New signs highlight an array of fresh produce at the Los Compadres Market and Restaurant. HEAC staff built a relationship with the owner over three years.
Filling the Food Desert - Brahm Ahmadi - Oakland, CA (HEAC video)
Entrepreneur and food justice advocate Brahm Ahmadi illuminates the disturbing lack of produce in low-income neighborhoods and the difficulties inner city residents have in accessing healthy food. Ahmadi is working with community members to create an innovative new urban grocery store to provide affordable fresh food to these food deserts. More HEAC videos of community change at: http://bit.ly/HEACVideos. Funded by The California Endowment with Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program
