Tag: Food Justice

  • Local Youth Use Cell Phones to Report on Food Justice

    The People’s Produce Market in southeast San Diego is working to bring fresh, local fruits and vegetables to low-income shoppers in the area. It collects CalFresh funds, Women, Infant and Children vouchers and senior vouchers. Below, MobileStories reporter Demetrius Smith takes viewers to the market to talk with some of its organizers. MobileStories is an…

  • City Heights Farmers Market Tops Food Stamp Collection Rate

    By Ruxandra Guidi Starting next year, all California farmers markets will accept food stamps. | Photo Credit: Ruxandra Guidi   Lillian Tunda came from the Congo in 2000 as a refugee with her husband and four kids. As part of their resettlement process, they were given food stamps, and placed in a low-income apartment complex…

  • Wanted: Farmers for This Farmers Market

    Bilali Muya sells produce from City Heights’ New Roots Community Garden at the Southeast Farmers Market. He says farmers are often reluctant to send their produce to the Southeast Market because the group sells far less there than it does in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By Adrian Florido When he moved to…

  • Refugee Students Explore Food Justice With Cameras

    During the month of July, students in The AjA Project‘s food justice workshop at Crawford High School explored cultural relationships to food. Through photo exercises and discussions, students considered the things that make their families’ food traditions unique and important, as well as how those traditions have and have not changed since coming to America.…

  • 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…