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Urban Farmist: San Antonio Food Bank on mission to turn city’s food deserts into small healthy food oases

Nov 3, 2014, 3:38 PM 0

By Aaron de Leon LatinaLista Several years ago, I volunteered to join a caravan of recreational vehicles being driven half way across the country. Somewhere near the Mexico-Texas border, one of the vehicles had some trouble. We contacted a…

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Spotlight Nonprofit: San Diego teens battle hunger by getting businesses to donate surplus food

Feb 15, 2013, 4:14 PM 0

LatinaLista — Though the economy is showing signs of improving, it’s still slow-going with prices rising faster than peoples’ salaries. No other segment of the economy hits closer to home than food prices. Shrinking wages and extreme weather events…

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USDA data shows more Latino children going hungry

Nov 18, 2009, 4:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — In a nation of over 307 million people, 2.3 million doesn’t sound like a very significant number. As a number by itself, it isn’t. Only when it’s realized that 2.3 million refers to the number of Hispanic…