Thursday October 22nd is National Farm To School Action Day! Long Beach Fresh supports this common sense approach to child nutrition, and urges locals to promote your school gardens and urban farms with the hashtags #FarmToSchool #F2S and #FoodWeekLB! Of course, there’s much more you can do to support this effort, which aims to draw funding […]
National Food Day is October 24th, and Food Day Long Beach has been hard at work – announcing 10 City-Wide Food Champions, and coordinating a buffet of events listed below – and in our calendar – that highlight sustainability, food access, and innovation! 1) Food For Change FREE | 10/18, 11am | Art Theatre LB (2025 E […]
Can we grow food, community, and the local economy all at once? Of course! Using space more creatively for food production is a big piece of the puzzle of changing our food system for the better – and it’s just what the newly approved Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones program, launched this November, aims to encourage. On Tuesday, […]
Food Day Long Beach announced the first annual local “food champions” this week at the Sustainable City Commission. The awardees represent each of the nine city council districts, plus one city-wide champion. Each of the nine districts featured “a tremendous amount of candidates,” says Food Day Co-Coordinator Valerie Smith. “It was incredibly difficult for our team […]
Long Beach Fresh recently completed a summary of policy areas that can most benefit public health and the local economy in Long Beach. As a project of Leadership Long Beach, supported by The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities initiative, policy change is a key focus in LB Fresh’s mission. We want to increase good food […]
Local food businesses, organizations, and community groups are invited to join in celebration of Long Beach’s first annual Food Day, October 24! This year, our main Food Day celebration will be at Dia de los Verdes at The Growing Experience Urban Farm from 11AM-7PM. Live music all day, farm tours, workshops and events for all ages, are […]
Last night, Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to approve an update to the city’s municipal code that would ease restrictions on residents who wish to keep chickens, goats, or bees city-wide. The motion was brought before Council on June 23rd, and received unanimous support before going through the City Attorney ahead of the second reading. […]
If you have ideas about the little things that people can do to engage in healthier behaviors and become better connected with their food, we encourage you to write a guest post for us (click here for the interest form)! There are a lot of perceived barriers to buying local food and eating well; time, cost, and convenience […]
Last night, Cambodian Town Inc. announced their partnership with Council-member Dee Andrews in launching a new night-time farmer’s market, beginning on August 2nd and recurring on Sundays from 4-9pm at MacArthur Park. The market will include children’s activities and entertainment, local food producers, nutrition and gardening workshops, and local farmers. Potential vendors can submit this […]
Long Beach Fresh recently spoke to Joe Corso, garden director with Long Beach Organic (LBO), at the bountiful South 40 Farm Lot off of South Street on the benefits of community gardening. LBO was formed in 1994 by local environmentalist Charles Moore. His vision was that empty lots in Long Beach could be used to […]
Last month, Long Beach Fresh collaborated with Green Long Beach, the City of Long Beach Office of Sustainability, and Growing Experience Urban Farm to host a working group of local growers and compost enthusiasts. They discussed the current policy landscape as it relates to urban agriculture, and had a strategic session in looking at how […]
Long Beach City Council will consider amendments to the Municipal Code next Tuesday in support of urban agriculture – specifically the regulations for residents who house chickens, goats and bees. The item will be presented by Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal and Council co-sponsors Lena Gonzalez, Daryl Supernaw and Dee Andrews. The agenda item brings back the draft […]
Long Beach City’s Development Services recently released drafts of their Land Use and Urban Design Element for the City’s General Plan. The Land Use element in specific is a hugely impactful policy document spanning 179 pages, and contains some critical policies encouraging urban agriculture, community gardens, and health-promoting retail through the year 2035! We commend this gargantuan effort, […]
Yeee-haw! The Long Beach County Fair is an annual showcase of local farms, gardens, chefs and food producers at the Expo Arts Building in Bixby Knolls. Here’s a list of some of the awesome interactive exhibitors we featured at last year’s Fair: Beachgreens City of Long Beach – Dept. of Health & Human Services FarmLot 59 […]