<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/"
xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">

<channel>
	<title>Oakland North &#187; Health</title>
	<atom:link href="http://oaklandnorth.net/category/health/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://oaklandnorth.net</link>
	<description>North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:04 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
<!-- podcast_generator="Blubrry PowerPress/2.0.4" -->
	<itunes:summary>Oakland North (www.OaklandNorth.net) is a hyperlocal news site covering politics, crime, events, arts and entertainment in Oakland, California. Our Oakland North Radio podcast offers free, downloadable audio stories covering the local community.

Oakland North is a project of U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and our audio podcasts are produced in cooperation with the school&#039;s radio program. With support from the Ford Foundation, graduate student reporters at the school are creating focused news outlets to concentrate on different parts of the Bay Area. You can find our sister sites, covering San Francisco&#039;s Mission District and the city of Richmond, California at www.MissionLocal.org and www.RichmondConfidential.org.

Our goals are to improve local coverage, experiment with online and digital media, and listen to you -- about the stories and features that most interest you, the issues that concern you, the information services you want, and the reporting you’d like to see undertaken in your own community. Please feel free to contact us at staff@oaklandnorth.net. Happy listening!</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Oakland North</itunes:author>
	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:image href="http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/oaklandnorth/images/itms/oaklandnorth-itms.jpg" />
	<itunes:owner>
		<itunes:name>Oakland North</itunes:name>
		<itunes:email>staff@oaklandnorth.net</itunes:email>
	</itunes:owner>
	<managingEditor>staff@oaklandnorth.net (Oakland North)</managingEditor>
	<itunes:subtitle>Oakland North</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:keywords>oakland, california, food, bikes</itunes:keywords>
	<image>
		<title>Oakland North &#187; Health</title>
		<url>http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/category/health/</link>
	</image>
	<itunes:category text="News &amp; Politics" />
	<itunes:category text="Arts">
		<itunes:category text="Food" />
		<itunes:category text="Performing Arts" />
	</itunes:category>
		<item>
		<title>Alameda County Healthy Home Alliance discuss affordable and healthy housing</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/19/alameda-county-healthy-home-alliance-discuss-affordable-and-healthy-housing/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/19/alameda-county-healthy-home-alliance-discuss-affordable-and-healthy-housing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Adams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Community Development Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Healthy Housing Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Partnership Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catherine Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Bay Housing Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Twichell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Merola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nabia Shihab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Housing Law Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health Law and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uptown Body and Fender]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=78681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Community advocates came together to participate in a panel discussion focused on the link between healthy and affordable housing in downtown Oakland on Friday. East Bay Housing Organizations&#8217; 16th Annual Affordable Housing Week began last Friday with a kick-off celebration at Uptown Body and Fender. This year’s event, entitled “Affordable Housing: Building A Movement,” offered...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/19/alameda-county-healthy-home-alliance-discuss-affordable-and-healthy-housing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Healthy-housing.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='4647'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oakland celebrates Older Americans Month with dance and a public gathering</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/17/oakland-celebrates-older-americans-month-with-dance-and-a-public-gathering/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/17/oakland-celebrates-older-americans-month-with-dance-and-a-public-gathering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yirmeyah Beckles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy Oakland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=78611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior citizens from Oakland performed in front of nearly 100 people at Frank H.Ogawa Plaza on Wednesday for the city’s 8th annual Older Americans Month celebration. The site, which has become synonymous with the Occupy Oakland protests, was transformed into a concert hall where folk dancers and Baby Boomers took center stage, despite some disruptions from Occupy protesters.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/05/17/oakland-celebrates-older-americans-month-with-dance-and-a-public-gathering/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/OLDERAMERICANS_beckles.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='4408'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Music with the power to heal</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/25/music-with-the-power-to-heal/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/25/music-with-the-power-to-heal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Molteni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakland North Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Corrigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notes & Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakland Children's Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UCSF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=77077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if you could use something as simple as music to help people dealing with everything from traumatic brain injuries and strokes to neurological disorders and depression?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/25/music-with-the-power-to-heal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/MT21.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='6016'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Through FoodPool, gardeners donate excess produce to those in need</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/24/through-foodpool-gardeners-donate-excess-produce-to-those-in-need/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/24/through-foodpool-gardeners-donate-excess-produce-to-those-in-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmah Elmusa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alameda backyard growers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alameda county food bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Sigal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feeding America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FoodPool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gardening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telegraph Ministry Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban farmin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban gardening]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=77382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some Oaklanders grow a bounty of fresh produce in their home gardens, while others are miles away from the nearest grocery store. One day, as he was tending his 800 square-foot backyard garden, this paradox struck Montclair resident Andrew Sigal as particularly unfair. Sigal decided that he would donate any excess food he produced, and he would try to convince his neighbors with gardens to do the same. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/24/through-foodpool-gardeners-donate-excess-produce-to-those-in-need/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20120423_FOODPOOL.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='7520'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oaksterdam University supporters celebrate 4/20 with a march</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/20/oaksterdam-university-supporters-celebrate-420-with-a-march/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/20/oaksterdam-university-supporters-celebrate-420-with-a-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne-Sophie Braendlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Sky Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaksterdam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=77287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oaksterdam University supporters celebrated 4/20—the calendar date that matches a code word often associated with pot smoking—with a march in Oakland protesting the recent federal raid of Oaksterdam’s facilities and demanding the federal legalization of medical marijuana. At 11 am, supporters gathered at the Federal Building on Clay Street in downtown Oakland. Starting off as...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/20/oaksterdam-university-supporters-celebrate-420-with-a-march/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/march1_braendlin.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='6495'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dale Sky Jones to become new head of Oaksterdam University</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/17/dale-sky-jones-to-become-new-head-of-oaksterdam-university/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/17/dale-sky-jones-to-become-new-head-of-oaksterdam-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne-Sophie Braendlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Sky Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical marijuana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oaksterdam University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=77028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a federal raid in early April on Oaksterdam University, an education center located in downtown Oakland that trains students to work in the marijuana industry, founder Richard Lee has decided to step down as head of the institution. His successor will be former executive chancellor Dale Sky Jones, which will officially be announced on Wednesday morning. 
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/17/dale-sky-jones-to-become-new-head-of-oaksterdam-university/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/oaksterdam_brandlin1.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='6006'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>East Africans in Oakland: Identifying as an Eritrean and an Oaklander</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/16/east-africans-in-oakland-identifying-as-an-eritrean-and-an-oaklander/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/16/east-africans-in-oakland-identifying-as-an-eritrean-and-an-oaklander/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Phillips</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east africans in oakland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senai kidane]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=76951</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of the 20,000 people from Ethiopia and Eritrea living in the Bay Area call Oakland home. Oakland North is taking a look at the culture and history of the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities in Oakland with “East Africans in Oakland” a series of profiles on everyday people living in the city.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/16/east-africans-in-oakland-identifying-as-an-eritrean-and-an-oaklander/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SENAI1.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='4223'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oakland kicks off the city&#8217;s first Veg Week, a celebration of meatless eating</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/13/oakland-kicks-off-the-citys-first-veg-week-a-celebration-of-meatless-eating/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/13/oakland-kicks-off-the-citys-first-veg-week-a-celebration-of-meatless-eating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan Molteni</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=76876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oakland's inaugural Veg Week starts this weekend. A number of events geared toward community education about meatless lifestyle choices will be taking place from April 15-21.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/13/oakland-kicks-off-the-citys-first-veg-week-a-celebration-of-meatless-eating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/VEG-WEEK.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='6912'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oakland Food Policy Council fights for access, an equitable food system</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/12/oakland-food-policy-council-fights-for-access-an-equitable-food-system/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/12/oakland-food-policy-council-fights-for-access-an-equitable-food-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karmah Elmusa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esperanza Pallana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hope collaborative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile food vendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oakland food policy council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning and zoning department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=76789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oakland Food Policy Council is an organization dedicated to developing a local food system that can feed all citizens of the city in a healthy, sustainable way. The 21-seat council, which was established in 2005 with seed money from the city, meets monthly to work on initiatives that address some of Oakland’s most pressing food concerns, like poor nutrition, access to fresh produce and antiquated laws.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/12/oakland-food-policy-council-fights-for-access-an-equitable-food-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20120412_FOODPOLICY_Elmusa.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='7177'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pies with a permit: The California Homemade Food Act heads to the vote</title>
		<link>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/09/pies-with-a-permit-the-california-homemade-food-act-heads-to-the-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/09/pies-with-a-permit-the-california-homemade-food-act-heads-to-the-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oakland North Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Front]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Chair Fruit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Homemade Food Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Oatfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esperanza Pallana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy food access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home businesses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Ladybug Bakery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rozlyn Steele]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://oaklandnorth.net/?p=76741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rozlyn Steele offers a morsel of lemon chess pie to a customer at the Grand Lake farmer’s market in Oakland.  She stands proudly behind a neatly checkered table displaying stacks of golden cookies, seasonal pies, and flaky biscuits from Little Ladybug Bakery. But before Steele started renting commercial kitchen space from a catering company, she was one of a number of renegade food entrepreneurs who sold baked goods “illegally” prepared at home.
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/04/09/pies-with-a-permit-the-california-homemade-food-act-heads-to-the-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	<enclosure url='http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/themes/calpress/library/extensions/timthumb.php?src=http://oaklandnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/COTTAGEFOOD1_quart.jpg&amp;w=480' length ='5964'  type='image/jpg' />	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

