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Pay-What-You-Can Markets Provide Produce for the Common Good

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“To the north, you have the Kelly Miller housing projects, where about 94 percent of residents are below the federal poverty limit and most are unemployed,” says James, who worked as the farm programs manager at Common Good City Farm until early January. “To

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How I Got My Job: From Making Artisanal Jam to Public Service at SF City Hall and Beyond

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For nine years, she was the Master Preserver and owner of a small-batch artisan jam company, while simultaneously acting as a food and nutrition policy associate at a public health organization and then a community programs manager for the beloved San Francisco grocery company Bi-Rite. People take food for granted.