On Aug. 10, Mandela MarketPlace decided to “GO GREEN” by changing how it delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to corner stores.

This Sunday, Aug. 22 - from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Oakland Food Connection will be hosting a Food Party at Swan's Marketplace Co-Housing, 535 10th St. in Oakland.

The Oakland Food Policy Council is now accepting applications for its second group of council members, including its first youth representatives!

Applications are due August 27, 2010.

Eight seats are available for three-year terms.

The peaches and nectarines are ripe and ready to pick at the Burbank Community Garden in Oakland.

The garden has been revitalized through a collaboration between West Oakland Youth Standing Empowered - WYSE - Planting Justice and the East Lake YMCA after-school program at Explore College Preparatory school.

All workshops are free and run from 12-2pm at the North Oakland Farmers' Market(Arlington Medical Center Parking 5715 Market St) unless otherwise noted.

By Irene Florez and Cynthia Joseph

Rosaura Marin’s son isn’t obese, but his weight is going up.

Marin noticed the tell-tale love handles about a year ago and says that his weight is increasing.

This Friday, July 30, Ashoka's Bay Area Youth Venture will be hosting a benefit for its  Fall 2010 launch of a new program "Just Food." 

Tellur Fenner has a dilemma: He's passionate about helping people take control of their own health by collecting and preparing medicinal plants, but he worries that the recent popularity of wild foods may lead to local over-harvesting.  As an Oakland-based herbalist who founded Blue Wind Botanical Clinic, the worry is at the center o

The first-ever Black Agriculture Summit is being held at the Elihu Harris California State Building Auditorium in downtown Oakland from 1 PM to 4:30 PM today.

You step up to the counter, order your soup and sandwich, but instead of being told the price you must pay, you are simply handed a receipt with the suggested price for your meal. You walk past the cashier, pick up your order, and proceed to the donation box at the end of the line. How much will you put in the box? The suggested price? More than what your meal was quoted for?

Hello friends. Just back from the US Social Forum in Detroit...juiced and inspired by not only what is happening there, but also by our incredible community of change-makers here in the East Bay! Check out this low-cost workshop I am offering in conjunction with Local 123 and the Green Cafe Network, Thursday evening at 6pm. hope to see you there!

The HOPE Collaborative (Health for Oakland’s People and Environment) is a new organization that aims to transform food and fitness in Oakland and improve quality of life in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.