Tag Archives: Food

Why is food insecurity so common in Kern County, and what can people do to solve it? Those two questions are at the core of a new documentary called “INVISIBLE: The Unseen Faces of Hunger.” The film was produced by members of Transitional Youth Mobilizing for Change, also known as …

Mohamed Ahmed has worked behind the register of the Food King in Fresno’s Tower District for more than a decade. He’s the owner, and he says many of his customers are regulars coming in every week for basic staples or beer. He expects to see them, but the pandemic changed …

COVID-19, and the stay-at-home directives enacted to minimize its spread, have led to a shocking decline in employment. For many, the loss of wages means an increased reliance on food distribution centers. The Central California Food Bank works with churches, community centers and schools to distribute food in Fresno, Madera, …

To the estimated half a million visitors it attracts each year, the Big Fresno Fair is synonymous with carnival rides, fried food, and horse racing. But to hospitals, the fair means something completely different: fewer visits to the emergency room. Joyce Eden, director of emergency services at Saint Agnes Medical …

We’re standing in a fridge that’s the size of a two bedroom apartment at Food Link Tulare County. The ice box is stacked with produce and dairy products that will soon be in the fridges of Tulare families. Development director for the food bank, Nicole Celaya, says some families who …

After it was first reported in March, the recent E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce appears to be drawing to a close. But that’s only after it sickened 172 people in 32 states and resulted in one death in California . Why did it take so long to get under …

A new food truck has been making the rounds in the Atwater area in recent months as its owners look to provide some new options to the mobile eating scene. … Click to Continue »

Hunger is a big problem across America but especially here in the San Joaquin Valley. One of the local groups taking on the issue is FoodLink of Tulare County. The Exeter-based organization is dedicated to bridging the gap between between health and anti-hunger relief efforts. On Friday night the organization …

Merced fans of smoked meats slathered in sauce may have already made the hike to Ballico to eat at the Tri-Tipery, but this week getting your hands on a sandwich … Click to Continue »

Even halfway planted, the full scope of the Merced College Los Banos campus Food Forest requires a little imagination. The initial planting of the one-acre semicircle, which took place in … Click to Continue »

As the guests gathered their plates and headed towards the buffet set up at the back of the staff dining room, Mayra Vega and her fellow students finally appeared to … Click to Continue »

Booming populations of seals, sea lions and other marine mammals are eating so much chinook salmon, they may pose a bigger challenge to the survival of hungry local orca whales … Click to Continue »

Scientists studying dolphins dining off the California coastline have found that the marine food web is starting to look a little threadbare. The length of food chains in that web … Click to Continue »