Tag: Food Justice

  • Garden Teaches Diet for Healthy Minds

    By Erin Timoney and John Field On the weekend of July 6, youth from throughout California gathered at the Media Arts Center San Diego for a journalism boot camp hosted by The California Endowment. With the guidance of adult mentors, the youth produced blog, radio and video reports. This is one of those reports. As obesity…

  • Federal Subsidies Support Junk Food Instead of Fresh Food, Report Says

    By Diana Crofts-Pelayo Citing the obesity epidemic among America’s children, a California consumer group says federal subsidies support junk food instead of fresh food. CALPIRG’s report is called “Apples to Twinkies 2012” because it says producers of corn syrup are financially favored over apple growers. Twinkies and apples were used as props at a San Diego press…

  • Schools Offer Kids Free Summer Lunch

    By Samantha Wadley Children all over San Diego are able to enjoy fun games and free lunches this summer thanks to San Diego Unified’s Summer Fun Café program. The program, which had only six locations when it began 10 years ago, now offers 69 sites where children ages 2 to 18 can enjoy a healthy meal,…

  • Tweet City Heights: City Earmarks Funds for Skatepark

    By Megan Burks City Earmarks $850,000 for Mid-City Skatepark Members of the Mid-City Skatepark Advocacy Group and Mid-City CAN Youth Council gathered at a budget hearing Monday to tell City Council why they need a skatepark. According to Fox 5 San Diego, $850,000 has been set aside for a City Heights skatepark already. That allocation…

  • Tweet City Heights: Affordable Care Act Turns Two

    By Megan Burks Affordable Care Act Turns Two Today marks the second anniversary of the federal health reform law known as the Affordable Care Act. To celebrate, advocates and the media are taking a look at how far the law has come. The milestone also brings the law’s first major test—the Supreme Court will examine…