Betsy Thagard is a special realtor. Because Betsy isn’t in the real estate business just for the money. She’s in it to help the environment and to promote social justice. And she has found an ingenious way to do it.
Betsy’s real estate business is called Green Planet Properties. When Betsy helps to sell or […]

On July 4, 2006 another another liquor store, located at the corner of 32nd and Martin Luther King Jr. Way (just three blocks from our office), was vandalized and burned. This follows the vandalizing and arson of two liquor stores back in November 2005.
It’s not clear who the responsible party was for the July burning […]

We held our annual summer youth food justice camp last week. There were about 25 low-income youth from all over the Bay Area. Most of them were affiliated with a food justice organization and had some previous exposure to food justice issues.
The camp featured all kinds of educational workshops, games and activities. Many of […]

We’re priviliged to have four outstanding young people, ages 15-17, join the People’s Grocery team for the summer. These four young people came to us through the Mayor’s Summer Job Program, a program that places young people from Oakland in jobs with local businesses and organizations for the summer.
These young people are truly impressive. They […]