Tag: Food Justice

  • Tweet City Heights: Feral Dogs, Fried Brain Cells and Free Lunch

    By Megan Burks While we’re out researching and writing full-length features, 140 characters can go a long way in helping us keep readers up-to-date. But some tweets deserve more than that. That’s why I’m beginning a weekly feature here on SpeakCityHeights.org called Tweet City Heights. Each Friday, I’ll bring you the week’s Twitter chatter as…

  • Low-Income Shoppers Thrive At City Heights Farmers Market

    By Megan Burks and Brian Myers The produce stalls at the City Heights Farmers Market last week were lined with strawberries so fresh they shined. Some still carried their delicate vines. Ayan Mohamed, who has an 18-month-old, was quick to exchange a Women, Infants and Children voucher for large basket of the fruit. They’re her…

  • Garden Project Allows Crawford Students To Grow

    By Megan Burke and Brian Myers San Diego’s Crawford High School in City Heights is among the most culturally diverse schools in the nation. An innovative school garden program at the school gives students a chance to discuss their culture through food. Kaley Hearnsberger is Crawford’s Youth Food Justice Coordinator. She runs the internship program,…

  • 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…