Painting a mural charting the native origins of chocolate teaches teens how excess sugar and food additives drive health problems in their community.
Summer meal program for food insecure students was initially cut under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal.
Group cooking and exercise classes help low-income Californians treat chronic conditions.
The Legislature and governor will need to act this year if the state is to continue providing food as medicine for low-income residents.
The fresh food rebate pilot program delivered on its promises, but politicians won’t pledge to put it in the budget.
More than 74,000 people eat healthier through the CalFresh pilot program.
The state has matched fruit and vegetable purchases at farmers markets for low-income residents for seven years. That may soon end.
El Sereno residents used grants and their own money to open a store selling healthy foods at affordable prices.
In low-income areas of Los Angeles without supermarkets, small stores are learning to profitably sell healthy foods their customers can afford.
An innovative program for Medi-Cal patients demonstrates food, when prescribed, can change health outcomes. Why did the state Assembly derail it?
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