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Three Reasons Hunger is Worth Solving

Three Reasons Hunger is Worth Solving

Hunger in San Diego County is worth solving. Here are three reasons why. Hunger in America is not going away anytime soon. There’s an ongoing debate in our country about the value of hunger relief programs. One argument against taking the time to make nutrition...

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I Love to Glean

I Love to Glean

Working across the County, I Love to Glean helps to increase the capacity to recover and...

Poder Popular

Poder Popular

Poder Popular, a community advocacy group under Vista Community Clinic’s Migrant Health Program,...

Coastal Roots Farm

Coastal Roots Farm

Since 2014, Coastal Roots Farm has been on a mission to cultivate healthy, connected communities...

Chia Cafe Collective

Chia Cafe Collective

“Mesquite, acorn, and nopales—three foods that are native to this region, sustainable, and good...

Smart Kitchens San Diego

Smart Kitchens San Diego

What would it look like to pile up all of the food waste from a commercial kitchen over the course...

ProduceGood

ProduceGood

“San Diego county is rich with fresh produce that belongs in the food system, not the landfill,”...

Food2Soil

Food2Soil

Community composting comes with a host of challenges, most notably, the collection of food scraps....

Bayside Community Center

Bayside Community Center

Linda Vista is one of San Diego’s six most socio-economically distressed communities, which is...

Mid-East Market

Mid-East Market

Stepping into City Heights’ Mid-East Market is a sensory experience, and for many first- and...

Project New Village

Project New Village

Dian Moss, Managing Director of Project New Village in Southeastern San Diego, was not always...

Healthy Day Partners

Healthy Day Partners

“The bottom line is, kids aren’t getting the healthy food they need,” said Mim Michelove, who...

High Road Kitchens

High Road Kitchens

Mikey Knab runs three restaurants and works with more than 800 restaurant owners. He hates to tell...

Kitchens for Good

Kitchens for Good

Becky Arrolando spent 26 years in a cycle of addiction, gangs, incarceration, and homelessness....

MAKE Projects

MAKE Projects

Food can bridge divisions in ideology and politics while sparking animated conversations like...

Daily Harvest Express

Daily Harvest Express

Passion for the local farming community is personal for Janis and Rafael Garcia. Rafael got his...

Farm to Fork San Diego

Farm to Fork San Diego

In San Diego County, you’ll find that those who farm, fish, brew beer, make wine, and operate our...

Hoài Huế Eatery

Hoài Huế Eatery

In 1984, my parents immigrated to the United States from Vietnam. My father worked in construction...

Super Cocina

Super Cocina

My family immigrated to San Diego from Xalapa, Mexico, in 1987. In 1989, my parents founded Super...

Solutions Farms

Solutions Farms

The greenhouse at Solutions Farms is cool, humid, and bright, vibrating with activity as employees...

Pauma Tribal Farms

Pauma Tribal Farms

On the drive to Pauma Valley, it’s wise to slow down on Cole Grade Road. Not just because there...

Pixca Farm

Pixca Farm

At Pixca Farm, December showers quite literally brought Mother’s Day flowers: golden calendula,...

San Gabriel Ranch

San Gabriel Ranch

Officially, Nick Stridsberg has been managing San Gabriel Ranch for seven years, since he took the...

Informality and Food Work

Informality and Food Work

For many workers, long-term job security, employment benefits, and work protections are a thing of...