In an effort to boost healthy local food access and make use of vacant lots, Long Beach passed the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones act last year. Now, Long Beach Fresh is partnering with the city to bring potential growers and landowners together to bring the vision to fruition, with a workshop on 9/25 from 4:30-6:30pm at Michelle […]
Long Beach Organic, a local non-profit organization which transforms vacant lots into low-cost community gardens, is offering a Tuscan-inspired dinner to the public on Saturday, July 28th at 6pm at a private residence in the Bluff Heights neighborhood. Titled “Bella Notte: An Evening in Tuscany,” the event features live parlor jazz music by The Funny […]
Long Beach Organic, a local non-profit organization which transforms vacant lots into low-cost community gardens, is offering a Tuscan-inspired dinner to the public on Saturday, July 28th at 6pm at a private residence in the Bluff Heights neighborhood. Titled “Bella Notte: An Evening in Tuscany,” the event features live parlor jazz music by The Funny […]
Foodways Summit is a week of tours, panels and tastings celebrating and exploring the local food movement in Long Beach, CA Welcome to the Foodways Summit: from neighborhood farms to hidden gardens, famous chefs to food equity — join us for a full week of talks, tastes and tours of good food practices in Long […]
On Friday April 6th, Long Beach Fresh hosted the third annual Blue Ribbon Urban Agriculture contest at First Fridays Bixby Knolls’ Long Beach County Fair. This year saw the competition more than triple in size, with 112 entries from 32 entrants in 7 categories representing community gardens, backyards, commercial and non-profit farms from the greater […]
It’s time for the 5th Annual Long Beach County Fair at First Fridays Bixby Knolls – this Friday, April 6th from 6:30-9:30pm in Bixby Knolls, Here’s a lineup of what you can expect at this free, family-friendly local event that showcases urban agriculture, local music, art, food, DJ’s and extended shopping hours! Urban Agriculture In […]
This map is intended to serve as a guide to good food in Long Beach. From finding places to grow food in community gardens, to buying and eating local and natural foods, this map can give you a quick glimpse of what lies in your neighborhood, or across town! Map not loading? Try this external link, […]
-- --Long Beach Fresh is now accepting proposals for our first Foodways Summit, which will consist of community gatherings across the city to explore ways to innovate our local food system from May 24-31, 2018, in Long Beach. This is an open-source Summit – meaning that it’s purely based on proposals we receive from you! […]
UPDATE: This lot is under development as a veteran-operated urban farm, set to dig in March 2019! When realtor and landowner Eric Adrian reached out to us, he was excited to hear of the city’s plans to implement urban agriculture incentive zones – after all, his lot on the 2800 block of Santa Fe ave […]
This Tuesday October 24th is National Food Day, a time when we’re encouraged to “eat real.” To us, that means eating real food, yes – less processed and refined stuff, and more fresh fruits, vegetables, and the like. In the past, we’ve recognized some impressive local food champions, and hosted events like Funding Foodmakers and […]
The fourth annual Long Beach County Fair at First Fridays Bixby Knolls saw thousands of attendees learning more about local food, urban agriculture, and getting immersed in the arts and music scene! Long Beach Fresh helped curate a selection of diverse hot food vendors and producers outside the expo, as well as local organizations inside […]
At Long Beach Fresh, we’ve been studying Urban Agriculture policies, practices, and business plans, and aim to eliminate barriers, share tools, and create incentives for local growers. We’ve also convened local growers in the past – getting insights on what’s working to create healthy food and modest income opportunities In the past, Long Beach passed an […]
Do you feel a tinge of guilt when you take out food, and are left with a pile of snow-white Styrofoam? The Surfrider Foundation feels your pain, as well as the well-documented environmental harms of polysterene products which are so commonly used in local eateries and stores. The Foundation explained in an email this week that […]
Legalize Good Food – Expanding Homemade Food Sales Opportunities 6-8pm Tuesday, September 20th at BHC Long Beach (920 Atlantic Ave, Suite 102) (español abajo) Long Beach is a city with rich cultural diversity which is often reflected in our communities’ ability to create mouth-watering healthy foods with seasonal ingredients. For many, these skills can create much-needed […]
(En Espanol abajo) During the recession, the Federal government supplied cost of living increases to SSI/SSP recipients, but they never made it to them. Instead, Governor Brown used these cost of living increases to balance the state budget. Long Beach Fresh is working with our partner advocates to make AB 1584 become law, restoring 1.3 million elderly and Californians with disabilities’ […]