Posts Tagged ‘food desert’
Monthly food giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland
Free food bag giveaway helps neighbors in East Oakland.
Read MoreNew restaurant in Oakland an oasis in food desert
An aging bald man waist-high in trash rummages through a dumpster outside Stay Gold Delicatessen. Residents walk by and yell, tell him to stop messing with junk, but he keeps sorting through it as if he can’t hear them. Just over a fence covered with black fabric and grapevines, another Oakland exists.
Read MoreOakland’s Acta Non Verba brings farm to table
Amid glowing rows of rainbow chard and plump purple eggplants, Kelly Carlisle, founder of Acta Non Verba Farm, is celebrating her sixth community harvest. The farm, which sits on a quarter acre of Tassafaronga Park, offers local children a safe outdoor space to learn the art of farming.
Read MoreBlack farmers gather in Oakland to discuss gentrification and the future of their community
Black farmers gather in Oakland to discuss food deserts, the future, and the history of their community.
Read MorePlans to build grocery store in West Oakland delayed by rising cost of property
Brahm Ahmadi of West Oakland has been trying for years to open the People’s Community Market—his planned 10,000 to 20,000 square-foot grocery store—in the middle of an Oakland food desert. The People’s Community Market, as envisioned, would focus on serving the low-income families of West Oakland, and in 2013, Ahmadi campaigned to raise initial seed…
Read MoreA caution for Oakland’s urban gardeners: lead in the city’s soil
In neighborhoods like West and East Oakland, you can drive for miles without passing even one grocery store. To fight food scarcity, a lot of neighborhoods have started to claim vacant lots and turn them into thriving vegetable gardens. But city gardeners should be aware of a hidden danger lurking in their dirt.
Read MoreHealthy foods bill could bring more grocery stores and farmers’ markets to East and West Oakland
The California Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CHFFI) landed on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk last week, after the state Senate and Assembly both voted to approve it by a wide margin. If signed by the governor, the bill would help bring more grocery stores, farmers’ markets and other sources of produce to under-served communities throughout the state, including West and East Oakland.
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