By Catherine Cochran, Food Systems Intern Between enjoying live entertainment from a tap-dancing fiddler and getting to sample locally-landed ceviche, attendees of the 2016 Good Food Showcase agreed that the event was a major success! On December 2nd over 250 people attended the event at Coastal Roots Farm to show their dedication to preserving and [...]
Food insecurity is among the most pressing issues related to health and wellness in our communities. More than 800 million people worldwide live every day with hunger or food insecurity - being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. In the South Bay, 36.5 percent of households (more than 145,000 residents) [...]
Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP) will be hosting our inaugural The Rendezvous on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the McMillin Companies Event Center at Liberty Station. Please join us for an evening with thought-provoking speakers who will share intriguing ideas and tangible best practices for addressing obesity. Proceeds from this event will benefit CHIP’s mission to [...]
Kaiser Permanente presented the Lemon Grove HEAL Zone with a check at the kick off event for phase II of the initiative on July 15th. The Lemon Grove HEAL Zone initiative began in 2012, when Kaiser awarded Community Health Improvement Partners an initial $1 million grant to get the group going. The current grant for [...]
By Elizabeth Vaughan, Food Systems Coordinator It’s been a productive spring season for CHIP Food Systems's farm-to-school efforts. From scratch cooking techniques to turning kitchen scraps into school garden compost, the Farm-to-School Taskforce (F2ST) continued to sow seeds over the past several months sure to grow the region’s farm-to-school movement. For March’s F2ST meeting, Sally [...]
