Oakland Locals: 510 Jams focuses on foraged fruit, sharing abundance
Article by Cynthia Joseph.
Last updated at Sun, 28 Nov at 10:42pm.

Sonya Dublin admits she’s obsessed with making jam. She’s lived in the Bay Area for 20 years and always had gardens and been interested in sustainable farming. However, she is new to “jamming.”

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OUSD: Cooking Carts Come to Our Classrooms
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 22 Mar at 11:23pm.

From Troy Flint at Oakland Unified School District:

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Community News: Forage Oakland's Dec. 20th jam exchange and winter meet-up attracts 40 people, 60 jars of jam
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 21 Dec at 6:46pm.

Now that food activist, forager ad artist Asiya Wadud is back in North Oakland, the web site and forager's group she started, Forage Oakland, is thriving once again.  Back from a semester in Rome as an art fellow,  Wadud's returned to her concept of  building neighborhood community and sustainability through a local fruit exchange.  Some forty-odd people gathered at Scott Wh

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