It is projected that, over the next decade, California will undergo a massive demographic shift in which people of color will become the majority of the state’s population. The consequential growth of urban populations from this demographic shift will have significant impacts on the food system and will make communities of color critical players in […]

We’re now in our second summer season at our farm in Sunol. We’ve learned a lot over the year and are improving and refining our methods. We’ve expanded our farm staff and interns and our Farm Manager, Jason Uribe, is deepening his knowledge and leadership for a larger scale farming effort. It’s an exciting time […]

There is often a lack of inclusion and participation of the private sector in the work of building local food systems. For example, the recently funded Oakland Food & Fitness Collaborative doesn’t have a single private sector partner from the food industry. This is a huge gap in our strategy and we need to think […]

The Land Use and Health Project, a project of the Public Health Law Program at the Public Health Institute released an article in their Spring 2007 Healthy Planning Newsletter about an announcement made by the British mega-chain supermarket Tesco that the company plans to open 100-150 stores, up to 3,000 square feet each, in the […]

Many people ask me for documents about various subjects related to food justice and People’s Grocery’s work. So I’m starting a library of documents that are related to food justice, food security, sustainable food systems, grocery stores and community health. This library is available to anyone who is conducting research or starting a project of […]

Harvest Celebration Day
Saturday, October 7 from 1 - 4 pm
Bring your family and friends and join the People’s Grocery community at our beautiful 2 acre farm in Sunol. Help harvest and celebrate the fruits of the season! Fresh food, games, fun activities, beautiful land, bountiful harvest and great community.
Please RSVP for this event by emailing […]

We have begun to plan for a new project called the Growing Food, Jobs & Justice Program, which will launch in the summer of 2007. This program will develop a social enterprise model that enables low-income residents of West Oakland to have access to local, organic produce at affordable prices and local youth to have […]

On Monday July 31 People’s Grocery and other Bay Area food Justice organizations will be holding an event called GOOD FOOD in the HOOD a from 12-1pm at Oakland’s City Hall.
This event is being held as part of the 2nd Annual Eat In, Act Out Week (July 31 - August 6), which is a […]

A study conducted in Chicago will be released on Tuesday that concludes that residents of poor areas are more likely to die prematurely. Perhaps the most striking assertion of the study is that people who live in “food deserts” are more likely to die prematurely from diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and obesity.
The study also […]

We had our first workday at the new farm site in Sunol. We had a crew of 11 people including two staff, 3 interns and 6 volunteers. (Thank you interns and volunteers for all of your help!). We worked on building the irrigation system for watering, including installing the main pipeline as well as laying […]