Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a statewide non-profit whose membership includes family farmers and urban residents, working to build a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. Growers Collaborative LLC, is wholly owned by CAFF, and part of CAFF’s Community Food Systems program.
Chipotle Mexican Grill will donate 50% of any customer purchase to CAFF when presented with their special fundraising flyer. Promotion good from 9/4-9/8/2010 and only in SF Bay Area locations. Download flier here.
La Cocina was founded to serve as a platform for low-income entrepreneurs launching, formalizing or expanding their food businesses. La Cocina provides affordable commercial kitchen space and industry-specific technical assistance to low-income entrepreneurs in order to bring their businesses quickly to a point of self-sufficiency.
People's Grocery is a community-based organization in West Oakland that develops creative solutions to the health problems in our community that stem from a lack of access to and knowledge about healthy, fresh foods. Our mission is to build a local food system that improves the health and economy of the West Oakland community.
David McLean is the Brew master and Owner of Magnolia Pub & Brewery and Alembic Bar, both on Haight Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Magnolia is a small-batch, artisan brewery and pub: the beers are handcrafted using carefully sourced ingredients. Alembic is one of the country’s premier cocktail bars, helping to restore the craft and art of cocktail creation. He has worked with Slow Food San Francisco in presenting two artisan beer and food festivals and continues to work to integrate more Slow Food values into his establishments.www.magnoliapub.com
HavenBMedia is an Oakland-based media relations team focused on food, environment and community. We are professional communicators who are serious about positive social and environmental change. Our passion is getting the word out about sustainability, from seafood to ethically sourced coffee to the latest eco-fashion. HavenBMedia partners with businesses, non-profits and individual entrepreneurs seeking real experts who understand how both traditional and social media operates. We’re proud of our work with Bon Appétit Management Company, Equator Coffees and Teas, TransFairUSA, FishChoice.com and others that have authentic and powerful stories for us to tell. www.havenbmedia.com Follow us on twitter:@havenbourque
Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping shared resources under public control.
Vintage Berkeley is an independently owned, East Bay wine retailer, with three locations in the greater Berkeley area. We feature limited production wines from around the world, typically under $25. We buy wine from small importers, local wineries, and independent distributors giving us preferred access to today’s best selection of high quality affordable wines.
farmCurious is an organization designed to educate, inspire and equip urban homesteaders. Our customers are interested in learning to produce artisan food seasonally and sustainably, while reducing their impact on the environment. We currently specialize in educational homesteading demonstrations and will be opening a physical retail location in Spring 2011 in Oakland. For more information, please visit