Chiyoung Kim / 9th, North Hollywood High
As the KAC‘s LA Riots commemoration also advocated sustainability, Hunger Action LA and the LA Community Garden Council were also present at the event to advertise methods of being self-sustainable.
Hunger Action LA, a nonprofit organization, works “to end hunger and promote healthy eating through community education, outreach, networking, and empowerment of low income people to speak on issues that affect their lives directly,” as it says on their website, hungeractionla.org.
Their mission is to also ensure that everybody has access to fresh, healthy food that is sustainable and environmentally sound.
Their take on sustainability?
The LA Community Garden Council, also a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1999 and currently owns around 80 community gardens all around Los Angeles County. It hopes to connect people with community gardens all around LA, for they claim that a family with a garden has the potential of cultivating an average of at least 1 extra serving of fruits and vegetables per year compared to a family without a garden.
Alongisde promoting sustainability, the LA Community Garden Council works towards giving students free meals, making food stamps more accessible, picking fruit for the hungry, helping people learn new jobs and plant gardens, and providing food for senior citizens.