Tag: Food Justice

  • Tweet City Heights: IRC to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs Saturday

    By Megan Burks Weekend Bazaar and Bus Tour to Celebrate Refugee Entrepreneurs The International Rescue Committee in San Diego is scheduled to host its international holiday bazaar 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the City Heights Farmers Market. The event will feature local refugee entrepreneurs selling handicrafts from all over the world. Free gift-wrapping…

  • Video: Food Stamps Explained

    By Dagny Salas The number of people on food stamps has nearly tripled in San Diego County. The county’s hiring more than 60 new workers to help process food stamps applications. After historically doing worse than other counties in enrolling eligible people for food stamps, San Diego County has made changes to make applying easier.  But recent statistics show…

  • What We Learned About City Heights Food Access

    [oqeygallery id=9] By Adrian Florido The evening’s cooks were so prolific that there was food to spare. At the end of our recent community event on food access in City Heights, Djoha Uwamwiza sent people home with leftovers. It was an added perk. The evening event — a collaboration of voiceofsandiego.org, KPBS, the Media Arts…

  • Behind the Scenes: Teen Producers Highlight Crawford Garden

    By Brian Myers Youth learning to produce documentaries released three short videos about a local school garden program this summer. The diverse group of students between the ages of 12 and 18 are part of the Teen Producers’ Project, a 10-year-old program of the Media Arts Center San Diego. Students of the TPP visited the…

  • Food Stamp Enrollment Soars, But San Diego Still Rates Low

    By Adrian Florido As the weak economy battered families across California, food stamp use nearly doubled since 2006. But in San Diego County, the spike has been even more dramatic. Food stamp use has nearly tripled here. Despite that jump, recent statistics show that San Diego may still only be getting food stamps to about…