Slow Food Bay Area: How to Make Good, Clean and Fair Food Accessible for Everyone
Blog entry by Meg Spohn.
Last updated at Thu, 11 Mar at 9:27am.

Straight from the Society for Agriculture and Food Ecology:

How do we close the food gap?

For those into sustainable food and food access--and willing to travel to San Francisco--this talk is a don't miss. Slow Food Bay Area will host a panel on how to make good, clean and fair food accessible to everyone.

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I'm not a bike fanatic, but an avid pedal-pusher and devoted walker
Blog entry by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Wed, 3 Feb at 1:49pm.

I don't count myself as a bike fanatic. I don't even own a single piece of fancy specialized bike apparel. I don't subscribe to Walking, Running, or Biking Magazines.   However, I am an avid pedal-pusher and devoted walker.  Call me strange, but I also enjoy enjoying the world a little slower pace sometimes.  And of course I appreciate smooth, marked bike lanes, safe cross walks, and not being run down by vehicles.  I also like bike racks outside of the stores, cafes, and offices I frequent. 

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WOBO Scales up Ped and Bike Power in Oakland
Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Feb at 9:31am.

Last night, January 28, the biking and walking advocacy group Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland (WOBO) introduced its volunteer base to their new Executive Director Kassie Rohrbach and shared a glimpse of their ambitious 2010 plans. OL was at the meeting and shares this account with you.

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Fishy Sustainability: Dinner and Movie Series Shine Light on Overfishing
Article by Emily Wilson.
Last updated at Tue, 19 Jan at 12:08pm.

Paul Canales, the executive chef at Oliveto’s in Oakland wants there to be fish left in the oceans for his kids when they grow up.

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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 5:46pm.

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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Environmental and Social Justice Pioneer Honored at Ella Baker Center Event
Article by Ryan Van Lenning.
Last updated at Fri, 13 Nov at 7:47am.

If you want to find the guy who was the catalyst of numerous social equity and environmental justice organizations and initiatives, he’ll be at Ella Baker Center tonight.  Carl Anthony will be receiving a Breakthrough Visionary Award—and for good reason.  

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Community News: Meals for Change holds fund-raising event in San Francisco, kicks off Fall fund-raising
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 14 Oct at 9:06pm.

Meals for Change is one of the cool Oakland-based programs that don't get mentioned enough. Basically, Meals for Change is a set of already-prepared, just heat and eat vegetarian meals that are going to be distributed to Bay area grocery stores for folks who want to purchase high quality prepared foods.

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