Oakland’s Farm Fresh Approach to School Food, Edible East Bay, Spring 2011 In a city with serious food access issues, the Oakland Fresh School Produce Markets, a partnership between the school district and a local nonprofit, offers families affordable, quality fruits, vegetables, nuts, eggs, and other whole foods each week. Starting this school year, another 13 schools are slated to introduce the model market program. “Move over Berkeley, another East Bay school district is gaining ground on the school food revolution front.” MORE »
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November 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm
Resident/Beirut: Kamal Mouzawak AFAR, March/April 2011 An interview with the creator of Souk el Tayeb, the first farmers’ market in downtown Beirut. “I wanted to do something that celebrated out similarities rather than focused on our differences,” he says. MORE »
November 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm
What’s Cooking In 2011, Sarah was awarded the Karola Saekel Craib Excellence in Food Journalism Fellowship for promising female food writers from the Les Dames d’Escoffier San Francisco chapter. In 2010, she was the recipient of the James Patrick McDermott Scholarship for Social Change through Food Writing from The Symposium for Professional Food Writers.
November 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm
Beyond Wine and Chocolate California, Winter 2010 John Scharffenberger leads a campaign to make tofu cool. A profile of this gourmet goods guru asks: “Would anyone have predicted that the erudite entrepreneur would one day find himself peddling soybean products?” MORE »
November 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm
Lemons, Loquats and Greens: Berkeley’s Crop Swap Kicks Off Berkeleyside, July 19, 2011 In a weekly food column for the site Berkeleyside, Sarah covers celebrity chefs and urban farmers, food trucks and pop-up dinners, emerging food artisans and Gourmet Ghetto legends, school food and crop swaps.. MORE »
November 4, 2011 – 10:01 pm
Five Bay Area Cookbook ClubsBay Area Bites, January 22, 2011Sarah regularly reports on food films and books, trends and events, people and politics, for KQED’s Bay Area Bites. Subjects include street eats, supper clubs, school food advocates, young farmers, and sustainable food. MORE »
November 4, 2011 – 10:00 pm
Nikki Henderson: On the Frontlines of Edible Education Civil Eats, August 22, 2011 A contributor to this national food policy site, Sarah covers the intersection between food culture and food politics in her stories for Civil Eats. Topics include food cooperatives, D.I.Y. urban homesteaders, and edible education. MORE »
November 4, 2011 – 8:38 pm
Sarah Henry is a writer with more than two decades of diverse journalism experience. Sarah got her start at the award-winning Center for Investigative Reporting, where she covered the social justice beat for almost ten years. She then went on to a stint as a staff writer with the national health magazine Hippocrates before launching [...]