Two grad students recently finished a great document for the Office of Sustainability of Oakland to analyze and assess the food system in Oakland. The document is full of revealing information. People’s Grocery gets good mention in a couple parts of the document.

This food system assessment is now available online through a wiki and I highly recommend that you check it out:

http://oaklandfoodsystem.pbwiki.com/

The report is going to be the subject of a City Council Meeting on Tuesday, July 11th at 6pm. The report is asking the City to support a broad range of strategies such as creating a Food Policy Council, taking inventory of vacant city land that can be used for urban farming and planning for 30% of the city’s food to be grown within the city or come from nearby farms. Please attend the meeting if you can to voice your support for building a local food system in Oakland. If you want to speak during the public comment period you can fill out a speaker card at:

http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/city_clerk/testclerk.cfm

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