People’s Grocery, in collaboration with Bryant Terry, an Oakland-based chef, thought leader and co-author of “Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen”, will be hosting monthly “PEOPLE’S GRUB PARTIES.” These parties will to bring West Oakland residents together to celebrate the relationship between food, community and culture, learn about the connections between diet, nutrition […]

A travelogue from the Cities Feeding People conference in Melbourne, Australia Malaika Edwards March 2007
I recently went to the Cities Feeding people conference in Melbourne, Australia to share some inspiration and learnings […]

Last week I received an email from a woman named Stacie Bias who was objecting to the use of the term “obesity” on our website. Stacie calls herself a “fat activist” and does advocacy for “people of size”. Check out her site: http://www.stacybias.net. While I don’t entirely agree wall of her ideas, Stacie works […]

People’s Grocery is planning another workday Sunday, September 23, from 9-2, at the Sunol AG Park. If you haven’t come before, now is your chance to get involved. It should be a wonderful day with lots of exciting exchanges. We will be harvesting our bountiful summer crops and preparing for the winter season.
This is a […]

I thought I’d share a comment made to me via email by Morgan Fitzpatrick, a health educator at West Berkeley Family Practice.
“I just watched your promotional video on your website…it was so heartening! You are addressing core public health concerns in the most holistic fashion with the most deserving people and in the most […]

A woman named Ana Gomes who checked out our video on youtube.com contacted me and told me about the website she works for called 3four50.com that is trying to raise awareness of chronic diseases, also called lifestyle diseases.
I was really inspired by the 3four50.com website because it is attempting to use ever popular social […]