On a sunny morning at a bustling Los Angeles farmers market, a volunteer gently guides a blind shopper from stall […more…]

Jamiah Hargins is the founder of Crop Swap LA, a community farming initiative that aims to reshape how Los Angeles neighborhoods think about food. After a career in finance and recruiting, Hargins launched the project in 2017 to provide local produce for his family and neighbors. What began as swapping vegetables in his backyard has grown into a nonprofit that manages 10 active microfarm sites across five neighborhoods.  Crop Swap LA now delivers produce to about 80 families within a two-mile radius. With 30 garden installations completed, a team of 15 staff, and an annual budget of $1.3 million, the [...more...]

California State University, Northridge (CSUN) has long distinguished itself as a leader in public higher education by combining academic excellence with pioneering support services to help students from diverse, largely disadvantaged, backgrounds achieve life-changing success in the classroom and then the workplace. Two major investments underscore CSUN President Erika D. Beck’s vision for enhancing both educational opportunity and student well-being far into the future: A state-of-the-art technology facility that will be a hub of equity education and student innovation and a $20 million center that consolidates services for basic needs like food aid, clothing, and emergency housing. Sites have already [...more...]

White Buffalo Land Trust has a vital purpose: to restore the ecosystem through agriculture and in the process directly address […more…]

The line grew steadily outside the unassuming building on the north side of campus. It was almost closing time on a Thursday afternoon, and the students knew it was their last chance before the weekend to pick up supplies they needed to keep their studies on track. The supplies they received in red California State University, Northridge-branded bags were not textbooks, pens, or calculators, but rather something more basic: food. “Let’s see, today I got canned beans and pineapple, pasta, and tomato sauce,” said Swapnil Doshi, a first-year graduate engineering student, peering into his bag. He goes to the CSUN [...more...]

A stunning one in 10 households in the United States currently faces hunger. MAZON’s focus is to expose this reality, […more…]

Long before she got sick, Lyndsey McMorrow believed it was possible for people to be conscious stewards of the earth. […more…]