CFJC Organizational Member One in Ten Coalition Wins Progressive Ordinance...
Written by Nicole Willman, CFJC Food Policy Research Intern On June 7th, 2011, after more than two years of pressure from community garden coalition One in Ten and other gardening supporters, the San...
View ArticleOxnard Residents Win 1.5 Acre Lot For Community Garden
Written by Christina Spach, CFJC Program Coordinator CFJC staff traveled to Oxnard last week to meet with our partners Silvia Lopez- Navarro and Blanca Arias from the Ventura County Health Department...
View ArticleOakland Plans for More Urban Agriculture
Photo credit: Irene Florez (website www.flickr.com/photos/ireneflorez/) By Victoria Endsley and Lotta Chan, CFJC Interns At last night’s public meeting for the City of Oakland, community members and...
View ArticleCFJC helps beautify The California Hotel
By Victoria Endsley, CFJC Intern On Saturday, CFJC team members attended Oakland’s community service festival called Throw Down for the Town, sponsored by the Ella Baker Center. At the urban gardening...
View ArticleExperiencing the Importance of Local Food Systems
by Courtney Hendrix, CFJC Intern When I was young, I didn’t understand why my dad would plant a fruit and vegetable garden in our front yard. I remember looking out the front room window at the garden...
View ArticleFood and the Local Economy This Holiday Season
By Lotta Chan, CFJC Research Associate This past Saturday, one of CFJC’s partner organizations, Acta Non Verba, held its first annual Elmhurst Community Craft and Health Faire. I had the opportunity to...
View ArticleEat-In at UCSB: Demanding our right to local, healthy food with community in...
By Marissa Diebolt, UCSB Student At 11:45 am on the morning of Thursday, April 26th, 2011, I was thinking to myself, “Please, let this work.” Standing in the middle of the Arbor at UCSB gazing at the...
View ArticleFlash Mob for Food Justice
By Jessy Gill, Research and Community Outreach Intern On Thursday June 7th, California Food and Justice Coalition was invited to be the featured non-profit organization for the Yelp event “Welcome to...
View ArticleYouth Food Justice at Play Day in the Plaza
By Erin Middleton, Community Outreach Specialist Youth, parents and general participants alike had a blast at Oakland’s Parks and Recreation Department’s Play Day in the Plaza. There was everything...
View ArticleDoor-to-Door Outreach Works!
By Erin Middleton, Community Outreach Specialist Last month the California Food and Justice Coalition responded to a request from Acta Non Verb: Youth Urban Farm Project (ANV) to assist with...
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