USC News, South L.A. goes green as backyard gardens and orchards grow, May 3, 2021
LAist, How SoCal-Grown Flour And Grains Are Powering LA’s #QuarantineBaking, May 29, 2020
KQED, Some Parents Skip Meals to Feed Their Children, but Who Will Feed the Adults? One Organization Has an Answer, May 17, 2020
Zocalo: There’s More Healthy Food in South L.A. Than You Think July 7th, 2016
LA Weekly: South L.A.’s Food Desert May Be Getting Some Organic, Homegrown Relief June 17th, 2015
L.A. Wave: Groups unite to bring more quality food to South L.A. June 18th, 2015
Huffington Post: Eliminating Food Deserts Will Take A Marriage of Private And Public Enterprise June 1st, 2015
LA Weekly: Where to Find Chayote, Pineapple Sage and Amaranth Greens in South L.A. May 20th, 2015
Huffington Post: Here’s What Happened When A Troubled Liquor Store Also Started Selling Fresh Produce April 20th, 2015
L.A. Times: Is downtown L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor the next Silicon Valley? March 18th, 2014
L.A. Times: South L.A. health center adds fresh produce to its mix of services June 3rd, 2013
Youth Led Urban Agricultural Tour of South LA and Inglewood 2016 Documentary
South LA Wetlands Park Stories 2016 Video
Community Services Unlimited USC Garden: An Oasis in the South Central L.A. Desert 2016 Video
Paul Robeson Community Center Fundraiser with Aloe Blacc 2015 Video
Hanna Garth, Ashanté M. Reese, Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice
Dr. Alison Hope Alkon (Editor), Dr. Yuki Kato (Editor), Dr. Joshua Sbicca (Editor), A Recipe for Gentrification: Food, Power, and Resistance in the City
Garrett Broad, More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change
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