Foraging, or gleaning means gathering leftover, extra or abandonded crops. Forage Oakland is a really cool organization that uses gleaning as a means to develop community ties. Forage Oakland is a project that- at its core- works to address how we eat everyday, and how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighborhood as a veritable [...]

As Obama’s inauguration draws nearer, one can hardly consider the issues he will inherit to be trivial:  economic instability, bringing the invasion of Iraq to an end, and addressing the issue of health care will be of primary importance in his presidency.  However, if change is what we have voted for, we might expect some [...]

When I lived in Berkeley I was an avid volunteer teacher in the kitchen classroom for this wonderful organization. I thought I would share some of the principles that make this program so special. The Edible Schoolyard was founded by Alice Waters and the Chez Panisse Foundation. The goals of this program aim to strengthen [...]