Tag: Food Justice

  • State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding Left by Fiscal Cliff Deal

    City Heights mother Latonya Frazier has started substituting healthier ingredients in her soul food recipes, thanks to nutrition education from the Network for a Healthy California. Federal funding for the program was cut in January’s fiscal cliff deal. | Photo Credit: Amina Sheik Mohamed By Megan Burks State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding, Aired Feb.…

  • Tweet City Heights: Back of the Visa Line

    By Megan Burks Checking in on The Stumblr Voice of San Diego continues to document San Diego’s crumbling sidewalks on its photo blog, The Stumblr. This week, Voice mapped the reader-submitted photos, which are clustered throughout mid-city San Diego. A significant number were taken in City Heights’ Corridor neighborhood. View Mapping The Stumblr in a…

  • New Supermarket Offers Access to African Food Staples

    Pacific Caribbean Supermarket opened in City Heights this month, catering to West African and Caribbean San Diegans looking for a little taste of home. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers There’s a new grocery store in City Heights that can help African immigrants remember the taste of home. Pacific Caribbean Supermarket opened after…

  • ‘Still Room for Improvement on School Lunches’: Photo Essay

    By Jena Olson Last year, school districts throughout the country and right here in San Diego revamped their school lunch menus to comply with updated nutrition standards. The new USDA guidelines call for less salt and fat and more fruit and vegetables. And students are now required to pick out a nutritionally complete meal as…

  • 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…