Ten years ago, it was the end zone to Grant High School's practice football field. Today, it's the score on a decade's worth of hard work. The Garden of Ethnic American Treasures (GO EAT) celebrated its 10th Anniversary this weekend, and by the smell of the grill, Grant football is not the only program cooking these days. The GEO Academy at Grant High School is a resounding success, training leaders and providing resources to the Del Paso Heights community. According to GEO's Program Coordinator, Ann Marie Kennedy, students continue to advance the program forward. What started as a basic gardening class has transformed into a multi faceted education. Students take classes in botany, horti

The California State University system faces a $1.27 billion dollar cut in its 2009-10 General Fund Budget from one year ago.  While total enrollment is up 4,000 students across the CSU system, budget outlays are 55 percent less than they were in 2008-09. To balance the CSU budget, the CA Board of Trustees has enacted a three prong approach. Teachers will be furloughed twice a month in order to save jobs, classes are being cancelled to save cash, and students will see a 32 percent increase in their student fees.  This is the seventh time in eight years that student fees have gone up, and students are finding it very difficult to graduate because the classes they need have either been canc

With the prices of groceries on the rise, one local Sacramentan is planting his economic vision directly in the ground. Kory Grant Clift of Freedom Farms isn't your typical farmer. First off, he doesn't charge money for his fresh organic produce. Second, he's African American, and less than one percent of all California farmers share his ethnicity. Clift's vision for Freedom Farms is to create a nutritious sustainable food system for South Sacramento. In order to build awareness of locally grown food, Clift has set up over 30 community gardens for Oak Park residents. He provides cooking demonstrations for local schools, and he's trying to get Sacramento school boards to use more l