According to Santa Clara County’s status of children’s health, 18% of students in San Jose Unified School District face obesity or are in the “health risk” zone for body composition. To combat increasing rates of obesity, Cooking Matters teaches...
The Alum Rock Avenue business corridor and its adjacent East San José neighborhoods are steeped in history stemming from its immigrant past, activist roots, and deep culture exhibited in its Mexican heritage through the arts. At the core of...
Many of us enjoy spending quality time at home with loved ones or catching a quick bite with close friends. As the city life overtakes our lives, the outdoors seems to go underappreciated. Over the fall of 2020, graduate...
As climate change becomes an imminent reality of our future, gardening contributes to healthy eating and exposure to the natural world. While record numbers of people began cultivating their own gardens during pandemic lockdowns, vulnerable communities do not have...
“This reminds me exactly of what we were learning in class this week!” an SJSU freshman studying Child and Adolescent Development (ChAD) recants after one particularly challenging garden education workshop in a 4th grade classroom. During this lesson on...