The San Diego Food Bank and Feeding San Diego are two organizations that have been on the front lines throughout COVID-19, securing and distributing more food than ever before. According to the San Diego Food Bank, during the first couple months of COVID-19, people...
Anna Rameshwar grew up in Fallbrook surrounded by plants and gardening. Some of her earliest memories involve patting down soil and spending time in nurseries. When she grew older, Anna helped out...
The County of San Diego Climate Action Plan (CAP) contains a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years. These measures are administered through multiple County...
“I grew up in Imperial County and never knew that working in food systems was an option,” said Bianca Bonilla, the director of the Botanical Community Development Initiative, an organization that...
“Mesquite, acorn, and nopales—three foods that are native to this region, sustainable, and good for you,” says Abe Sanchez, a member of the Purepecha Tribe who works with scholars and culinary...
Launched just before the pandemic shook the world, the Pala Band of Mission Indians’ Púyily ‘Áy’enish (Big Meal, a Great Feast) couldn’t have been a more valuable last gathering. The first Púyily...
“¡Más Fresco! is a promise,” says Joe Prickitt, the Senior Director of the Southern California Nutrition Incentive Program known as ¡Más Fresco! More Fresh. “It is the promise of a more just and...
Becoming a subscriber to Foodshed’s Fresh 5 program—a weekly distribution of fresh, seasonal produce, grown by the small farmers who make up the Foodshed cooperative—means you’re in for two...
On the drive to Pauma Valley, it’s wise to slow down on Cole Grade Road. Not just because there are two hairpin turns as the road drops eight percent, but because a perfect, panoramic view appears...
According to the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, a resilient food system is “able to withstand and recover from disruptions in a way that ensures a sufficient supply of acceptable and...
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the many ways that the United States lacks the critical infrastructure to feed its own people, independent from the fragile, globalized food production and...
