After a long lead time, ground has finally been broken for the 14,000-square-foot store, which will serve as a grocer, health care center, coffee shop and performance venue.
People’s Grocery
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For Oakland food desert: A people’s grocery store
Brahm Ahmadi has spent ten years laying the groundwork to build a true people’s grocery store in the “food desert” of West Oakland.
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Tickets expected to go fast for Michael Pollan’s food class
Michael Pollan. Photo: Ken Light When word leaked out in the spring that Michael Pollan would be co-teaching a class on the rise and future of the food movement, students at UC Berkeley rushed to sign up. The 10-week, two-unit course was filled minutes after it was listed online. Now, the general community has a […]
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The Local Beet: talking about what you eat
Rachel Gross is about to start her senior year at UC Berkeley. A former writer and editor for The Daily Californian, Rachel was also a “blogtern” for the New York Times’ Bay Area blog and writes for The Choice, a Times’ blog on the college admissions process. In addition to covering news stories for Berkeleyside, […]