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Healthier Foodware for the Planet and its People
As a recycler (we are a founding member of AMBR) in a zero waste organization, we always look through the...

Food & Farming
Stories from Field to Fork: Meet Farmer Paul Lee of Kay Lee Farms, a Market Match vendor
Kay Lee Farm is a 70 acre family farm in Fresno, CA. Operated by farmer Paul Lee and started in...

Zero Waste
What is Greenwashing in Plastics Recycling?
What is Greenwashing in Plastics Recycling? You may have heard of “greenwashing,” but do you know what it means in...

Food & Farming
Why does Market Match invest in Small Farmers and Farmers’ Markets? Interview with Efren Avalos, owner of Avalos Farm
Market Match provides extra money to CalFresh recipients to afford fresh fruits and vegetables across the state at over 290...

Food & Farming
Big Victory for Market Match, but the Fight Isn’t Over!
We’re excited to share some great news! Last week, advocates of the Ecology Center-led Market Match program celebrated a significant...

An Interview with Gabriel Cortez—Ecology Center Poet In Residence
Gabriel Cortez is a unique Bay Area transplant—raised in Maryland, Virginia, and Los Angeles and of Afro-Panamanian descent, his childhood...

Food & Farming
Ecology Center’s food justice work in the East Bay: Launch of first grocery store location for Market Match in West Oakland
Ecology Center is proud to announce our recent partnership and the start of Market Match at our first grocery store...

Food & Farming
Save Market Match Coalition Rallies in Sacramento
The fight to save Market Match continues! The Ecology Center joined the Agricultural Institute of Marin, alongside other members of...

Zero Waste
Plastics vs. Planet: Upcoming Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations
The Ecology Center has a decades-long record of battling disposable plastic packaging. From the nation’s first styrofoam foodware ban (1988)...

Love Linda Vista Farmers Market, Ecology Center’s partner in San Diego, Makes Strides to Keep Market Match and Fresh Food Access
The neighborhood of Linda Vista in San Diego almost lost the Market Match program, a federal and state-funded grant program...

Zero Waste
Against All Odds—Could a Global Plastic Treaty Be a Reality in 2024?
An Interview with Ecology Center Executive Director Martin Bourque on the United Nations Plastic Treaty meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, November...

Climate & Policy
Sustainable Living
Zero Waste
Thanks for Joining Us for Plastic Free July 2023!
This summer, the Ecology Center celebrated Plastic Free July with a month filled with dynamic events and engaging educational content....
