Stephanie Parker, the founder of Epicurean San Diego, and Christina Ng, chef and founder of Chinita’s Pies are, first and foremost, ambassadors for local farmers, producers, and artisans. Together they’re working to help preserve the circular food, farming, fishing,...
Stepping into City Heights’ Mid-East Market is a sensory experience, and for many first- and second-generation Americans, it conjures up memories of home—childhood, comfort, holiday traditions,...
Mikey Knab runs three restaurants and works with more than 800 restaurant owners. He hates to tell you this, but those breadsticks aren’t free. Neither is having accessible housing, childcare, and...
In 1984, my parents immigrated to the United States from Vietnam. My father worked in construction and my mother started a catering business from our small apartment. She specialized in cooking...
Despite having over twelve thousand miles of coastline, 99% of all seaweed consumed in the United States is imported. For Brant Chlebowski, founder of California Seaweed Company, this travesty has...
As a twenty-four year old, third-generation fisher, I have watched the ebb and flow of the commercial fishing industry evolve with the countless changes we continue to endure. On any given...
My family immigrated to San Diego from Xalapa, Mexico, in 1987. In 1989, my parents founded Super Cocina, a small restaurant, in the building where the Barrio Logan Farmers Market was once held....
At Pixca Farm, December showers quite literally brought Mother’s Day flowers: golden calendula, gumdrop-like gomphrena, tall and delicate caspia, and Pixca’s signature, bright orange...
Officially, Nick Stridsberg has been managing San Gabriel Ranch for seven years, since he took the reins at the 100-acre organic fruit farm in Valley Center while earning a degree in Business...
As a lifelong farmers market fan turned operator, I like to say that my job is weird. My team and I run grocery stores in the street. We move barricades, tow cars, curate vendors, create marketing...
