Years ago I saw an acupuncturist who, while sitting with me post-treatment to review her recommendations for an herbal medicine regimen along with diet,...
An emerging co-operative development project in L.A.'s Crenshaw neighborhood is boldly challenging the model of urban development by asserting their vision for a co-operatively...
It is often the habit of organizational professionals who interface with communities to do "to" or "for" local residents. However, when such staff step...
Katherine Gustafson is a freelance writer and editor based in the Washington, DC area. Her first book, Change Comes to Dinner, about sustainable food, was published this month by St. Martin's Press.
Flowers bloom alongside Quesada Avenue. Photo by Katherine Gustafson.
In 2002, two neighbors armed with spades and seeds changed everything for crime-addled Quesada Avenue in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point area. The street had been ground zero for the area’s drug trade...