Sierra Filucci

Slow Food Fast Losing its Appeal

filucci — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:23:43 +0000

In this radio essay for Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Earth Beat, I talk about my family’s weird food experiment and the conclusion that the sustainable food movement needs to talk more about gender. The piece is based on my article for the East Bay Express.

Hunger in Oakland: More Than Ever

filucci — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:09:39 +0000

Two boys at food distribution center in Oakland.

All indications show that people in Oakland — who tend to already suffer from low incomes, less-than-great public schools, and high unemployment — now are more food insecure than ever. This is a piece for Oakland Local about food insecurity/hunger in the city. Plus I did some video interviews to accompany the piece

Oakland Attempts to Reform School Lunch

filucci — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:53:34 +0000

It’s easy to disparage school food because it so often deserves its bad rep. Oakland’s school food is no different. But at least some folks are trying to do something about it. My latest piece about Oakland’s school food reform efforts appeared in OaklandLocal.com.

Best Way to Buy Local Meat

filucci — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:09:04 +0000

Diablo Magazine published this short blurb I wrote about Bay Area Meat CSA in their Best of 2009 issue.

Back to the Microwave

filucci — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:25:21 +0000

This cover story for the East Bay Express details the two-month food experiment I did with my family where we ate only frozen/quick food for one month and local/slow food the next. Over the course of the experiment I have several realizations about motherhood and the sustainable-food movement.

Business Opportunities Produced by No Child Left Behind

filucci — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:19:55 +0000

This cover story for the East Bay Express looks into the tutoring companies that are benefitting from the “parent choice” clause in NCLB. This was a joint article written with Sabrina Shankman and Emma Brown.

Restaurants Struggle to Produce Health Reports

filucci — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:22:55 +0000

For this piece for the Marin Independent Journal, I drove throughout the county and stopped at random restaurants looking for health department signs and asking managers to produce recent health inspection reports. The results were incredible.

Small Farmers Get Boost from Nonprofit

filucci — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:04:33 +0000

For the Marin Independent Journal, I wrote this piece about some farm bill money that is getting funneled to small farmers through a Marin County nonprofit.

Foreclosure’s Silver Lining

filucci — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:58:57 +0000

In a piece for the Marin Independent Journal, I wrote about the people on the other side of the foreclosure crisis — those who were jumping on the low prices and interest rates to buy their first homes.

Intersections: 51st and Telegraph

filucci — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:31:53 +0000

This multimedia project looks at the city of Oakland through the lens of one intersection. This project followed a concept I conceived, with the idea that other journalists could produce similar projects focused on different intersections. The work was funded by the Carnegie-Knight Foundation and Bloomberg. Check out the two major pieces I produced, including a history of the city’s trash service and a photographic peek behind the counter of three businesses.