Del Paso Heights

In 2009 Alchemist CDC and SMHA collaborated with the FEED Coalition (Food Education Equity and Diversity), to assist with the
Del Paso Heights Community Farmers’ Market,
which operates from June through October
and is located at the Robertson Community Center,
3525 Norwood Ave., Sacramento, CA.
Every Saturday, 7:30 am to 12 noon
For more information about the Del Paso Heights Community Farmers’ Market, visit their Web site at: http://www.soilborn.org/dph_market.html
2010 will offer some exciting possibilities as this market completes an organizational transition to be self-managed by the growers that sell at the market.

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Now accepting EBT Food Stamps and WIC vouchers

“For Tangelena White, buying fresh fruit and vegetables was pricey and not always easy in her North Sacramento neighborhood. [Alchemist CDC and SMHA] began buying produce from farmers and reselling it in her neighborhood, like a mobile farmers market. For the first time, White, 22, and her family ate a lot healthier, she said. “I ate so many plums,” said White, who eagerly experimented with new vegetables, broadening her palate.”
-Sacramento Bee
Fresh Farm Fare Goes Legal
By M.S. Enkoji
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In 2008 South Natomas residents from River Garden Estates visited the Alkali Flat Urban Farm Stand for NeighborWorks Week to learn more about the farm stand and speak to attendees about the importance of having “walkable nutrition” in their community.

River Garden Estates resident, Latrise James, speaks to attendees after Councilmember Ray Tretheway accepted his award for his support of the Urban Farm Stand Project	The younger brother of Urban Farm Stand Intern, Tangelina White, looks at nutrition information after getting his face painted	Andrea Porras, community organizer for River Garden Estates, speaks about the Urban Farm Stand coming to the South Natomas area

	More photos from the River Garden Estates Urban Farm Stand
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