VOICE Issue November 25, 2021

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Inland Southern California’s News Weekly

Food Apartheid and San Bernardino Residents’ Quest for Fresh, Healthy Food as COVID-19 Persists

by Breanna Reeves

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Rittenhouse Verdict - Modern Day Interposition and Nullification

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century from now—provided this experiment that is America has sustained itself by having lived up to the promise and potential of its creed—young people will learn that on August 23, 2020, a 29-year-old Black man named Jacob Blake was shot in the back seven times by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake did not die but is now paralyzed for the rest of his life.

Students will learn how this incident occurred not only in the midst of the worst pandemic in a century but also concurrent with a nation coming to grips with a history of police use of deadly force against Blacks (and other people of color) which, in relation to the shooting of Blake, led to another—in a series of uprisings against police abuse that had pushed people into the streets not only in America but around the world in the summer of 2020.

100 years from now, students will not only learn about Black people who took to the streets demanding change but also how people of all races, religions, and ages broke their silence and joined the fight for change--some lost their lives in the process.

Newton’s Law of Motion, however, teaches us that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And as such, children of the future will also learn that such actions taken by Black people and others pushing for change as was the history of America was once again met with racist resistance. It is what the nation experienced during the years of Reconstruction in the wake of the civil war. It never truly exhausted itself during those years and soon boiled over again during the days of Jim Crow and throughout the Civil Rights years, and then again in response to the election of the nation’s first Black President, Barack Obama only to be further fueled by when Donald Trump took office and stoked the simmering embers of White nationalism.

So, when an underaged Kyle Rittenhouse armed himself illegally with an AR-15, put on a bullet proof vest, travelled to Kenosha and then defied a curfew order to strut through an already tense crowd projecting an air of authority amid the chaos and emboldened by the size of his loaded AR-15—it is no wonder, his foray ended in tragedy.

The story of a white police officer shooting a Black man (Blake) in the back in America is not an aberration. Nor was it an aberration when both the district attorney and the Justice Department declined to file charges against the white officer which ultimately led to the demonstrations where Rittenhouse took two lives and forever changed a third.

In 2020, rising up in primarily peaceful protests remained one of the limited options available to the Black community to express frustration in response to the continuing miscarriage of justice involving the police use of deadly force.

Similar scenarios had played out in cities across America for generations, but what happened when Rittenhouse armed himself with an AR-15, rode in from another town, inserted himself into the already volatile scenario, incites pushback from protesters, and then shoots and kills two people and wounds a third was stunning.

However, this too, was not unusual. The actions of Rittenhouse also harken back to the days of Jim Crow when groups like the Ku Klux Klan, the White League, the Knights of the White Camelia, and others—carry overs from the paddy rollers and slave catchers in the long years before emancipation.

White supremacists’ groups with guns who claim to have god and the law on their side (many of them carried badges)

assume their interpretation of the law is the only law that counts. Rittenhouse acted in that tradition with the assumption his actions were law-abiding and just—his assumption was proven correct.

Martin Luther King Jr. once talked about interposition in relation to school desegregation in the South—actions taken by southern governors to block implementation of federal law.

The semblance of Interposition

Rittenhouse, however, did not need southern governors to step between him and the law—he had Judge Bruce Schroeder, whose words and rulings made it clear to many observers that in this case he was not only judge but “interposer” extraordinaire.

With such judicial interposition it was no surprise the jury was ripe and ready to embrace the twin brother of interposition—the ignoble act of jury nullification where jurors, basically believing a law is being wrongly applied to a defendant whose fate they must decide.

Where would the jurors get such an idea? Maybe the seed was planted the moment the judge let it be known the men Rittenhouse killed could be called rioters or looters but not victims or the way he cut the knees out from under the prosecutor again and again.

For those who may argue this case was not about race—that Rittenhouse is white as were the men that he killed and injured. This, of course, is true. But it is also true that the whole scenario began with the death of a Black man who was shot in the back by police which resulted in Blacks and others taking to the streets in protests—Rittenhouse’s victims among them. The white men he killed, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and the man he injured, Gaige Grosskreutz, remind us of other whites who have stood in solidarity with Blacks as we fought for equal rights. You will find some of their names in the history books—Viola Liuzzo, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.

A question of nullification

Once a jury is nullified and a defendant found not guilty, he can never be tried for the same murder again due to a little something called “double jeopardy.” But what if the juror were unable to reach a verdict . . . if the case had ended with a hung jury? With Judge Schroeder there was no guarantee, but it certainly would have left the door open for another trial. There was one Black juror who had the power in his/her hands to do this. I wonder what he/she thought.

Whether the children of the future will learn about how police shot an unarmed Black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back, and how, when officials failed to press charges against the policeman who shot him, led to civil unrest that resulted in the killing of two other men and the maiming of a third by a 17-year-old named Rittenhouse (celebrated and supported by White Supremacists) and eventually found not guilty of their death and injuries and the reasons why, will depend on who gets to tell the story and that of course, will depend on three things. Who wins the culture war regarding what version of history we teach our children; who wins the battle for equal justice in America; and who wins the long suffering struggle for the soul of this nation.

Of course, this is just my opinion. I’m keeping it real.

S.E. Williams Executive Editor

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The Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the Fight Against Food Apartheid...

It’s Here. It’s There. It’s Everywhere in America

S.E. Williams | Executive Editor

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mong the many open secrets more broadly exposed during the COVID-19 crisis is the lack of access to fresh, healthy food for millions of people scattered across America, the world’s richest nation.

In truth, this is something that low-income communities struggled with long before the crisis, and that became untenable during the worst days of the pandemic.

The Black Voice News and IE Voice team has worked in partnership with Black news organizations across the country, The Ground Truth Project, and the Report for America initiative to share the experiences of our neighbors in San Bernardino County and those across the country who live along the Barren Mile found in low-income communities everywhere—places where the poor, including families with children and the elderly, have limited, if any, ready access to fresh, healthy food within a mile of their residence, places considered food deserts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

We encourage you to read their stories, gain a visceral understanding of what it was like for them to not only survive food concerns during the worst days of the pandemic in these circumstances, but to live every day even before the pandemic, in areas bereft of grocery stores, experiencing

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Jamaica picking collard greens at the Lindsay St garden (Photo Credit: Bria Suggs)

something often referred to as “food apartheid”.

Why call this food apartheid? Because communities without access to healthy food are primarily found in Black and other minority communities ...because the lack of ready access to fresh, healthy food is reflective of a history of systemic, structural, and institutional policies that are not only deeply rooted but intentionally tied to race, income and place...because it points to discrimination as it relates to economic opportunities...and because the food options often found in these communities tend to be less healthy and more expensive.

As you read these articles you will also learn of the resilience of people in these communities as they work to find and implement their own solutions to the dilemmas and disadvantages of living in such circumstances—circumstances intentionally intended to hold them in place, generation after generation.

We also encourage and thank you in advance for taking a moment to respond to the survey associated with this work at the end of this story. It will help guide our reporting as we continue working to shine a light on other aspects of this issue.

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Urban farms are a key part of the city of Atlanta fight against food-redlining

In Atlanta, as in many other parts of the nation, access to fresh, healthy food is a problem that disproportionately affects the Black population.

Madeline Thigpen | Atlanta Voice

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n the heart of Atlanta, 61-year-old Wayne Ricketts spends his days rooting up weeds, harvesting the year's final crops and planting seeds before the winter sets in.

Ricketts tends to two urban farms in the English Avenue neighborhood where everyone calls him ‘Jamaica’ after the island where he was born. Both farms are owned by the Friends of English Avenue, a local non-profit founded in 2009.

On that day in early fall he was at the Elm Street farm prepping the crop beds for the next year.

Residents in the neighborhood, especially those without a car, have a hard time accessing fresh food such as fruits and vegetables because the grocery stores are too far. For groceries, a typical neighborhood resident has to walk 30 minutes or take public transportation to get to the Walmart Supercenter, the nearest grocery center more than a mile away. Barriers like these have forced some residents in the community to look to Jamaica to bring them whatever he is growing in the garden.

Sherita Arnold, who raised her five kids in English Avenue, is grateful that she regularly receives collard greens, tomatoes, okra and anything else Jamaica grows.

“He believes in feeding the children and the people— older people that can’t get out and go to the store. They can’t go out and buy fruits and vegetables and stuff, so he gives it to them,” Arnold told The Atlanta Voice.

Food access issues faced by neighborhoods like English Avenue and other low-income areas in Atlanta got a lot worse last year as the coronavirus pandemic shut down businesses and forced thousands out of work. Across Georgia, the share of the population deemed food insecure jumped from about 13 percent in 2018 to 18 percent in 2020, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Jamaica harvesting the peppers off the vine at the Lindsay St garden (Photo Credit: Bria Suggs)

That included a near 60 per cent jump in the number of children experiencing food insecurity — from a little over 400,000 in 2018 to more than 640,000 in 2020.

The result was a crush of demand at the local food bank.

“We’ve distributed 60 percent more food in the last 14 months,” said Jon West, a vice president at the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

“This wasn’t a goal of ours but a necessity.”

West said the two primary “drivers of need” that his organization tracks are increases in

poverty and unemployment.

“COVID has been a perfect storm to drive both those things up,” West said.

Unsurprisingly, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year, a lot of the people forced to rely on area food banks for feeding their families had never sought such help before.

"They are accessing the emergency food network for the first time because they’ve lost their job,” Dana Craft, executive director of the continued on page 8

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Date: OCT 14, 2021 BELINDA HANDY, Judge of the Superior Court P. 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2021 _______________________________ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CVCO2106013 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner: ERIN DEFOREST WONG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: ERIN DEFOREST WONG to.

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Date: 11/8/2021 Belinda Handy, Judge of the Superior Court P. 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2021 _______________________________ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER CVMV2103747 To All Interested Persons: Petitioner: YOLANDA DOLORES BALLESTEROS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: a. YOLANDA DOLORES GRAVILONI to. YOLANDA DOLORES BALLESTEROS, b. YOLANDA DOLORES VELARDE to. YOLANDA DOLORES BALLESTEROS c. YOLANDA DOLORES MAREZ to.

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Date: 7/30/2021 C.B. Harman, Judge of the Superior Court p. 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/2021 _______________________________ SUMMONS SUMMONS (FAMILY LAW) CASE NUMBER FLRI 1902881 Notice to Respondent: JOSE REFUGIO GARCIA You are being sued Petitioner’s name is: RITA AURORA GARCIA You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ak the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/serlfhelp), at the California legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

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obtener asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado.

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The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, , County of Riverside, 4175 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Rita Aurora Garcia, 3596 Windsong Street, Corona, CA 92879 Notice to the person served: You are served as an individual.

Clerk, by S. Anderson, Deputy DATE: April 17, 2019 p. 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2021 _______________________________ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMES The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ROYCE LOGISTICS 7056 Archibald Ave Ste 102-364, Corona, CA 92880 Riverside County SAPPHIRE INTERNATIONAL INC, A/I# C4589960, 7056 Archibald Ave Ste 102-364, Corona, CA 92880 This business is conducted by: a corporation Registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 9/1/21.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000).) /s SAPPHIRE INTERNATIONAL INC, Jiqiao Shi, Chief Executive Officer.

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/28/21 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code).I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115048 p. 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: THE RED CARPET HAIR STUDIO 23887 Sunnymead Blvd, Ste B Moreno Valley, CA 92553 RIVERSIDE COUNTY 1137 Regala St Perris, CA 92571 Red Carpet Hair Studio, LLC 1137 Regala St Perris, CA 92571 CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10-12-21 I declare that all the information in this

statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Nicole Rae Sellers, Managing Member The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/26/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114912 p. 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: WYLDFLOWREZ 2366 Orchard Lane Corona, CA 92882 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Traci Latonya Flores 2366 Orchard Lane Corona, CA 92882 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10-13-2021 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Traci Latonya Flores The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/26/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114917 p. 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as:

LIV GOLDEN SHOP LIV GOLDEN LIVE GOLDEN 3040 Mesquite Dr. Riverside, CA 92503 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Elizabeth – Mercado 3040 Mesquite Dr. Riverside, CA 92503 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/24/2021 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Elizabeth-Mercado The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/08/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114053 p. 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: RUNNERS WITH A VISION ENTERPRISES 15212 Moreno Beach Dr, 913 Moreno Valley, CA 92555 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Michael Keith Williams Jr. 15212 Moreno Beach Dr, 913 Moreno Valley, CA 92555 Shan’e Quinette Williams 15212 Moreno Beach Dr, 913 Moreno Valley, CA 92555 This business is conducted by: Married Couple Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Michael Keith Williams Jr. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/25/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the

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As COVID Recedes, NYC’s Black, Brown, and Immigrant Residents Struggle to Access Healthy Food Ariama C. Long | Amsterdam News

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he Plaza square is sandwiched between a renovated milk bottling plant, an Applebees, and the Billie Holiday Theatre in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Layered deck-like stairs lead up from the street to the tables and stages that lookout at famed Marcy Avenue and Fulton Street.

On a sunny Wednesday in September, there was a long line of people, some Brooklynites, some just hungry New Yorkers. All waiting for hours, looking depressingly out of place in the Bedstuy Restoration Plaza square.

Many were elderly men and women, some with soft or strong accents, a reminder that they have called another country home. June Feddoes, 55, a nursing home worker who lives in the neighborhood was one of them. She was wearing a scarf on her head, orange scrubs, a face mask and a large Patagonia backpack.

“Places like this is very important for people like me, you know, single woman, single mother. It does always make a difference. I’ve been going to food pantry ever since I came to this country and didn’t have a green card,” said Feddoes, who moved to New York from Saint Vincent in the Caribbean when she was 15 years old.

Everybody got corn stalks, sweet potatoes, and other food items placed in their bags or shopping carts, before rounding the corner to other service tables at the food pantry organized by New York City Councilmember Robert Cornegy to feed the city’s hungry, especially the elderly who were isolated at home, seeking safety from the deadly virus.

The dual public health and economic crises, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, only exacerbated the suffering of the 1.4 million or so New York City residents in neighborhoods without easy access to healthy food. The most viscerally impacted were those like Feddoes — Black, brown, or immigrant, living in poorer neighborhoods — struggling to feed their families even with a full-time job in 2020.

Neighborhoods like these are found throughout the five boroughs. Activists, community organizers and civil society organizations that Amsterdam News spoke to painted a picture of desperate need for access to fresh foods in Northshore, Staten Island, as well as Bed-Stuy, Flatbush, and East New York neighborhoods in Brooklyn — all areas that were dealing with food insecurity before the pandemic.

Food shopping in general during the pandemic was hard. The mandated lockdown in March last year

effectively shut down the little access to fresh food some people had to begin with.

Brooklyn native Sister Ellen Nelson, 60, grew up in Fort Greene’s public housing. Once a teenage mom, Nelson graduated and eventually became a transit worker. Now retired, and living in East New York, Nelson completely changed her diet and lifestyle after a COVID scare last year.

Nelson lost two of her friends in 2020 and was diagnosed with COVID from March into May. During the lockdown she prayed a lot, spent time with her pets for company, and connected virtually with her kids. She said she couldn’t breathe, had no sense of smell, and was losing weight. The COVID symptoms were severe enough to convince Nelson to become a vegetarian and start working out.

“Lord Jesus help me, I began to say,” said Nelson.

“After a while things just calmed down in May. I was afraid to go out my door but began to go back outside a bit. Of course I washed my hands and stuff and I got vaccinated as soon as my turn.”

A rush to respond

All photos by Ariama C. Long

NY FOOD 20/20, a collaborative food study of the COVID-19 crisis, noted that “disparities in nutrition” can be paired with racial and ethnic disparities because a “disproportionate” amount of Black and Brown communities experience poverty and food insecurity. There is also a serious issue with advertisements for unhealthy food and beverages that target Black and Latinx youth, as well as “the glut of highly-processed products in stores and lack of neighborhood access to healthy options.” This all can lead to a prevalence of diet- and health-related diseases in these communities, said the study.

The city rushed to start programs that delivered groceries to seniors through 311 and put grab-and-go meals in schools to reach New Yorkers and students in need.

Even as the pandemic forced officials to “quickly and aggressively” address the increase in food insecurity, “many City agencies struggled to adapt” according to the testimony of Charles Platkin, executive director at Hunter College’s NYC Food Policy Center, during a June 2021 public hearing of continued on page 12

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Georgia Food Bank Association, told the Atlanta Fed. In Atlanta, as in many other parts of the nation, access to fresh, healthy food is a problem that disproportionately affects the Black population. In 2020, nearly 3 out of 4 residents in neighborhoods with low food access were Black according to a recent report from the city, even though Black population accounts for about 50 percent of Atlanta’s total population.

The city began tracking the severity of the food access problem in 2019 with its annual Fresh Food Access reports, which focuses on lowincome neighborhoods experiencing low access to fresh healthy food as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last year, about a quarter of the city’s population experienced food insecurity — over 120,000 Atlanta residents, who live in predominantly poor, predominantly Black neighborhoods, according to the city’s food access report published in May. For a long time, the USDA, which tracks food access nationally, used to call such neighborhoods “food deserts.” The agency has moved away from using that label in recent years but it has stuck with researchers studying the issue. Advocates are now pushing back because they say the label is misleading and prevents a full understanding of the root causes of the problem.

“We look at it more as food redlining,” said J.Olu Baiyewu, Urban Agriculture Director for the City of Atlanta. “A desert is a natural ecosystem. Food deserts are human-made through public policies and corporate policies. We don’t want people to think this is natural.”

In search of solutions Over the years, elected officials have tried different solutions to reduce food insecurity among Atlanta residents.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has a 6-year-old Fresh MARTA Market program where residents can buy produce at their local station once a week from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Such markets are available at five of 38 MARTA stations now but the city has made it a top policy recommendation to expand the program throughout the city.

The program is run by Community Farmers Markets (CFM), an Atlanta-based non-profit. According to Lauren Wood, the Fresh MARTA Market program director at CFM, they serve around 100 people at each market.

“Ridership overall on the MARTA is down,” said Wood. “Our attendance and our overall volume of foot traffic has gone down but our sales have remained steady so it’s an interesting phenomenon because there are less people coming to the stations [for public transportation] but we’re still selling just as much produce.”

Even if the MARTA market program was expanded, they would still only be at each station one day a week. To address daily access to produce the city connected with EPA Region 4 and the Food Recovery Network to create ‘Atlanta Fresh Corners’ in mid-2020.

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Community Gardens, Food Pantries Head Off COVID Food Catastrophe Activists praise local efforts while calling to ‘systemic’ solutions

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n a crisp late summer morning, 65-yearold Army veteran Nancy Vonner walked the five blocks from her home in a North St. Louis neighborhood marked by pawn shops and boarded up homes to the St. Augustine Wellston Center, a long-time community fixture that’s part thrift shop, part food pantry.

Joined by a steady stream of clients, including a young mother who lost her warehouse job during the COVID-19 pandemic, Vonner filled a shopping cart borrowed from a major grocery store that’s no longer in the neighborhood. She stocked up on milk, meat, pasta and other essentials that would keep her family fed until she received her monthly government assistance.

“Everybody knows I’m the struggling granny,” Vonner said, explaining that a car wreck a year ago left her once able-bodied son paralyzed, forcing her into the role of being a caretaker for the son and his passel of children, including a set of triplets.

“I come here once a month. I’m working with whatever I get.”

Wellston, one of dozens of food pantries across the St. Louis metro area, joins a growing number of community gardens as part of a homegrown response aimed at heading off a major food catastrophe that loomed when the deadly coronavirus shuttered businesses and schools across the region.

In addition, retailers large and small and federal state and local agencies stepped in, offering an allhands surge especially needed in areas already classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as having low access to healthy foods.

Leaders up and down the food chain expressed admiration for the success of the concerted effort during the height of the storm, but no one interviewed by The St. Louis American saw the steps taken as even the beginnings of a permanent solution to the long-standing scourge of food insecurity in areas already tagged as food deficient.

That leaves more than 190,000 residents in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Clair County, Illinois living in neighborhoods without easy access to fresh food, or victims of “food apartheid” as activists call it.

“Food drives, there's been a lot of those efforts,” said Kelly McGowan, who works with St. Louisbased EVOLVE to help community members

conduct audits documenting what healthy foods are available nearby. “People have to eat and I'm definitely not knocking that. But you know that's putting a Band-Aid on a systemic issue.

“Looking at things like housing, making sure people work at jobs that pay a livable wage, ... public safety, that's huge. So I think at least it is a start and [we're] having the conversations to figure out, ‘okay, we have a couple of Band-Aid solutions that help to support the communities.’ ... But longer term, what are the solutions?”

Just as it laid bare decades-old inequities in health care, the 20-month old pandemic, which swelled the ranks of the unemployed, exposed holes in the nation’s food safety net.

In 2020, one in four Black residents across the U.S. experienced food insecurity — more than three times the rate for white households — according to Feeding America, the nation’s largest charitable hunger-relief organization.

Many of them live in areas deemed by the USDA to be low income and with low access to healthy food options. The regions formerly were described

as “food deserts,” but activists such as Dara Cooper say that rather than experiencing a naturally occurring phenomenon, like a desert, the hardesthit regions have been subjected to food apartheid – “structural, racialized inequities,” including decades of declining investment from traditional grocers and a saturation of smaller stores hawking highly processed foods, often high in salt and sugar.

Diets heavy in these foods have been linked to ailments such as diabetes and hypertension, which are known to boost the risk of severe illness in those who test positive for COVID-19.

Even before COVID-19 hit, according to USDA data from 2015 and 2019, dozens of census tracts in St. Louis and St. Louis County were considered low income and low access, meaning access to healthy food within one mile was scarce.

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Food Apartheid and San Bernardino Residents’ Qu Breanna Reeves | Staff

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round 11 a.m. Cyrilene begins organizing the kitchen at the Highland Senior Center, as she does on most Mondays and Tuesdays.

She grabs the metal container prepped with roast beef and cheese slices from the refrigerator and checks the temperature. Then, she starts the assembly line.

Placing slices of roast beef and cheese on bread, Cyrilene puts each sandwich in a styrofoam container then hands it off to staff member Amy, who adds carrots, a pear, and potato chips. The assembly line finishes with Penny Lilburn, the center’s executive director, who adds a carton of milk and lists off the orders to volunteer drivers. “This one’s a double,” shouts Lilburn, just as the center’s Grab & Go lunch program begins at 11:30 a.m.

Cyrilene has been a regular at the center for about 20 years, the last nine as a volunteer. During the pandemic, she relied on the groceries given away at the center like many other San Bernardino residents who lack easy access to affordable, fresh food near where they live.

With $140,000 in funding from the City of San Bernardino, the center provides lunches for 40 individuals and dinner for another 40 individuals — seniors can sign up for one or the other. On Mondays and Fridays, some arrive at 10 a.m. for a food giveaway hosted by the center. Donations come from Walmart and include poultry, vegetables, dairy products and if they’re lucky, beef.

Located along Highland Avenue near the unincorporated community of Patton, the center borders the vicinity of the City of San Bernardino where fast food restaurants and liquor stores exist in abundance. A sizable portion of residents in the area have low access to grocery stores — a “food desert,” according to the federal government.

Living with poverty Within this section of San Bernardino, an estimated 14.5 percent of residents live below the poverty line. A little over 200,000 residents, including more than 85,000 children across San Bernardino County experienced food insecurity in 2019, according to Feeding America, a nonprofit with a national network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs.

“More than 700,000 of San Bernardino residents

Brandon Romano, Program Manager for Community Action Partnership San Bernardino (CAPSB) helps Maria Jose Leyva, a volunteer at the food bank, wheel out food donations for pick up in San Bernardino, CA (Photo by Breanna Reeves).

(or about 30 percent) are eligible to receive SNAP or SNAP-Ed benefits, underscoring the extent of poverty in the county,” Yen Ang, SNAP Education Program Assistant Director of San Bernardino County told the Black Voice News. “Sadly, the COVID pandemic has increased the rates of poverty and food insecurity.”

The pandemic exacerbated food insecurity and re-emphasized the presence of so-called food deserts among communities of color like Patton, where 31 percent of residents are Black, 31 percent are White, and 28 percent are Hispanic. Next door, in West Highlands, 61 percent of the population is Hispanic, and 16 percent is Black.

Organizations like the Highland Senior Center and food banks have increased their outreach and revamped their food programs to meet community needs as COVID continues but face growing concerns over funding and resources. San Bernardino residents in search of a solution are creating community gardens to grow and sell affordable produce in their neighborhoods. However, given the scope of the problem, experts are not sure if

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these gardens can end the “food apartheid,” a term preferred by activists.

Call it ‘food apartheid’ “What I would rather say instead of ‘food desert’ is ‘food apartheid,’ because ‘food apartheid’ looks at the whole food system, along with race, geography, faith and economics,” food activist Karen Washington explained in Guernica. “You say, ‘food apartheid’ and you get to the root cause of some of the problems around the food system. It brings in hunger and poverty.”

The 2020 Community Indicators Report revealed San Bernardino has one of the highest rates (26 percent) of families living in poverty in the county as reflected by the scarcity of affordable grocery stores.

“The need is greater than you’d think,” said Jeff Novak, Highland Senior Center’s Transportation Assistance Program Coordinator. On any given day, 300 seniors sign up to receive lunch or dinner, but the center can only provide 80 meals a day.

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uest for Fresh, Healthy Food as COVID-19 Persists through, Novak explained that some seniors who rely on the center’s services have no relatives to take them grocery shopping and some are solely dependent on their social security benefits.

“Hunger is generally a symptom of poverty.

It’s an effect of poverty,” said Brandon Romano, Program Manager for Community Action Partnership San Bernardino (CAPSB), the largest food bank operating in the county. He noted how food insecurity often comes with a job loss, low income, or a health issue, COVID-related or not.

COVID made it worse “COVID exacerbated the inefficiencies of the programs that we already have,” said Kameron Mims-Jones, a policy advocate with Nourish California.

The pandemic disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities and among them, older adults experience higher risks due to age, health, and environment. Food insecurity has aggravated these risks, she explained.

The Family Service Association (FSA) has been providing senior nutrition services to the Inland Empire since the 1990s. Clients 66 years old and older make up 57 percent of those they serve.

“We almost tripled in size, our meal program since the start of the pandemic, to address the access need for seniors and just the safety issues for vulnerable seniors going out of their homes to access food. It wasn’t a safe time and we’re still seeing a slow decline in that,” explained Shannon Gonzalez, FSA Chief Operating Officer.

Tackling food insecurity among low-income populations is pursued by food banks and community partners, including churches, who work together to meet the needs of vulnerable communities. Life Center Church in San Bernardino, for example, has worked throughout the years to distribute food to residents.

“Yes, I can walk to the store, but if that store doesn’t have healthy foods, it’s still a problem and a crisis for the community,” said Pastor Keith Tolbert of the Life Center Church. “And so sometimes, we look at where stores are located and say, well there’s a store in the area, but we found that those stores... sold junk to our people, they did not sell fruits and vegetables.”

Congregant Hilda Barnett explained that there is a definite need for healthy and affordable food that

Residents in the community work on planting their own produce in the community garden in Ontario, CA (Photo by Jeremiah Hill).

is accessible to the community and before COVID, the church did food giveaways. Their most recent food giveaway set a goal of distributing one hundred bags of non-perishable food.

Community partners, like the Life Center Church, are essential to food banks who rely on them to distribute food and host events. The church is partnering with a local Feeding America chapter to provide Thanksgiving meals.

Feeding America Riverside/San Bernardino’s Homebound Emergency Relief Outreach (HERO) program has provided meals to over 9,000 residents across the two counties.

“If you’re struggling with food insecurity, it’s so hard to break out of that cycle of poverty. If you are a person or family, trying to address your basic needs throughout the day, it’s so hard to address the root causes of poverty,” Community Action Partnership’s Romano emphasized.

The persistent presence of food banks emphasizes the longstanding institutional and systemic racism that continues to plague these historically excluded communities and contributes to other socioeconomic inequalities including food insecurity, hunger, and lack of affordable housing.

Community gardens take on ‘food apartheid’

A new grassroots trend is growing throughout San Bernardino County in communities with low or no access to affordable fresh fruit and vegetables, where residents create community garden partnerships as a solution to food apartheid.

“All over the city you see community gardens that are growing in vacant spaces, and the interest and the concern for folks who were already doing this type of work, now have a larger platform in order to get the rest of the community to understand — look, we have to be sustainable, we have to be resilient in our own resources,” explained Kimberly Calvin, council member representing the City of San Bernardino’s 6th Ward.

Maria Alonso is the founder and executive director of Huerta Del Valle, which means Orchard of the Valley. Alonso’s organization works to educate, train, and encourage residents of the Inland Empire to build the community they want.

“My inspiration for creating Huerta Del Valle is my need for healthy food. I received, in June 2010, the diagnosis for my son — ADHD,” Alonso explained.

“In this case the doctor gave me the solution for my son, ‘he needs the pill for the problem or change the diet,’ and I changed the diet.”

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the city council general welfare committee.

Between April and July 2020, New York State and New York City Council passed over 30 pieces of legislation focused on emergency food programs or helping the restaurant industry, the food study reported.

Government-led food initiatives struggled to get an appropriate amount and variety of food out. There were complaints that food was “spoiled, unhealthy, or not culturally appropriate,” said Platkin.

Nelson said she called 311 for city food deliveries during that time but didn’t want the meat in the kosher boxes and said the vegetarian options didn’t look so “healthy.” Eventually, she began cooking for herself and going out to farmer’s markets.

“Yesterday, I did the 5K run for the first time in Brownsville. I'm 60 years old, I’m diabetic, I have two knee replacements, and I did the walk, and it was nice,” said Nelson, beaming with pride about the progress she’s making.

Generally speaking, a sizable number of city residents were battling adult obesity, diabetes, and hypertension, which put them at “high risk for hospitalization, and death, from COVID-19,” said the study.

The city also expanded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits program that used health bucks and healthy bodegas to increase the availability of fresh foods. Health bucks are coupons that were part of SNAP that allowed residents to redeem $2 worth of either fresh fruits or vegetables at farmer’s markets for every $5 they spend on a food benefit card. Many farmers’ markets will accept SNAP/EBT, WIC, and senior coupons as well.

Bodegas, not known for having an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, were encouraged to stock up on more. However, price gouging drove the prices up not just for hand sanitizer, face masks and disinfectant sprays but basic food staples, like eggs, bread, and milk. Major food suppliers and independent grocers were caught jacking up prices city and statewide.

The Office of the Attorney General Letitia James (OAG) said they received more than 7,000 complaints of excessive prices and issued more than 1,565 cease-and-desist orders to businesses.

“This is definitely a crisis we’re in, in the way all these prices are raised up in supermarkets as well as local bodegas. People are just hurting,” said Staten Island food advocate and community district leader Robert Perkins. “You name it there’s not one thing that didn’t go up.”

Overall in 2020, nearly a million households in New York City were SNAP recipients, according to a city data tracker. And many relied on pandemic food benefit cards (P-EBT) to get by.

A lot left to be done Major and minor food distribution organizations, food pantries, and soup kitchens were slammed by the increase in demand for food, which led to many closing at the beginning of the crisis. The food pantries and soup kitchens left open saw a significant increase in visitors, often resulting in long lines, said Platkin, the head of NYC Food Policy Center.

Churches, organizers, and local officials pulled together to help but many did not have the resources required to reach every resident amid the chaos and confusion of the pandemic, said Platkin.

“We’ve been able to do a meaningful job considering, but there is more that needs to be done. By no stretch of the imagination have we been able to do it all,” said Reverend Dr. Demetrius Carolina, who runs the First Central Baptist Church and the Central Family Life Center on Staten Island.

The city continued to grapple with the reality of lockdowns, civil unrest, protests, and a racial and criminal justice reckoning after the death of George Floyd in May 2020.

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The need was simply overwhelming according to East New York native Jerome Nathaniel, the director of policy and government relations at City Harvest, a food rescue organization.

In February 2020, Nathaniel said City Harvest planned to deliver 70 million pounds of food over the course of the year, but they ended up giving out over 200 million pounds of food from March to August alone.

“I don’t think one organization, or one type of organization can do it. It would have to be food banks continuing to make sure people can eat tonight but also different organizations that touch on housing, medical, and child care,” said Nathaniel, “and then public policy can’t do it alone either.”

Nathaniel said the same neighborhoods that have limited access to food are the same ones that got hit the hardest by COVID, have high rents, inadequate wages, and less transportation, which is by “design” and structurally racist in some cases.

Cornegy said people couldn’t access good, healthy food because of quarantine and unemployment in Bedstuy. He said “cracking the code” on how to reach seniors in particular in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments in his district was difficult.

“We started here on the plaza and then realized that there were people who were two blocks in proximity -- that to them this was a whole different world,” said Cornegy about going mobile with the operation.

The nursing home Feddoes works at is located on Long Island, but she declined to say which one. She has to commute from Bedstuy, and sometimes gets to Long Island two hours early and comes home late at night. She has a daughter in California, a sister and niece in Brooklyn, and a mother back home in Saint Vincent that she sends money to. She said that she usually relies on overtime to help her pay all her bills, but that was not available last year.

Feddoes said she was grateful for the pantry when her money was cut in half.

Feddoes said she was a live-in caretaker prior to getting her green card, and then switched to nursing afterwards. She has never not had two jobs, she said, and if there was one job, it came with overtime. She worries a little about not being able to retire if she gets sick and is unable to work.

“This is not a place for people who are lazy or just sitting around, it’s for people that work and it makes a difference,” said Feddoes about the food pantry.

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Last year, COVID-19 pushed the persistent problem of healthy food access toward crisis levels.

Between June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2021 the number of meals provided by The St. Louis Area Foodbank – which serves 14 Missouri counties and 12 in Illinois – increased by 53% to nearly 53 million, data from the nonprofit show.

In seven especially hard hit zip codes in St. Clair County, the number of residents deemed to be food insecure rose by 60% between 2019 and 2020 to more than 6,700 food-insecure residents according to “Map the Meal Gap,” an analysis of food insecurity in the United States distributed by Feeding America.

“On the charitable food side, we saw just this huge increase in demand,” said Emily Engelhard, managing director of research for Feeding America. “And seeing the increase that we did for Black individuals, and Latino individuals, and then children overall, I think just continues to point to …underlying systemic issues that are not going to go away. Again, they existed before the pandemic,

in money from her own pocket when the hand-out boxes stopped coming.

Choking back tears, she conceded that approach is not sustainable.

they continue to be a problem.”

Some of the triage measures introduced during the pandemic may have staying power.

Food distribution organizers praised the efficiency of drive-through food giveaways, including efforts by The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis which gave food to more than 60,000 families over 22 weeks.

Organizers also credit the pandemic with helping to destigmatize visits to food pantries, since many clients were first-time users.

While food donations clearly provided a lifeline to many, the process was not without hiccups.

Tosha Phonix, who co-founded St. Louis-based EVOLVE — Elevating Voices of Leaders Vying for Equity — noted that some food boxes handed out to St. Louis area residents during the pandemic contained the same salty, high-calorie snacks nutritionists say have contributed to unhealthy conditions in Blacks.

Kim Jayne, treasurer of Wellston Loop Community Development Corporation, serving an area marked by low-income and stubbornly high levels of substance abuse, said she started pitching

-- in Alton and Shrewsberry -- were near food desert neighborhoods.

“We're obviously a large regional grocer and we've committed to leveraging our business expertise to help communities, not just through the operation of our stores but also through our work in the communities,” said Bill Bradley, chief marketing and communications officer for Schnuck Markets, Inc. In 2020, Schnucks donated food valued at more than $12 million to St. Louis-based Operation Food Search, with which it has a decades-long partnership. The nonprofit and its 300 food partner agencies monthly serve more than 200,000 Missouri and Illinois residents, many of whom live in low-access areas.

The $12 million was a slight decrease from the $13 million donated in 2019, as the pandemic boosted consumer purchases of fresh foods, leaving less available for donation, the company said.

Kristen Wild, chief executive and president of Operation Food Search, said a 26% drop in the value of food donated between its 2019 and 2021 fiscal years was offset by a jump in financial

Where are the grocery stores?

When residents in low-income areas talk about the lack of access to healthy foods, it’s usually related to the absence of major grocery stores within walking distance or on convenient bus lines.

Grocers operate on notoriously thin margins.

When accused of abandoning low-income areas, they routinely point to profit and loss statements that guide them to open in areas with higher incomes and steady foot traffic.

Schnucks is one of the largest grocers serving the St. Louis area, which is home to nearly 80 of the brand’s 111 locations. Only one of the three locations the brand opened since the beginning of the pandemic -- in Columbia, MO -- was near a low access area.

Two locations closed since the pandemic began

donations and federal CARES Act funding.

In October 2019, months before the pandemic hit, retailer Save A Lot snipped a ribbon at a newly built store at 1331 Union Blvd. in St. Louis, near Page Boulevard. The newest of 44 local Save A Lot locations, it was one of the few traditional grocery stores to open in the area in recent years.

The location, which offers fresh-cut meat, fruits and vegetables, is blocks from a USDA designated low access area, but a company executive said that status did not figure in the pre-opening calculations.

“That particular store, here in St. Louis, it was just a fantastic area for us to do a ground-up brand new store,” said Chris Hooks, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for Save A Lot. “It's a high-traffic area. It absolutely fit the model when we look at density of population, [and] opportunity for our brand. And when we look at the competitive set, [and] the available real estate, it just absolutely made perfect sense. It just checked all the boxes.”

Weeks after that interview, however, Save A Lot

“People have to eat and I’m definitely not knocking [food drives]. But you know that’s putting a Band-Aid on a systemic issue…Longer term, what are the solutions?

- Kelly McGowan, with St. Louis-based EVOLVE

opted to close a location in Pagedale, following a review of a “number of factors, including financial performance as well as strategic alignment with long-term plans,” a spokeswoman said.

The Pagedale location opened in 2010 to much fanfare and praise from area residents concerned about food access.

While traditional grocers have not rushed into the low-access areas, dollar stores have, initially to the chagrin of some food activists.

That may change as two of the largest brands -- Dollar General and Dollar Tree -- look to add fresh produce to a mix that has long relied on sales of everything from cleaning supplies to kitschy holiday decorations.

One Dollar General with fresh produce in Spanish Lake happened to be the site of a recent food audit McGowan was helping area residents complete.

“I was shocked,” McGowan said. “I forgot I was even in Dollar General. The produce they had in there … they had fresh cauliflower.”

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week. Laughing Feddoes, said that her favorite meal is seasoned tuna fish and sweet potato from the microwave.

In south Brooklyn, Waqiel Ahmed of the Pakistani American Youth Society partnered with Black Lives Matter Brooklyn Branch President Anthony Beckford to open a mobile food kitchen that served free, hot halal meals to residents.

Ahmed said that they were sending people that came to them in need to other places before they just decided to do something on their own. He said they started in one location with about 100 people and then expanded to five locations, serving about 1,100 families after a few months last year.

Together, Ahmed and Beckford fed parts of Crown Heights, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Flatbush, Kensington, and Gravesend in Brooklyn. These neighborhoods are mostly Black and Caribbean and/or Orthodox Jewish, Muslim, and immigrant communities.

“There’s a lot of immigrant people, they lose jobs and they working like week to week paychecks.

And, a lot of people by word of mouth called us and recommended us where to go,” said Ahmed.

Worker shortages at urban farms In east Brooklyn, some urban farms that wanted to be part of the solution realized they could only do so much because of worker shortages.

Iyeshima Harris is the project director for East New York Farms!, located on a small block of Schenck Avenue tucked between Livonia and New Lots Avenues. They also have a community garden onsite at NYCHA’s Pink Houses public housing.

Harris said that the farm staff had to do most of the labor last season because most of the volunteers are seniors. Their usual growing season starts in April, and last year that was when the virus outbreak had hit its peak in the city. The farm usually grows crops requested by the surrounding Black, Asian, and Latino community. Depending on the season, they grow carrots, long beans, okra, bitter melon, herbs, tomatillos, malabar spinach, pimiento peppers, ghost peppers, and okazi leaves.

Last year, they had to end the growing season early, said Harris. “Most of the gardens were abandoned since seniors were impacted the most by COVID,” said Harris.

East New York organizer Keron Alleyne, who’s looking to run for New York State Assembly District 60, said that there are many community gardens in East New York but during the pandemic they tried to come together. He said that it was extremely difficult, but the community found a few people to deliver food and build out a “haphazard” network of farmers and

gardeners.

Alleyne went on to work with the city’s community gardens in the parks department, or Greenthumb, to create a community garden advocacy group. The gardeners in the group, who are mostly elderly Black women, gathered together for a celebratory bbq in Highland Park this October.

Community gardener and chef Kelebohile Nkhereanye said that she soldiered on growing herbs and foods in her garden and gave them away to her neighbors last year.

She said other neighborhoods get to capitalize on their access and affordability, which makes it seem like people in East New York or elsewhere don’t want healthy, fresh food. She said that’s not true. Nkhereanye spoke about a “gap” in how the community perceives their own access to fresh foods.

“Some people don’t go to the farmer’s markets because they think it's expensive or it's for white people, and so there’s a gap in knowledge,” said Nkhereanye. “The structure in place is not designed to give us credit and let us know our food system.”

Ariama Long is a Report for America corps member with the New York Amsterdam News in New York City, covering local politics, city council and city agencies. This story is part of ‘Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the fight against food apartheid,” the result of a Report for America initiative that brought Black-owned newsrooms from New York, Georgia, Missouri, and California together to look at how COVID-19 impacted food insecurity in their communities.

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community gardens in San Bernardino County. They plan to open more locations in Riverside County, in line with their vision of “building one garden every mile and transforming our urban landscape into one that is equitable (and) addresses systemic inequity in our vulnerable local communities.”

Although community gardening has presented itself as a solution to food insecurity and access, the practice is not feasible for everyone. Gardening takes time and dedication that some households simply may not be unable to commit to, like single-parent homes, while cultural, historical, and generational differences can also be barriers.

Mims-Jones applauded the efforts of such gardens in fostering community and building agency around solutions to equitable access, but she’s unsure if community gardens are scalable enough to combat the sizeable problem that is food apartheid given their systemic depths.

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An ongoing approach to food apartheid In Barstow, a high desert city in San Bernardino County where 35 percent of adults live below the poverty line, a local organization has launched an operation to help get nutritious food to those who lack access.

New Hope Village, Inc. is a nonprofit working to minimize food insecurity throughout Barstow with H.O.P.E. — Helping Other People Eat, a mobile food pantry that also serves other nearby San Bernardino communities of Lenwood, Hinkley, Daggett, Yermo, Newberry Springs, and Baker.

The small operation is one of the programs provided by New Hope Village and led by program manager, Sheri Randolph.

H.O.P.E. has been operating since May 2021, primarily supported by funding from the COVID Food Assistance Program awarded to San Bernardino County.

“We applied and were granted funding through April 2022. We also have received funding from the Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) and Southwest Gas for the program,” according to H.O.P.E. “We are currently applying for various grants to cover the cost of the program after April 2022.”

Like H.O.P.E., the Grab & Go Lunch and Dinner program at the Highland Senior Center relies on funding from the county to provide meals. After the “COVID money” is gone, the center may be forced to return to serving only lunch but will continue with the food giveaway program that predates COVID. Long-lasting and sustainable solutions to the complex issues of inequity that perpetuate food apartheid among historically underrepresented communities remains elusive, but grassroots efforts have been able to chip away at the problem.

“I would hope that COVID would have taught us all to look deeper within ourselves, within our community, to find ways to become more sustainable within the community,” said Calvin, a member of the San Bernardino city council.

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Breanna Reeves is a Report for America corps member with Black Voice News in Riverside, CA, using data-driven reporting to cover issues that affect the lives of Black Californians. This story is part of ‘Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the fight against food apartheid,” the result of a Report for America initiative that brought Black-owned newsrooms from New York, Georgia, Missouri, and California together to look at how COVID-19 impacted food insecurity in their communities.

publicnotices statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114822 p. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: PALISADES HEALTHCARE SERVICES LLC PALISADES STAFFING SERVICES PALISADES VEYERAN SERVICES 1163 Yorba St Perris, CA 92571 RIVERSIDE COUNTY 1163 Yorba St Perris, CA 92571 PALISADES HEALTHCARE SERVICES LLC 1163 Yorba St Perris, CA 92571 CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Dr. Tomeko Johnson-Smith, CEO The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/27/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114955 p. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: PEECE KEEPERS, INC. 4600 11th Ave Sacramento, CA 95820 Sacramento P.O. Box 8181 Moreno Valley, CA 92552 Peece Keepers, Inc 4600 11th Ave Sacramento, CA 95820 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/27/2009 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Algrie Monique Bridges, CEO

The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/01/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115120 p. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAMILY MEDIATION 23390 Hemlock Ave Moreno Valley, CA 92557 RIVERSIDE COUNTY P.O.BOX 8181 Moreno Valley, CA 92552 Algrie Monigue Bridges P.O.BOX 8181 Moreno Valley, CA 92552 CA This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Algrie Monique Bridges The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/28/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115031 p. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: TWA TRANSPORT 16710 Mockingbird Canyon Rd Riverside, CA 92504 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Danica Marie Torres 16710 Mockingbird Canyon Rd Riverside, CA 92504 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact

business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Danica Marie Torres The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 10/25/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202114838 p. 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: SHESGOLD CLEANING SERVICES LLC 11711 Collett Ave, Apt 2631 Riverside, CA 92505 RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHESGOLD CLEANING SERVICES LLC 11711 Collett Ave, Apt 2631 Riverside, CA 92505 CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Genisha Conner, CEO The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/10/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115638 p. 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as:

MANIFESTING EVENTS 3903 Barbury Palms Way Perris, CA 92571 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Dietrice Michelle Kidd 3903 Barbury Palms Way Perris, CA 92571 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Dietrice Michelle Kidd The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/04/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115347 p. 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: TACOS Y MAS RIVERSIDE 10203 Hole Ave Riverside, CA 92503 RIVERSIDE COUNTY CJTYM Inc 10203 Hole Ave Riverside, CA 92503 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Jose Hernandez, President The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/09/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the

original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115584 p. 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: ARREST A PEST PEST CONTROL 45365 Carrie Lane La Quinta, CA 92253 RIVERSIDE COUNTY ARREST A PEST PEST CONTROL CORP. 45365 Carrie Lane La Quinta, CA 92253 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/1/2021 I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Adam Judnich, President The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/16/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115801 p. 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: REAL ESTATE ONE REO HOME LOANS REO ESCROW A NON INDEPENDENT BROKER ESCROW 3400 Central Ave, Suite 320 Riverside, CA 92506 RIVERSIDE COUNTY REO1 INC. 3400 Central Ave, Suite 320 Riverside, California 92506 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Ivan M. Navarro, President The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/16/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days

after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115846 p. 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: UNLIMITED AUTO WHOLESALE 11231 Riverfall Court Riverside, CA 92505 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Joseph Henry Vargas II 11231 Riverfall Court Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Joseph Henry Vargas II The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/19/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115937 p. 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: ATTENTION 2 DETAIL SHADOWBOX DESIGN 33242 Vermont Road Temecula, CA 92592 RIVERSIDE COUNTY 33175 Temecula Pkwy A-1022 Temecula, CA 92592 CA This business is conducted by: Limited Liability Company Registrant has not yet begun to to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Dwayne Anthony Hines, Managing Member The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 11/19/2021

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publicnotices I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202115959 p. 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16/2021 _______________________________ AMENDED FBN The following persons) is (are) doing business as: J AND L FINANCIAL SERVICES 11243 Luke St Riverside, CA 92505 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Maria Lilyan Osuna 11243 Luke St Riverside, CA 92505 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Maria Lilyan Osuna The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 08/13/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202111364 p. 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: NURSE DELILAH MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT 44676 Liberty Avenue La Quinta, CA 92253 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Delilah Ann Crenshaw 44676 Liberty Avenue La Quinta, CA 92253 This business is conducted by: Individual Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the

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registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Delilah Ann Crenshaw The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 09/01/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202112353 p. 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: E & R KITCHEN CABINETS 27311 Jefferson Ave, Suite C101 Temecula, CA 92590 RIVERSIDE COUNTY ER Cabinetry Corp 27311 Jefferson Ave, Suite C101 Temecula, CA 92590 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Roberto Moreno The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 02/23/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202102053 p. 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: GARDEN BAY DISTRIBUTION 1110 Viewcrest Ct Corona, California 92882 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Garden Bay Distribution Corp 1110 Viewcrest Ct Corona, California 92882

CA This business is conducted by: Corporation Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Roberto Giovani Ramirez, CEO The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 03/29/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202103891 p. 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6/2021 _______________________________ The following persons) is (are) doing business as: JACKIE’S AUTO REGISTRATION SERVICE 1307 W. 6th Ste 138 Corona, CA 92882 RIVERSIDE COUNTY Drexx Corporation 1307 W. 6th Ste 138 Corona, CA 92882 CA This business is conducted by: Corporation I declare that all the information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code, that the registrant knows to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1000) s. Daniel Ramirez, CEO The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (sec. 1440 et. seq. b &p code) Statement was filed with the County of Riverside on 09/22/2021 I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

NOTICE- In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious business name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the county clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner.

A new fictitious business name statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). I hereby certify that this copy is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Peter Aldana, County Clerk, FILE NO. R-202113308 p. 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/2021

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All the fresh and frozen food available at the Family Dollar in English Avenue (Photo Credit: Bria Suggs)

farm, and getting it into corner stores, according to said Baiyewu, the city’s urban agriculture director.

“By working with a consortium of farmers, gleaners, and food recovery delivery agencies, the team has been able to redirect 20,000 pounds of food that would have otherwise been left on the fields, into a new revenue stream for all involved — selling this produce at deep discounts in four corner stores,” Baiyewu said.

In 2022, his team is aiming to add ten more corner stores in low income areas with low access to fresh foods. To support existing neighborhood stores and markets that offer fresh foods, the city created an interactive map of the stores in Atlanta that sell fresh food.

The city, he said, is also exploring the creation of a neighborhood markets association “that can leverage each other for resources & opportunities, as well as be a consistent ‘voice’ to guide officials.

Jon West, of the Food Bank, said his organization is always advocating for officials to prioritize funding to programs and services that help increase food access.

“The number one poverty fighting program in the United States is SNAP,” West said, referring to the federal program that supplements “the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards selfsufficiency.”

For families under financial stress, West said, food is just one of the essential services that have been difficult to access since the start of the pandemic.

One of the other approaches trying to solve the food access problem is the rise of urban farms. Atlanta’s 28 urban farms have expanded food access in the South and West of the city where residents are less likely to have access to a supermarket, according to the city’s 2020 Fresh Food Access

Report.

Supermarkets and the Fresh MARTA Markets accept SNAP/EBT whereas only around 50% of neighborhood and farmers markets accept it.

In the English Avenue neighborhood, grocery stores haven’t opened a branch because the neighborhood is primarily low income, according to Antonio Brown who represents the area in the City Council.

Another solution that city officials are betting on is allowing more urban farms to sell directly to consumers, especially urban farms in residentially zoned areas.

Atlanta City Council passed an ordinance to allow this in early September. The city expects this will increase fresh food access for approximately 15 percent of residents in lowincome areas with low access to fresh food.

If all 28 of the city’s urban farms began selling onsite, Baiyewu said, it would bring 32,000 Atlanta residents living in food insecure neighborhoods within a half mile of a source of fresh food.

“This could contribute to fewer individual trips to a grocery store including for those that utilize public transportation to move around,” Baiyewu added.

Responding to how the pandemic compounded food access problems, Atlanta City

Councilman Michael Julian Bond partnered with HelloFresh this summer to have meal kits delivered to food insecure families in Atlanta.

HelloFresh will work with Atlanta-based meal kit company Pratt Industries to deliver 2,000 meal kits a week with a goal of delivering 400,000 meals in Atlanta by 2022. Each kit can produce four meals.

The 2020 report found that food delivery services grew during the pandemic, including services that deliver not just meals, but all kinds of groceries.

From the streets to the farm English Avenue’s urban farmer “Jamaica,” moved to the U.S. in 1972 as a twelve-year-old, to live with his father who was in the Bronx at the time. By 15, Jamaica was living on the streets, and sometime soon after he became addicted to crack.

Jamaica finally moved to Atlanta in 2004 to get away from trouble he had gotten into up north. Soon after, a friend in Atlanta introduced him to Susan Baker, the then coordinator at the urban farm’s coordinator, because he had learned how to farm as a child in Jamaica.

The Elm Street farm alone produced nearly 3,000 pounds of food in 2015. Jamaica gives 90% of the produce to families in the English Avenue neighborhood and the remainder is sold to local restaurants.

All of the food at the English Avenue Farm is given to the 25 member families. All of the 97 members are at or below the federal poverty line, 46 adults, 37 children and 14 senior citizens.

“I enjoy giving people food, you know because in this neighborhood sometimes there's people that don’t have anything,” Jamaica said.

“This helps me a lot— helping the people and helping myself because this keeps me away from my addiction. To see people smile, just to see somebody happy when you drop off the fresh vegetables.”

Madeline Thigpen is a Report for America corps member with The Atlanta Voice covering education. This story is part of ‘Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the fight against food apartheid,” the result of a Report for America initiative that brought Black-owned newsrooms from New York, Georgia, Missouri, and California together to look at how COVID-19 impacted food insecurity in their communities.

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during a pandemic-era remodel in October 2020, according to Dollar General.

The produce mix includes lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, lemons, and salad mixes.

Several activists said they would like to see local retailers and area restaurants partner with local Black farmers to help meet community needs for fresh foods.

“There were a lot of organizations that were coming into community trying to feed community sub-par food, right, not healthy food,” Phonix said.

Some also spoke of the need to add healthier items “but no one was talking about getting them from Black farmers.”

“I just felt the need to converge and connect the two,” she said.

A Dollar Tree spokeswoman said some suppliers will be local, but so far none of the locations in the produce test group is among the 37 Dollar Tree stores in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

Even without official connections to major retailers, urban ag and community gardening are growing in the region.

Matt Schindler is executive director of Gateway Greening, which provides urban agriculture education and resources to help launch or expand community gardens and farms.

The organization typically works with about 50 new or expanding projects a year. It expects this year to see an 18% increase in projects over the 53 projects completed in 2019.

“Interest has gone up… and it's been great to see,” said Schindler, noting that funds allocated for the year for supplies such as lumber were spent by March. “It was already going up, but then it's severely jumped in a good way during COVID.” On Suburban Avenue in Ferguson, a young father arrived at a community garden recently, mate and two children in tow, seeking food, according to the garden’s caretaker.

With no money to spend, he offered his watch.

“He … asked could I help his family out,” said Ron Brown, operations manager at the garden. “They were hungry. And I said ‘yes you can get vegetables’.”

In a nondescript grocery bag, the family placed tomatoes, peppers, maybe a head of cabbage and some eggplant, Brown recalled.

“The area of our garden is very low income,” he said. Residents without cars wander by the garden going to or from a nearby bus stop.

“Some of the ones they'll come up and say ‘I'm really down on my luck, can you help me out.’ And I'll say ‘I can't give you money, but I can give you a bottle of water and I can give you some vegetables.’”

The solitary solicitation of the watch-bearing dad, and the parents and grandparents who regularly visit food pantries, give quiet testimony to the enduring need.

Such requests continue, Brown said emphatically, taking a break from his weeding and pruning. Not as much as earlier in the year, but the need persists.

Karen Robinson-Jacobs is a Report for America corps member with The St. Louis American / Type Investigations in St Louis, MO, covering business. This story is part of ‘Barren Mile: COVID-19 and the fight against food apartheid,” the result of a Report for America initiative that brought Black-owned newsrooms from New York, Georgia, Missouri, and California together to look at how COVID-19 impacted food insecurity in their communities.

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