Bay Area thought leader, chef, author and food justice activist Bryant Terry will be presenting spanking brand new recipes backed by the funky beats of DJ Lovelee. Come out for morning treats at the ferry plaza farmer’s market.
WHAT: PHAT Beats and Good Eats with Chef Bryant Terry and DJ Lovelee
WHEN: Saturday, August 25 […]

One of our local community partners is Healthy Oakland. (They’re literally just 5 blocks away from us). On Saturday June 1, 2007 Healthy Oakland put on a slamming event called the “Power of Health and Being Well” Summer Street Festival. It was off the hook with all kinds of great organizations and community folks running […]

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 […]

Low-income communities are often ignored or overlooked by politicians, developers and corporations as attractive opportunities for business and the development of markets. One reason for this is that there is a lack of information and data about these communities that can show just how much economic or market opportunity exists within them. The research and […]

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 […]

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 […]

One of my friends, colleagues and most favorite people is Bryant Terry, who is co-author of a new book entitled Grub and a cutting-edge chef, thought leader and activist. Eat Grub is the product of many years of Bryant’s work in local foods, food justice and the bridging of the rich culinary and lifestyle trends […]