East Bay food-justice movement has deep roots in Black Panther Party
Echoes of social justice programs that the Black Panther Party started resonate within current East Bay food-justice groups.
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Urban farming
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Fleet Farming builds bike-powered urban farms
The urban farming organization builds small "farmlettes" in donated front, side and back yards in West Oakland.
Phat Beets launches youth-run pickle company
The Oakland-based nonprofit is guiding local teens in the art of natural fermentation and entrepreneurship though its "CSY" program, The Cultured Case.
WOW Farm teaches business, pleasure of farming
Youth get a crash course in farming at this East Bay farming non-profit, which has farms near the West Oakland BART and the old 16th Street train station.
Urban Adamah to break ground on new farm
A sustainable agriculture organization that hopes to create an urban farm and training program for the next generation of urban farmers has nearly broken ground.
UC Gill Tract Farm blooms amidst controversy
Volunteers at the UC Berkeley Gill Tract Community farm in Albany have harvested 17,000 pounds of produce in the last year alone.
High lead levels an issue for backyard chickens, soil
A local vet shares his concerns that people are raising chickens in lead-contaminated urban soils, unaware that the lead can enter the chicken eggs we eat.
Vacant Berkeley lot is transformed into vertical farm
David Ceaser has transformed a vacant lot in West Berkeley into a thriving urban farm. Locals are coming out to help him grow and harvest the produce.
Community farm buys 2+ acres in West Berkeley
Urban Adamah has purchased a 2.2-acre lot next to a restored section of Codornices Creek in West Berkeley.
Farm growth means more leafy greens for Oakland
Oakland's City Slickers has broken ground on its largest site, on what was once the site of a paint factory -- promising a bounty of fresh produce for local residents.
Cal razes latest Occupy the Farm greens at Gill Tract
The latest development in the battle over the future of a hotly contested research field in Albany took place Friday when the UC Berkeley dean who oversees the land released a new open letter about his goals for the stewardship of the space.
Three Berkeley edible gardens feature on urban farm tour
Produce growers and livestock keepers in Berkeley share their tools, tips, and tricks, about raising livestock and growing your own food in the city on the upcoming Urban Farm Tour.
Three Squares benefit to help free cooking class program
This Sunday at UC Berkeley's Pauley Ballroom the non-profit organization Three Squares raises awareness -- and funds -- for its free cooking programs for low-income residents.
