Posts Tagged ‘Planting Justice’
Planting Justice celebrates 10 years of cultivating gardening skills for incarcerated people
Oakland nonprofit Planting Justice provides education, skills training and employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals and has reached its 10-year anniversary this year.
Read MorePlanting Justice builds edible gardens for urban dwellers
Oakland-based grassroots organization builds edible gardens to grow sustainable food, create jobs, and build community.
Read More“Ready, Set, Grow” jobs forum spotlights employment in health and food industries
Discussions of food, community well being, and employment intersected in West Oakland on Wednesday at the city’s first “Ready, Set, Grow” event, a forum on jobs in sustainable food systems and health. Put on by the Alliance for Oakland’s Food Systems, which is headed up by People’s Grocery, the event brought together a who’s-who of Oakland’s non-profits that are hiring, and people looking for work to help them prepare for and find jobs.
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