoods. In City Heights, however, Agora Bean + Leaf sells specialty tea and coffee in chic packaging from the same row of stalls where refugees sell…

  • Red Tape Turns a Green Farm into an Eyesore

    Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido Published May 30, 2011 on For close to three decades, a group of mostly poor Cambodian refugees eked out a subsistence living by farming a parcel of land at the end of a southeastern San Diego cul-de-sac. The sprawling farm was impressive. Over the years the refugees had…

  • Reducing Food Insecurity In San Diego And Imperial Counties

    By Maureen Cavanaugh and Hank Crook Published May 18, 2011 on How many families in San Diego County go to bed hungry every night? We’ll discuss the latest stats on hunger in the county, and talk about what Feeding America San Diego is doing to reduce the meal gap in our community. Plus, learn about…

  • San Diego Offers Free Gardening Classes to Produce Healthy Lifestyles

    By Susan Murphy Published May 17, 2011 on San Diego County will offer free gardening classes as part of an initiative to improve health and combat obesity. The hope is for people to eat healthier by learning to grow their own fruits and vegetables and incorporate them into healthy meals. San Diego County officials and community…