Link: http://www.capradio.org/articles/2017/08/14/continued-battle-over-pesticide-raises-questions-about-role-of-science-in-regulation/
KQED: Oakland Dismantles Tiny Houses at Homeless ‘Village’
On Thursday morning, scores of Oakland police officers in tandem with the Department of Public Works, showed up to clear a unique homeless encampment called “The Village” at 36th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way, near the MacArthur BART Station. The camp had been a grassroots partnership between homeless residents, local neighbors, and activist groups like Feed the People and Asians for Black Lives.
Bay Nature Magazine: How to Forage For and Prepare Bay Nuts
PRI's The World: How this Yemeni American keeps up the family business thousands of miles from home
Khaled Almaghafi, an immigrant beekeeper from Yemen, now lives in Oakland, California, but keeps up his family's traditions as civil war tears them down back at home.
KALW: Fear and Eating In Fukushima
Since the nuclear disaster in 2011, Fukushimans have been grappling with the question: Is our food safe to eat? Fear and Eating in Fukushima examines how Fukushima residents answer this basic question by walking the line between trust and fear.
KALW: Growing Home: A Community Garden For Homeless and Housed Alike
Growing Home community garden, started by Project Homeless Connect, brings San Francisco's Hayes Valley residents out to grow food alongside their homeless neighbors.
Valley Public Radio: Group Hopes to Change Fresno's Food Economy
This is a piece I reported over several months and produced with support from the UC Berkeley 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship. Thanks to my fellowship colleagues and editors for all their support and insight along the way. Thanks to all the people I interviewed for this story. And thanks to Valley Public Radio for airing it. Hunger and food access disparities in the middle of our nation's most productive agricultural land have to be addressed.
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Hundreds of different food crops are raised in and around Fresno County. But many of those who live and work nearby have little access to the fruits of their own landscape. In fact, more people go hungry here in the Fresno metropolitan area than almost anywhere else in the entire nation. It’s this not-so-modest problem that Food Commons Fresno wants to solve — starting with their Community Supported Agriculture (or CSA) brand, OOOOBY, or Out Of Our Own Backyards. Their vision is to support smaller farmers, and get more fresh produce into the area’s food deserts. And nine months in, they’re making some progress. But their goals are ambitious. And the basic cost of food for those who need it most, may still be too high. Listen to hear more.