The UC Cooperative Extension Bay Area Urban Ag Organizations listed have missions to support and Food Systems Program’s Mission is to conduct grown without chemical inputs, and value open space applied research and education supporting healthy and access, security, environmental and human health, safe food and lands access and security for and with community development and/or preservation of ancestral/ diverse residents of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San culturally-relevant food growing practices. Francisco Counties. It serves as a resource in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties and the North Bay as needed. Though significantly representative of the Bay Area’s Neighbor-Food Web, this FREE Guide is not meant to be Program staff provide agricultural technical assistance and an exhaustive list. Groups listed may request to be resources to urban , community and school , removed or their entries updated or edited at any time by faith based, institutional, residential and therapeutic food emailing [email protected], and edits will be growing groups. Collaborations partner with local completed as able. This guide supports Urban Farming non-profit organizations, community based volunteer groups who generate revenue through tours of their sites, groups, policy makers and governmental agencies to who uplift their organizational , capacity, and leverage in-kind resources, grants and donations for this who ensure permanent open space preservation, as able. purpose. Most urban farming groups’ focus is on the concurrent The program monitors and evaluates impacts in terms of benefits of growing food in community, and the resulting knowledge, behavior and changing conditions through a Social, Health, and Economic Impacts of Urban participatory approach. Such inclusion encompasses an rather than on production agriculture equity lens focused on food security, resource (Research - (ucanr.edu). (Live link). conservation, environmental quality, youth, human, social This Guide highlights and links the Bay Area’s and economic development, food as medicine, and Neighbor-Food Network while UCCE’s Urban Ag & Food food-growing, gleaning, and sharing activities as Systems Program seeks to bridge resource gaps, and raise horticultural therapy. the viability of the urban farming network, so, Let’s Grow Together Bay Area! UC Cooperative Extension’s Urban Ag Program offers resources on: Resource Guide Contents: Small-scale production, including soil, planting, irrigation, Educational & Research Institutions / 2 pest management, and harvesting, as well as information Government Groups & Agencies / 3 on the business of farming, and how to market urban Park Districts / 4 products. This resource guide includes many institutions, Markets / 5 organizations and some local businesses that are actively Municipal Compost / 6 serving Bay Area urban and community food growers in Policy & Advocacy Groups / 6 many ways. Regional Food Groups & Nonprofits / 9 Urban Farms / 12 About this Urban Farming Resource Guide Training Opportunities / 19 This guide gathers together urban farms – plus their Useful Tools / 21 supporting groups and agencies – that grow food for those beyond their own families’/growers’ needs. Some grow food for sales or donations; others are for profit, non-profit or volunteer based groups, or a mix of these. Most groups listed do not fit neatly into any one category but actually serve their communities in a variety of ways.

Page 1 Updated 4/21/2021 EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS different cultures managing a wide variety of farming operations, often with limited resources. Farms are UC Cooperative Extension Urban Ag & Food supported by small farm advisors and ANR’s small System Program http://ucanr.edu/urbanag farm workgroup. Rob Bennaton, Bay Area Urban Agriculture Advisor: [email protected] Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) Are you interested in starting an urban farm? Seeking https://food.berkeley.edu/ details on how to raise backyard chickens and bees? (510) 643-8821 Looking for information on laws, zoning and The Berkeley Food Institute seeks to transform food regulations that relate to urban agriculture? We offer systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food resources on small-scale production, including soil, and promote sustainable and equitable food planting, irrigation, pest management, and harvesting, production. BFI empowers new leaders with capacities as well as information on the business of farming, such to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food as how to grow and market urban farm products. systems.

UC Cooperative Extension Growing Roots https://ucanr.edu/, http://mg.ucanr.edu/ nature.berkeley.edu/growingroots UC Agriculture and Natural Resources supports [email protected] healthy food systems, healthy environments, healthy The long-term goal of the Growing Roots project is to communities, and healthy Californians. UC ANR hosts support the economic and ecological viability of the 4-H Youth Development Program, CalFresh beginning and ranchers from Nutrition Education Program, Commercial Agriculture diverse communities – whether urban, rural or and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs, and peri-urban, no matter their ethno-racial background, the California Master Gardener Program, all while uplifting under resourced food growers stories connecting the public to UC research-based and capacities for success. Offers a regular newsletter information about community and pest with resources and information for urban farmers and management. food justice advocates.

UC Research & Education Sustainable Agriculture Education (SAGE) Program (SAREP) The David Brower Center, Berkeley http://asi.ucdavis.edu/programs/sarep www.sagecenter.org, University of California at Davis [email protected], (510) 526-1793 Agricultural Sustainability Institute (530) 752-3915, Through their two linked programs, Urban-Edge [email protected] Agricultural Revitalization and Urban-Rural SAREP is a statewide program that provides support Connections, SAGE works to revitalize agricultural for scientific research and education in agricultural and places that sustain, contain, and define cities and to food systems that are economically viable, conserve connect urban and rural communities for their mutual natural resources and biodiversity, and enhance the benefit. quality of life in the state's communities. SAREP serves farmers, farmworkers, ranchers, researchers, UC Davis Western Institute for Food Safety educators, regulators, policy makers, industry and Security professionals, consumers, and community https://www.wifss.ucdavis.edu/about/ organizations across the state. UC Davis Western Institute for Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) provides research and education UC Small Farms Program programs to equip and support stakeholders in http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/ agriculture and the food supply chain to address the Small farms research and extension efforts are focused needs and challenges in food safety and security for a on the challenges and opportunities of California's diverse and growing global human population. WIFSS small-scale farm operators, including farmers of many programs serve local, state, federal and international

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GOVERNMENT GROUPS & AGENCIES Alameda County Resource Conservation District (Each County has parallel agencies, generally.) (ACRCD) www.acrcd.org, (925) 371-0154 Alameda County Department of ACRCD and the USDA Natural Resources Con- Agriculture/Weights & Measures servation Service (NRCS) collaborate as the 224 W. Winton Ave. Room 184 Conserv-ation Partnership serving as the lead Hayward, CA 94544 conservation agency in Alameda County to provide www.acgov.org/cda/awm/ technical and educational services for natural resource (510) 670-5232 (Google Your County’s Ag Dept.!) conservation and agriculture enhancement. ACRCD Promotes Alameda County’s agricultural industry, partners with UCCE to offer grants for qualifying protects the environment and the general public, and urban farm projects through the ACRCD-UCCE Urban ensures buyers and sellers a fair marketplace. Ag Mini-Grants Program, based on funding Responsible for permitting of Approved Source Farms availability. and Farmers’ Markets Certification; acts as the local enforcement authority for the California Department of Contra Costa Resource Conservation District Food and Agriculture and the California Department of (CCRCD) Regulation. 5552 Clayton Road Concord, CA 94521 Alameda County Environmental Health https://www.ccrcd.org Department 1131 Harbor Bay Parkway The CCRCD assists urban farmers in applying for Alameda, CA 94502-6577 grants and training programs that support conservation www.acgov.org/aceh practices and in showcasing their work to the broader (510) 567-6700 community. Monitors food safety in retail food facilities throughout the county. (Google Your County’s Env. Health Dept.!) Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District https://www.gcrcd.org/ Alameda County Public Health Department This RCD in Santa Clara County is dedicated to 1000 Broadway, Suite 500 conserving natural resources and providing public with Oakland, CA 94607 technical assistance and education to improve www.acphd.org conservation, agriculture and environmental health. (510) 267-8000 (Google Your County’s Env. Health Dept.!) Among Loma Prieta Resource Conservation District other programs, provides nutrition services to reduce http://lomaprietarcd.org/ chronic disease and improve long-term health. [email protected], (408) 871-4171 Loma Prieta RCD in Southern Santa Clara County’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Program mission is to assist community members and partners NCAT's Western Office - Davis, CA to conserve and improve the local natural resources. https://attra.ncat.org (530) 792-7338, (800) 411-3222 San Mateo Resource Conservation District ATTRA is a program of the National Center for http://www.sanmateorcd.org/ Appropriate Technology (NCAT). They are committed The San Mateo RCD’s focus is on ensuring agriculture to providing high value information and technical thrives by helping farmers and ranchers be stewards of assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, the land. They provide agriculture support through educators, and others involved in sustainable projects like Carbon Farming and The Healthy Soils agriculture in the United States, especially those who Program. are economically disadvantaged or belong to traditionally underserved communities. For financial Page 3 Updated 4/21/2021 California Department of Food and Agriculture Unified School District, https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/ Green Schoolyards California State Dept. of Food and Agriculture serves https://www.sfusd.edu/departments/sustainability/gree the states diverse agricultural community. Programs n-schoolyards include the Healthy Soils Program, the Equity [email protected] Initiative and SWEEP, as well as grant opportunities. SFUSD goal is to provide students with active green schoolyards so they can interact with, learn about and East Bay Municipal Utility District play in nature. www.ebmud.com [email protected], 866-403-2683 StopWaste EBMUD provides high-quality drinking water for 1.4 www.stopwaste.org million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa (510) 891-6500 counties. Their WaterSmart gardener is your go-to StopWaste is a public agency responsible for reducing resource center for outdoor water conservation, with the waste stream in Alameda County by helping local incentives, tips, services, events, and more. EBMUD governments, businesses, schools, and residents reduce offers monetary rewards to community organizations waste through source reduction and recycling, market who create publicly accessible community gardens or development, technical assistance, and public urban farm projects that demonstrate water conserving education. Offers composting and soil testing services principles. and consultations to urban farms, as able.

Oakland Unified School District School Gardens United States Department of Agriculture – Office of Program Urban Agriculture & Innovation Kat Romo, Nutrition and TSA/FoodCorps Site https://www.farmers.gov/urban Supervisor https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/urb www.ousd.org/domain/100 an-agriculture-toolkit.pdf [email protected] Explore information, grants and tools on urban OUSD Garden Education’s goal is to establish and agriculture, including the Urban Agriculture Toolkit. maintain a garden in every school. PARKS DISTRICTS Berkeley Unified School District, and Cooking Program Check with your local city Parks and/or Public Works https://www.berkeleyschools.net/gcp/ Departments or Utility Districts for local community (510) 489-9350 gardening resources, programs, and grants. This district-wide program focuses on helping students with academic achievement, increased health and East Bay Regional Park District essential life skills. Students and families also benefit https://www.ebparks.org/ from nutritional education, family events and career The East Bay Regional Park District is a system of technical education in public health/family well-being. beautiful parklands and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, comprising nearly 125,000 acres in 73 San Francisco Public Utilities Commission parks, with 1,250 miles of trails and 55 miles of www.sfwater.org shoreline. We acquire, manage, and preserve natural (510) 554-3289 General Inquiries and cultural resources. Our parks are ideal for Contact: Amy Dawson [email protected] environmental education and recreation, including The SFPUC is responsible for the storage, quality hiking, biking, picnicking, horseback riding, camping, control and distribution of the area’s drinking water, fishing, boating, golfing, and nature study in our parks. and is a longtime supporter of urban agriculture projects including The Garden Project, The Garden for Hayward Area Recreation and Park District the Environment, and the Sunol Ag Park. https://www.haywardrec.org/ The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD) is an independent special district, the largest parks and Page 4 Updated 4/21/2021 recreation California, and hosts the Hayward Our mission is to bring traditional legacy foods from Community Garden (5.5 Acres) and Sorensdale Park’s Black farmers and other underserved farmers to the Therapeutic Horticulture Program to name a few. Bay Area with the goal of making regionally fresh organic or pesticide free produce and nutritional Oakland Program– information accessible in areas devoid of Oakland Park & Recreation supermarkets. https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/oakland-community -gardening-program Fresh Approach The City of Oakland’s community gardens enable https://www.freshapproach.org/ residents to grow organic flowers, fruits, vegetables, Our mission is to create long-term change in local food and herbs. Offerings include volunteer opportunities, systems, by connecting California communities with rental plots, and youth gardening through some healthy food from California farmers and expanding schools, nonprofits, and City recreation centers. knowledge about food and nutrition. Through our programs we promote grassroots community San Francisco Recreation & Parks Urban empower-ment that supports small family farms, Agriculture Program promotes sustainability and responsible stewardship in https://sfrecpark.org/1181/Urban-Agriculture-Program agri-culture, breaks down systemic barriers, and [email protected] strengthens the local economy – all while growing The citywide Urban Agriculture Program is an community interest in healthy eating. interagency program that supports and supplies the infrastructure for community members to steward Mandela Partners urban green spaces, on both public and private lands. www.mandelapartners.org [email protected] Community Garden Program - San Jose Parks and (510) 433-0993 Recreation Department Mandela Partners is a nonprofit organization that https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departme works in partnership with local residents, family nts/parks-recreation-neighborhood-services/reservation farmers, and community-based businesses to improve s-permits/community-garden-plots health, create wealth, and build assets through local Email: [email protected] food enterprises in limited-resource communities. For This program manages community gardens in San Jose nearly two decades, Mandela Partners has been driving through volunteer staff and offers residents people-centered community development by opportunities to rent out a plot to grow food on. supporting the launch and growth of small food businesses, increasing access to healthy food options in low-access communities, building skills and capacities MARKETS of resident BIPOC entrepreneurs, strengthening income generation among BIPOC sustainable farmers, Agricultural Institute of Marin and facilitating access to community capital. https://www.agriculturalinstitute.org/ [email protected] Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association (415) 472-6100 https://www.pcfma.org/ Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) serves 350+ (925) 825-9090 farmers, food purveyors, and artisans from 38 Founded in July 1988, PCFMA’s mission is to connect California counties who participate in AIM’s eight California farmers’ to their local communities. One Certified Farmers Markets across the Bay Area. Our way we achieve this is by operating a variety of goal is to showcase the benefits of buying locally farmers’ markets across the bay area. PCFMA grown, raised, sourced and products directly from the currently manages over 50 farmers’ markets, making producer. us the oldest and largest farmers’ market association on the West Coast! Freedom Farmers Market https://www.facebook.com/freedomfarmersmrkt/

Page 5 Updated 4/21/2021 Republic Services MUNICIPAL COMPOST www.republicservices.com (877) 692-9729 City of Hayward Composting/Composting Give Republic Services provides waste management and Backs recycling services in parts of the Bay Area, including https://www.hayward-ca.gov/services/city-services/co municipal compost collection and distribution. mpost-giveaway [email protected] (510) 583-4000 Tri-CED This compost provider does sustainable food recycling. Union City Every fall and spring, they give away bags of compost https://www.tri-ced.org/ in partnership with Waste Management, made from (510) 471-3850 Bay Area yard trimmings. Tri-CED services Hayward and Union city and its goal is to reduce the waste stream and to provide green jobs Common Compost for disadvantaged youth. Oakland, CA http://www.commoncompost.org This compost provider manufactures flow-through Waste Management EarthCare vermicomposting systems and establishes on-site food http://wmearthcare.com/ recovery programs to make healthy soil for local 877-963-2784 community gardens, community centers, schools, food WM EarthCare offers sustainable landscape products banks, and private residents. They also offer to farmers, gardeners and landscapers in Sonoma, vermicomposting curriculum, training programs, and Napa, Marin, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties. Our site design consulting to support local, sustainable com-post and mulch are made locally from 100% options for recovering food material and producing recycled, Bay Area-sourced yard trimmings, food nutrient rich compost. scraps and clean lumber debris.

Free Compost for Berkeley Residents POLICY & ADVOCACY GROUPS https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Parks_Rec_Waterfront /Marina/Free_Compost_for_Berkeley_Residents.aspx California Food and Farming Network This program offers free compost to Berkeley residents https://foodfarmnetwork.org/ on a first come first served basis from February to [email protected] October starting at 6:30am on Saturday morning at the California Food and Farming Network is comprised of East side of the Berkeley Marina. You must present over sixty organizations focused on advancing state photo id and shovel in your own load. policies that are rooted in community, promote fairness and racial equity and environmental and financial Recology sustainability. www.recology.com/organics Farmers across California and Oregon use ChangeLab Solutions Recology Organics to grow everything from fruit and www.changelabsolutions.org (510)302-3380 vegetables, to flowers and . Recology works https://www.changelabsolutions.org/product/model-joi with both traditional and organic farmers, as well as nt-use-agreement-resources home and garden landscapers to find the best soil ChangeLab Solutions' Healthy Planning program is solutions for all growing needs. pioneering a new approach to public health advocacy. Explore their model policies, how-to guides, fact Recycle Smart sheets, and other policy tools as well as resources, https://www.recyclesmart.org/ technical assistance, and trainings. They provide the [email protected], (925) 906-1801 tools to promote urban agriculture through land use Recycle Smart provides services for solid waste like policies, address liability concerns, negotiate with garbage recycling and organics composting in Central property owners, and encourage community Contra Costa County. participation.

Page 6 Updated 4/21/2021 Food First Urban Ag & Food System Alliances https://foodfirst.org/ (510) 654-4400, [email protected] Eden Area Food Alliance Food First’s mission is to end the injustices that cause www.facebook.com/716196771750370/posts/what-is-t hunger. They support activists, social movements, he-ashland-cherryland-food-policy-council-check-out- alliances, and coalitions working for systemic change, our-website-to-lear/719116158125098/ providing gives the tools to understand global The resident-driven EAFA advises local government challenges, build local movements, and engage with on policy in order to establish an equitable and secure the global movement for food sovereignty. food system for the Eden Area community.

Food Policy Councils Santa Clara Food Systems Alliance http://fsa-scc.squarespace.com/ Berkeley Food Policy Council [email protected] www.ecologycenter.org/bfpc The Alliance is a collaborative of stakeholders The BFPC is a coalition of local organizers, activists, concerned with issues of healthy food access, visionaries, and entrepreneurs who work towards agricultural production and food distribution in Santa promoting regional agriculture and community access Clara County. The Alliance collaborates with to healthy food. The BFPC was established in 1999 stake-holders in neighboring counties that share and meets on a quarterly basis. concerns about the same issues.

Oakland Food Policy Council San Mateo Food System Alliance https://www.facebook.com/oaktownfoodpolicy http://www.gethealthysmc.org/pod-teal/join-san-mateo “Food is our focus and policy is our tool, but we are -county-food-system-alliance nothing if not a gathering of the community first.” [email protected] The San Mateo County Food System Alliance has been Cultivating Resistance breaking ground for the Food System Alliance Oakland Food Policy Council movement since its formation in November 2006. As https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0bCVkU6r7jILUZm the first Food System Alliance in California, the group cGhYT0tiNjQ/view has worked to bring together all the parts of the San Cultivating Resistance, a collaboration between the Mateo County food system into a cohesive group Oakland Food Policy Council, City Slicker Farms, and capable of creating a healthier and more vibrant local UCCE Urban Ag Program, and was created to support food economy. household incomes, improve access to healthy foods, and strengthen local communities and economies. It is Solano Local Food System Alliance a guide to navigate existing regulations, opportunities http://sustainablesolano.org/local-food-movement-2/lo and resources for anyone interested in growing and cal-food-alliance/ selling raw agricultural products in Oakland. It is The Solano Local Food System Alliance includes a intended to save you time and money by consolidating wide variety of stakeholders committed to fulfilling the municipal, county, state and federal regulations that mission of creating an environmentally sustainable, govern food cultivation and distribution in Oakland; economically viable, socially just and equitable local provide suggestions for how to access land for food system in Solano County. cultivation; and offer resources to support starting and running a small food business. Sonoma County Food System Alliance https://sonomacofsa.wordpress.com/ The Sonoma County Food System Alliance is part of a California network of county Alliances and State Roundtables that foster consensus actions and policy recommendations from food and agriculture stake-holders. They envision a system in which local growers and processors are economically viable, the Page 7 Updated 4/21/2021 physical environment is maintained, and consumers high-quality homes, and access to open space for food have access to healthy, affordable food. growing.

Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) John Muir Land Trust www.theselc.org, (510) 398-6219 https://jmlt.org/ [email protected] SELC hosts free food and ag business and non-profit (925) 228-5460 legal advising cafes. It cultivates a new legal landscape John Muir Land Trust protects and cares for open supporting community resilience and grassroots space, ranches, farms, parkland and shoreline in Contra economic empowerment. SELC attorneys provide Costa and Alameda Counties. JMLT believes that the essential legal tools so communities everywhere can vitality of our natural open spaces is essential to the develop their own sustainable sources of food, health of our earth, air, water, native plants and housing, energy, jobs, and other vital aspects of a animals — and all of us. We identify and purchase thriving community. Also, check out extensive open spaces that should be conserved in a natural state resources on Urban Ag Law here: and enjoyed by everyone. With 3,500 acres protected, http://www.urbanaglaw.org/ many beautiful places in the East Bay are permanently preserved for recreation and wildlife habitat. Land Trusts Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley Agricultural-Natural Resources Trust https://www.landtrustscv.org/ https://www.ag-trust.org/ [email protected] [email protected] The mission of the Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley is (925) 672-2354 to protect, promote and enhance ecosystems and to Agricultural-Natural Resources Trust, a private, preserve land for agriculture, recreation, education, nonprofit corporation, was formed by the County historical preservation, or open space. They ensure Board of Supervisors in 1997 as the first Land Trust of locally-grown foods through agricultural land Eastern Contra Costa County. They are dedicated to easements and also protect critical habitats for conserving working family ranches and farms, threatened or endangered species. working landscapes, open spaces, natural habitats, and the communities they support. Through conservation Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District easements, ANRT works with private landowners, https://www.openspace.org/ conservation agencies and other concerned entities to [email protected] ensure the future of agriculture by understanding local (650) 691-1200 needs to keep land in production. An independent special district in the San Francisco Bay Area that has preserved a regional greenbelt California Farmland Trust system of nearly 65,000 acres of public land and https://www.cafarmtrust.org/ manages 26 open space preserves. [email protected] (916) 687-3178 Peninsula Open Space Trust California Farmland Trust works with farmers to place https://openspacetrust.org/ legal protections and to ensure that their land remains a [email protected] farm through what's called an easement. They also (650) 854-7696 provide education and bring kids out to farms. Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) is creating a network of protected lands where people and nature Eden Community Land Trust connect and thrive. These lands are preserved forever https://www.facebook.com/CLTEden/?ref=page_intern so present and future generations benefit from the al careful balance of rural and urban landscapes that Renae Badruzzaman, [email protected] makes our region extraordinary. They have preserved This community organization of Eden area community over 80,000 acres of open space in San Mateo, Santa members who seek to transform their neighborhood Clara and Santa Cruz counties to enhance the lives of and ensure that there are permanent, affordable and residents and visitors, ensure a vibrant future for wildlife and benefit our local economy. Page 8 Updated 4/21/2021 REGIONAL FOOD GROUPS & NONPROFITS Oakland Community Land Trust https://oakclt.org/ Butterfly Movement Oakland Community Land Trust mission is to serve http://www.thebutterflymovement.com/ low-income residents in Oakland by combating The Butterfly Movement is committed to re-framing, community deterioration, promoting permanently reconnecting, regenerating and reactivating, women affordable housing and access to land. They are guided and girls all over the planet as they rebuild their by stewardship and remove land from the speculative personal lives by strengthening their land ecology. market to serve low-income residents. California FarmLink San Francisco Land Trust [email protected] https://sfclt.org/ https://www.californiafarmlink.org/ (415) 399-0943 (831) 425-0303 ext. 7018 The San Francisco Community Land Trust is a California FarmLink’s mission is to invest in the non-profit organization that seeks community prosperity of farmers and ranchers through lending, ownership of land to create affordable housing for low education, and access to land. Established in 1999, to moderate-low income people. This is achieved by FarmLink works across California, with a focus on assisting tenants with forming housing cooperatives serving farmers of color and beginning and sustainable that own buildings and SFCLT ensures affordability by farmers. We partner with farm training programs, owning the land. impact investors, public agencies and other nonprofits, weaving an ecosystem of support for next-generation Sogorea Te’ Land Trust farmers and ranchers. We believe that working lands https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ provide valuable incomes as well as ecosystem [email protected] services through regenerative agriculture. Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led organization that facilitates the return of California Horticulture Therapy Network Indigenous land back to Indigenous hands through the https://www.ahta.org/ practices of rematriation. https://californiahorticulturaltherapy.com/ [email protected] Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Horticultural Therapists use plants and horticultural Open Space District activities to support individuals/groups to reach [email protected] cognitive, physical, social, or emotional goals. 707-565-7360 Therapeutic horticulture is the process through which 747 Mendocino Avenue, Suite 100 participants enhance their well-being through active or Santa Rosa, CA, 95401 passive involvement in and plant-related In addition to its core function of protecting activities. The California Horticulture Therapy agricultural lands via conservation easements, Ag + Network is the local branch of the American Open Space also supports agriculture in other ways – Horticulture Therapy Association. It connects including partnering with agricultural organizations, horticultural therapists and supporters to advance the and providing information and educational resources profession, enhance the collaboration, and overall about the multiple benefits and values of agriculture in increase the practice in California. Sonoma County. Ag + Open Space provides outings and educational opportunities on its easement lands to Center for Urban Education about Sustainable create connections between farmers and the urban Agriculture (CUESA) community, and to educate school children about the www.cuesa.org/ importance of protecting farmland. (415) 291-3276, [email protected] CUESA is dedicated to cultivating a sustainable food system through the operation of farmers markets and educational programs.

Page 9 Updated 4/21/2021 Common Vision building, advocacy, and celebration. Popular for its www.commonvision.org Statewide annual Ecological Farming Conference. Wanda Stewart [email protected] Common Vision’s mission is to create a healthy and EcoHouse just Society by growing fruit tree in https://ecologycenter.org/ecohouse/ low-income schools. Our values – Quality, [email protected] Cooperation, Equity, Dignity – guide us in realizing Ecohouse is an ecological house and garden in North our vision of a world where sustainable agriculture Berkeley that offers classes, workshops and tours on provides all people with access to high quality and accessible and affordable ways to make living spaces culturally appropriate foods; a world where agriculture healthier, water and energy efficient and ecological is a tool for reversing climate change and supporting friendly. social equity. Essential Food and Medicine (EFAM) Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) https://www.essentialfam.org Oakland https://www.caff.org/ Statewide EFAM’s mission is to redistribute essential foods and Founded in 1978, the Community Alliance with medicines providing the basic roots of health. Our Family Farmers (CAFF) and The Farmers Guild is a vision is to divert food surplus, build collective California-based nonprofit that builds sustainable food immunity, and mend the sacred hoop, by providing and farming systems through local and statewide food and medicines for all. policy advocacy and on-the-ground programs in an effort to initiate institutionalized change. Our programs Farm to Pantry address current problems and challenges in food and https://www.farmtopantry.org/ farming systems, creating more resilient family farms, [email protected] communities and ecosystems. We work to support 707-955-9898 family farmers and serve community members Healdsburg, CA throughout the state, including consumers, food service Since 2008, Farm to Pantry has been providing a directors, school-children and low-income populations continuous supply of fresh, healthy produce to their with the aim of growing a more resilient, just and most vulnerable neighbors who lack access to it by abundant food system for all Californians. cultivating a community of growers and volunteers. Farm to Pantry gleaners have rescued over 200,000 lbs Daily Acts of produce that would otherwise have gone to waste https://dailyacts.org/ since their beginning in 2008. Volunteers can join a (707) 789-9664 gleaning team or a market-to-pantry team to ensure Petaluma that fresh produce does not go to waste. Daily Acts is a Petaluma-based nonprofit committed to holistic education and transformative action that Farm Trails creates connected, equitable, and climate resilient [email protected] communities. Some of the many offerings from Daily (707) 837-8896 Acts include: talks, tours, workshops, community Sebastopol CA garden builds, and resilient landscape design. They Sonoma County Farm Trails is a nonprofit offer many ways for volunteers to get involved. organization that has worked for decades to promote farmers and to educate the public about the importance Ecological Farming Association of supporting local agriculture. Their mission is to https://eco-farm.org/ “ensure the continuing economic viability of Sonoma (831) 763-2111, [email protected] County agriculture by instilling an appreciation of ag The Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) is a as a vital part of our community/lifestyle.” To that end, non-profit educational organization whose mission is we publish the annual Map & Guide, maintain this to nurture safe, healthy, just, and ecologically dynamic website, organize seasonal farm tours, fund sustainable farms, food systems, and communities by scholarships for aspiring and young farmers, host farm bringing people together for education, alliance to table feasts, produce the Gravenstein Apple Fair, and collaborate with a large network of organizations Page 10 Updated 4/21/2021 and individuals who care deeply about local The Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden (IVOFG) agriculture, family farms, and the future of our food located on the College of Marin, Indian Valley system. Campus, was created to support and sustain local food systems and organic agriculture, to help educate and Food For Thought develop the local agricultural workforce and to provide https://www.fftfoodbank.org/ fresh and healthy food for local residents. COM [email protected] manages this USDA certified organic farm with the Forestville, Sonoma County support of its operational partners: The Cultural (707) 887-1647 Conservancy and UCCE Marin Master Gardeners. We provide free weekly groceries, including fresh produce, nutritional supplements, vitamins, and Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative whatever other goodies are on hand, along with frozen https://www.interfaithfood.org/ meals. Our services include nutrition counseling, (707) 634-4672 healthy cooking classes, and an organic gardening The Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative (ISFC), project. a non-profit organization based out of Sebastopol, California. Our mission is to advance the production of The Garden Project - North Coast Opportunities and access to healthy food produced in a sustainable, [email protected] socially just manner by empowering faith communities http://gardensproject.org/ with models and resources to impact local food (707) 462-1958 systems and advance public policy. The Gardens Project of North Coast Opportunities seeks to relieve hunger and inadequate nutrition Mandela Partners throughout Mendocino and Lake Counties by creating www.mandelapartners.org access to community-based food production and local, [email protected] nutritious food. They work with local government and (510) 433-0993 private landowners to lease underutilized land around Mandela Partners is a nonprofit organization that low-income neighborhoods for the creation of new works in partnership with local residents, family community gardens. Their work also includes farmers, and community-based businesses to improve Educating the community about sustainable food health, create wealth, and build assets through local production and healthy eating through garden and food enterprises in limited-resource communities. For nutrition workshops and Empowering the gardeners nearly two decades, Mandela Partners has been driving that volunteer to manage their community space people-centered community development by through leadership training and mentoring. supporting the launch and growth of small food businesses, increasing access to healthy food options in Growing Together low-access communities, building skills and capacities https://www.growingtogetherproject.org/ of resident BIPOC entrepreneurs, strengthening Founded in Oakland in 2013, Growing Together’s income generation among BIPOC sustainable farmers, mission is to green our community’s schools and and facilitating access to community capital. neighborhoods. We work for the health and sustaina-bility of school communities through Mo’ Betta Food / Familyhood Connection schoolyard greening, growing school gardens with 1stSaturdays.com youth, and increasing access to fresh food. We aim to 510-776-4178 support young people to connect with the living world The Familyhood Connection, aka Mo' Better Food, is a around them. community development vision that defines schools as the center of the communities’ development. It is Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden driven by two mottos. 1) Every school shall have a http://www1.marin.edu/IVOFG functioning Student Government Association, Parent [email protected] Teacher Association and Alumni Association; 2) Every (415) 883-2211 ext 8147 school shall have a garden, a farmers market and a 1800 Ignacio Blvd. grocery. In short, Familyhood is the coalition of Novato, CA 94949 organizations (motto 1) working together to plan/ Page 11 Updated 4/21/2021 operate their school’s garden, farmers market and Sustainable Contra Costa grocery store. The "do now" strategy to advance a https://sustainablecoco.org/ school towards Familyhood is 1st Saturdays. 1st Sustainable Contra Costa is a community of citizens, Saturdays represents the 1st Saturday of each month as educators, innovators, and organizations designing and the official monthly volunteer / recruitment day at building pathways to ecologically sustainable, schools. economically vibrant, and socially just communities for all. NorCal Resilience Network https://norcalresilience.org/ Sustainable Solano NorCal Resilience Network catalyzes Just Transitions http://sustainablesolano.org/ to an equitable and regenerative region by [email protected] supporting/activating community-based ecological Sustainable Solano unites people through work that solutions in Northern California. Our network aims to serve the future of Solano County, to promote increases capacity for grassroots projects/programs, ecologically regenerative, economically and socially helps build model / resilience sites, just communities in a world that works for everyone. solidarity across race, class, sector and region with Sustainable Solano has grown out of decades of organizations, businesses and leaders committed to dedicated community work that started with growing thriving, resilient communities through community gardens and has grown to include an collaborative collective impact. Our Resilience Hubs emphasis on creating sustainable, regenerative Initiative creates a network of homes, community environments, community capacity building, gardens and facilities that are "resilience hubs, spaces supporting local food systems and building youth and neighborhoods" - model sites and “ready for leadership and workforce skills for a better future. anything” - better prepared for natural disasters, climate change and community stresses. SPUR Oakland, SF, and San Jose PLACE http://www.spur.org https://www.place.community/ [email protected] PLACE is a community hub that nurtures physical SPUR is a member-supported nonprofit organization. gathering space for the community. We extend Through research, education and advocacy, SPUR community space as a tool and resource for healing, promotes good planning and good government in the organizing, and co-creating art, visions, and equitable San Francisco Bay Area. systems. As a community, PLACE is deeply committed to a decolonized vision of community and The Urban Farmers connection to one another and our planet. We work to www.theurbanfarmers.org center those most impacted by colonial and capitalistic East Bay gleaning organization that harvests backyard marginalization to realize this vision for justice and fruit trees for donation to hunger relief organizations. equity. We are passionate about growing and sharing food and plant medicines, cultivating common spaces, uplifting art, music, culture, and ancestral knowledge, URBAN FARMS and upholding values of justice and cooperation. Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition Oakland https://ucanr.edu/sites/SCFRC www.anvfarm.org The Sonoma County Food Recovery Coalition (510) 878-7235, [email protected] (SCFRC) is committed to reducing food waste in ANV elevates life in the inner city of Oakland by Sonoma County by building community connections challenging oppressive dynamics and environments and resilience. They offer resources to learn about through urban farming. Their WOW Farm Youth reducing food waste and making connections for Program uses urban farm spaces in West Oakland as donating food for people in need. production sites and classrooms for a business run by youth under the mentorship of experienced entrepreneurs, educators, and farmers. Page 12 Updated 4/21/2021 Agroecology Commons growing food and donating extra fruit and vegetables https://www.agroecologycommons.org/ to the Alameda Food Bank. Our goal is to reach out to Agroecology Commons cultivates knowledge sharing, the community to provide information about, and community action, and global solidarity for increase involvement in, urban food growing. In the decolonized land stewardship, collective healing, and process, we get to know our neighbors, have fun, share justice within the food movement. Honoring that the information and resources, and 'Grow community, one foundation of agroecology comes from Indigenous and veggie at a time'. Participation is free and open to all peasant land-based traditions, we envision a future in residents of Alameda and the surrounding area. which food and farming systems are based on cooperation, sovereignty, and rematriation. We see a Berkeley Youth Alternatives cooperative process rooted in earth reverence, https://www.byaonline.org/ reciprocal relationships, and racial healing as key to Berkeley Youth Alternative is a community based this future. We believe transformative leadership is organization that focuses on providing secure children, BIPOC-led and centers Black, Indigenous, and Trans youth and families with secure and nurturing voices. environments. Their care approach emphasizes education, health and well-being and economic Alemany Farm self-sufficiency. http://www.alemanyfarm.org/ The largest urban farm in San Francisco, Alemany Black Earth Farms Collective Farm offers everyone the chance to learn where their https://www.blackearthfarms.com/ food comes from, pitch in to help, and take home fresh Black Earth Farms Collective is an organization produce for free! Our goals are to foster environmental following agroecological principals focused on education; boost food security; grow leaders, and establishing food sovereignty in the Greater East San promote ecological-economic development. Francisco Bay Area. They grow, harvest and deliver nutrient dense and chemical free food to food deserts Bayer Farm and low income communities. https://www.landpaths.org/bayer-farm/ (707) 544-7284 x 103 Bluma Cut Flower Farm Santa Rosa https://www.blumaflowerfarm.com/ Bayer Farm is a 2-acre farm and community hub in [email protected] Roseland. They offer opportunities to maintain your (510) 501-1022 own community plot, join for community workdays, Woman owned, Rooftop farm and floral design studio. attend free workshops, and receive help from master Certified organic flowers and culinary herbs. Growing gardeners. flowers for people and pollinators.

Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative Canticle Farm https://ecologycenter.org/bcgc/ https://canticlefarmoakland.org/ https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ Canticle Farm is a multifaceted collective of six houses Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative is made around a garden in the Fruitvale District of Oakland up of community gardeners in Berkeley that do that is an urban farm, educational center and organic, urban agriculture and focus on food security community of intention. Their mission is supporting a and access to healthy food. Their mission is to engage societal shift to one that is life-sustaining while also in environmental beneficial urban land stewardship working on healing and transforming historic and through protecting air, water and seeds and protecting present-day traumas. green spaces. Ceres Community Project - Community Garden Alameda Backyard Growers https://www.ceresproject.org/garden.htmlemail: [email protected] [email protected], https://alamedabackyardgrowers.org/ This half-acre organic production garden is operated Alameda Backyard Growers (ABG) is a network of by Ceres’ teen volunteers under the guidance of our gardeners in Alameda, California who are interested in Garden Coordinator and experienced adult mentors. Page 13 Updated 4/21/2021 The intention is to give all the teens we work with a Eden Area Urban Farms chance to learn directly about where food comes from, Rick Hatcher, (510) 909-4077 to gain the skills to grow their own healthy food, and https://www.facebook.com/EdenUrbanFarmsCA/ to understand the important role that local organic food Eden Area Urban Farms provides consultation in areas production plays in the health of the community. of urban farm creation: Local laws and ordinances, planting development, soil management, animal City Slicker Farms husbandry; and urban farming education: school Oakland, CA gardens, community gardens, and agency-driven www.cityslickerfarms.org gardens. (510) 763-4241 City Slicker Farms empowers West Oakland Eden Garden / CrossWinds Church community members to meet the basic need for Livermore, CA healthy food for themselves and their families by 925-560-3800 creating organic, sustainable, and high-yield urban http://www.crosswindschurch.org/garden farms and backyard gardens. Raising produce for the food banks is the primary purpose of the garden, but we think that teaching Collective Roots Gardening Program people about gardening and building a sense of https://www.freshapproach.org/Insight Gardroots/ community among our volunteers is also very Najiha Al Asmar, [email protected] important. Collective Roots Gardening Program offers a place for community members to gain hands-on organic Family Harvest gardening. They offer workshops, volunteer workdays [email protected] and community resources to equip families with skills https://jmlt.org/our-places/farms-gardens/family-harve and means to grow their own fresh fruits and st-farm/ vegetables. Family Harvest Farm employs transition-age foster youth in a hands-on job-readiness program, teaching CommunityGrows marketable skills and preparing them for life outside https://www.communitygrows.org/ the foster care system. Volunteers work alongside our (415) 731-1837 apprentices in an outdoor and collaborative setting. In CommunityGrows’ vision is that all youth are able to addition to growing organic produce, the farm hosts benefit from the joy and healing of nature-based educational workshops for the greater community. outdoor education, and develop the tools, confidence and resources to navigate and challenge structural Farm to Fight Hunger injustices. Our youth development programs provide a email: [email protected] continuum of garden-based, hands-on environmental https://www.farmtofighthunger.org/ and health education programs at no cost to Farm to Fight Hunger is a non-profit organization that participants. Our curriculum focuses on environmental grows, harvests and delivers fresh nutritious produce, and garden lessons, nutrition education, civic free of charge, to those in Sonoma County in need of involvement, leader-ship development, and job training healthy food. for neighborhood youth. Farms to Grow, Inc. Dig Deep Farms Oakland, CA https://www.acdsal.org/dig-deep-farms www.farmstogrow.com [email protected] Farms to Grow, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization Dig Deep Farms is providing healthy food, healthy dedicated to working with Black farmers and jobs, and helping build a healthy community by underserved sustainable farmers around the country. delivering fresh local produce right to your door. Farms To Grow, Inc. is committed to sustainable farming and innovative agriculture practices which preserve the cultural and biological diversity, the agroecological balance of the local environment.

Page 14 Updated 4/21/2021 Fertile Groundworks Hidden Villa www.fertilegroundworks.org https://www.hiddenvilla.org/ Fertile Groundworks is a learning garden that provides [email protected] (650) 949-8650 organically grown and sustainable to help feed An educational nonprofit stretching over 1600 acres of the hungry in Livermore, CA. open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains, Hidden Villa offers unique Experiential Garden for the Environment Education and Responsible Agriculture programs in a 7th Ave and Lawton St., San Francisco setting that promotes engagement, connection and www.gardenfortheenvironment.org/ understanding. Visitors can explore our organic farm [email protected], (415) 558-8246 and gardens, greet our farm animals and hike our Their mission is to provide practical skills for all San beautiful trails. Franciscans to personally contribute to sustainability through urban gardens, farms, and food. Offers Incredible Edible Mid-Peninsula workshops for new gardeners and experienced urban http://incredibleediblemidpeninsula.org/ farmers in their nationally acclaimed teaching garden. https://www.facebook.com/groups/incredibleediblered woodcity/ Grow Incubator We are a group of Redwood City residents inspired by Oakland, CA the Todmorten UK sustainable community gardens and Christine Hernandez, [email protected] how they invigorated a community on many levels GROW Incubator is a space to collaborate, network, from replacing lawns with veggie plots to skill share, and GROW. They are home to shareable edible gardens in public spaces. We partner entre-preneurs, artists and activists, who are looking to with the Redwood City Parks & Rec to dedicate some build Grass Roots power in the Movement for public space to grow fruits and vegetables that can be self-determination. They’re a community brought grown and shared by all, even if you don’t have your together by a shared passion for social justice. own plot. Through education and invitation we hope that families, students, young & old will come to Happy Lot Farm & Garden consider edible and native gardens as a city birthright. Richmond, CA Andromeda Brooks, [email protected] Insight Garden Program www.facebook.com/HappyLotFarmAndGarden http://insightgardenprogram.org/ Happy Lot Farm & Garden is a multi-functional space, [email protected] (415) 854-0067 operating as a working farm and community garden, Insight Garden Program (IGP) facilitates an innovative and as a space that is open and welcoming to residents curriculum combined with vocational gardening and of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Through regular landscaping training so that people in prison can work days, and special events, Happy Lot brings reconnect to self, community, and the natural world. Richmond residents together to build community and This “inner” and “outer” gardening approach health wealth through the practice of . transforms lives, ends ongoing cycles of incarceration, Its mission is to grow a better neighborhood by and and creates safer communities. while raising an eco-conscious and sustainable community in Richmond, CA. La Mesa Verde, a Program of Sacred Heart Community Services Healthy Hearts Institute San Jose [email protected] https://lamesaverdeshcs.org/ https://www.healthyhearts.co/ [email protected] (408) 282-3110 Healthy Hearts Institute helps to eradicate food deserts La Mesa Verde (The Green Table) is a leadership and empowers individual and community network of urban gardeners who create access to transformation through health and wellness in healthy food. The UCCE Master Gardener program is Pittsburg, CA. collaborating with Sacred Heart Community Service providing bilingual gardening courses for new home gardeners, visiting families at their home to offer individualized training & support and growing quality Page 15 Updated 4/21/2021 unique seedlings for La Mesa Verde to purchase at a New Roots Program at International Rescue reduced rate for families in the program. Committee www.rescue.org Zack Reidman, Program Manager LEAF [email protected], http://fremontleaf.org/ The International Rescue Committee is a global [email protected] humanitarian aid, relief and development LEAF is a volunteer organization bringing people nongovern-mental organization. This organization also together to grow healthy pesticide free food and to manages the New Root Program that enables refugees learn about environmentally and to reconnect with their agrarian background grow food, ecological practices. LEAF supports 3 urban farm build business skills and build community wellness. sites. They do education and urban farming at sites in Oakland like Laney College Garden, King Estate Love Cultivating Schoolyards Community Garden, Oakland International School Matthew Linzner, [email protected] Garden, Rudsdale Newcomer and at Instagram: @lcs_oaklandleaf Martin Luther King Garden. [email protected] Love Cultivating Schoolyards (LCS) is a school based O2 Artisans Aggregate garden program which focuses on youth leadership https://o2aa.com/ development through food cultivation and education. [email protected] We grow gardens and teach gardening, ecology and O2AA, an eco-industrial park located in West Oakland, nutrition to elementary and middle school students, is home to a network of artisans working collectively and offer paid high school internships and inter- to develop and promote environmentally progressive generational learning opportunities. We strive to projects. The Aggregate is comprised of tenants who cultivate skills within our high school students specific practice interactive and sustainable methods by sharing to urban ag so they can teach elementary and middle spaces, resources, tools and machinery. Some of our school students through after school program. We are a systems include aquaponic gardening and fish farming, branch of Oakland Leaf, with 6 sites. solar power production, waste water digestion for re-use, the construction of a community kitchen space, McGee Avenue Baptist Church Center for Food, bio-char and bio-chip production, composting facilities Faith and Justice and up-cycling food waste to create a sustainable https://www.mcgeeave.org/ animal feed. The McGee Center for Food, Faith & Justice (CFFJ) provides an innovative, community-centered network Oakland & the World Enterprises of food sourcing and distribution to alleviate the https://www.oaklandandtheworld.org/ problems of hunger and poor nutrition in Berkeley. It 1407 Webster St. #208, Oakland, CA. 94607 operates a wide range of initiatives, such as cooking [email protected] classes for all ages and youth fellowship programs that The mission of Oakland & the World Enterprises act as outreach to neighborhoods to address nutrition, (OAW), a nonprofit organization, is to launch for-profit sustainability and housing issues. businesses for ownership by formerly incarcerated people and other people facing extreme barriers to Mills College Farm employment and economic survival. We aim to create Oakland, CA a model for Oakland and, indeed, the world to www.mills.edu [email protected] consider toward alleviating poverty, reducing The 2.5-acre Mills Community Farm practices crime and creating the conditions for prosperity for sustainable farming and provides urban agriculture everyone. education in collaboration with students, faculty, staff, local organizations and Oakland schools. Produce goes to campus dining services and an on-site farm stand.

Page 16 Updated 4/21/2021 Petaluma Bounty Raised Roots https://www.petalumabounty.org/ https://www.facebook.com/RaisedRootsCA Our vision is to grow a thriving local food system Raised Roots is an urban farming company based in where consumers make informed decisions; farmers Oakland, California. We are committed to providing make a decent living while prioritizing ecological superior produce, gardens and farm education. stewardship of the land; and all people – regardless of income – have access to healthy food. We push beyond Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center the immediate demands of hunger relief toward http://www.rodgersranch.org/ Contra Costa County community food security (and hunger prevention) with Rodgers Ranch Heritage Center is adjacent to Rodgers programming that expands our community’s capacity Ranch Urban Farms & Teaching Gardens. Its mission to feed each other today and into the future. is to preserve, restore and maintain the Rodgers Ranch Historical Site as a living history museum including Phoenix Garden the education of its historical significance and the www.gardensmiths.org importance of green, sustainable living. Kris Jensen, [email protected] The Phoenix Garden project is located in front of the Rodgers Ranch | Urban Farm & Teaching Gardens San Mateo County Youth Services Center and serves http://www.RodgersRanchUrbanFarm.org/ as a ecological positive space for education, therapy https://www.facebook.com/Rodgers-Ranch-Urban-Far and agricultural production. m-Teaching-Gardens-345669168790560/ https://bobina01.wordpress.com Planting Justice, Oakland, CA Known as an urban farm, Rodgers Ranch grows a www.plantingjustice.org variety of food to benefit the community. We only sell (510) 756-6965 our produce locally, donate foods to homeless centers, Since 2009 Planting Justice has built over 400 edible teach people how to grow a thriving garden of their permaculture gardens in the San Francisco Bay Area, own, and lastly we give people a deeper understanding worked with five high-schools to develop food justice of what it takes to put food on your table. curriculum and created 20 green jobs for men transitioning from prison in the food justice movement. Soil & They believe that everybody deserves to be treated 771 N. Rengstorff Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 with respect and have equal access to food, jobs, and http://www.soilandwatergarden.org/ education, and manage several East Bay farms. Soil&Water Garden is a group of greater Mountain View residents with a love for the outdoors, getting PODER their hands dirty, and creating DIY projects. They want www.podersf.org to help build a community space where people can (415) 431-4210, [email protected] come to gather, garden, create, and learn from each PODER’s mission is to organize with Latino other. All are welcomed to join and get involved. immigrant families and youth to put into practice people-powered solutions that are locally based, Soul Flower Farm community led and environmentally just. They nurture http://soulflowerfarm.com/ everyday people’s leadership, regenerate culture, and [email protected] El Sobrante build community power. Hummingbird Farm is Soul Flower Farm is an organic farm that incorporates located in McLaren Park. permaculture design and biodynamic farming methods to be self sustaining. The farm raises jersey cows, Project E.A.T. sheep, chickens, ducks, and bees in the East Bay Hills. https://ccsesa.org/project-eat-alameda-county-office-of We also tend seasonal vegetables, medicinal plants, -education/ (510) 670-4544 and an . Project E.A.T. of Alameda County’s Office of Education aims to end health inequities, close the achievement gap in school communities, and support a small number of school/community gardens.

Page 17 Updated 4/21/2021 Spiral Gardens on issues of food justice and urban farming. It is an Berkeley, CA urban farm where you can come and harvest food for www.spiralgardens.org, (510) 843-1307 yourself and your family in exchange for help with Spiral Gardens’ mission is to improve community weeding, planting, and watering; it aims to supply health and sustainability by providing access to fresh organic food to anyone who lacks access to it in nutritious and affordable produce, promoting a strong our East Bay communities. local food system, and encouraging productive use of urban soil. Primary programs are a community farm, a Vallejo People’s Garden plant nursery, a produce stand, community workshops http://www.vallejopeoplesgarden.org/ and classes, and food policy advocacy. (707) 733-3874 [email protected] Sunflower Hill Gardens at Hagemann Ranch The Vallejo People's Garden is a collaboration of 455 Olivina Avenue in Livermore, California. individual volunteers and partner organizations in https://sunflowerhill.org/get-involved/events/past-even Vallejo. We educate children and adults about the ts/sfh-gardens-at-hagemann-ranch/ environment, agriculture, sustainable practices, and Sunflower Garden, in partnership with the City of science, to help create the next generation of farmers, Livermore, broke ground in 2015. We designed the gardeners, teachers, leaders, and active community Sunflower Hill Gardens at Hagemann Ranch members. Gardens are a neutral gathering place that to provide educational/vocational horticultural fosters interaction, expand the ability of citizens from opportunities and services to special needs individuals. all cultural, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds to We donate produce to the disadvantaged in the local share their traditions and beliefs, beautify communities community. and cultivate self-sufficiency.

Top Leaf Farms Valley Verde www.topleaffarms.com www.valleyverde.org Ben Fahrer, (408) 666- 4794, [email protected] [email protected] Valley Verde is a nonprofit organization that provides Top Leaf offers consultation, design, installation, low-income families in Santa Clara County with the project management and operational services for knowledge and tools needed to grow and maintain highly productive ecological agriculture systems.. their own organic vegetable gardens at no cost. They They are currently offering innovative solutions in sell gardening services and kits to individuals, Urban Rooftop Agriculture. organizations and businesses, and proceeds from sales are used to help more low-income families start their Urban Tilth own organic vegetable gardens. Richmond, CA www.urbantilth.org Veggielution (510)232-0911, [email protected] San Jose, CA Urban Tilth cultivates agriculture in west Contra Costa http://veggielution.org/ County to help their community build a more (408) 753-6705, [email protected] sustainable, healthy, and just food system. They hire Veggielution Community Farm was created in 2008 to and train residents to work with schools, help people make healthy food choices and provide community-based organizations, government agencies, opportunities for connecting with the natural world. businesses, and individuals to develop the capacity to They foster a sustainable food system through an urban produce 5% of their own food supply. farm that engages the community by providing access to organic and local food, creates youth leadership UC Gill Tract Community Farm opportunities, and develops creative solutions to Albany, CA environmental and social justice issues. www.gilltractfarm.org The UC Gill Tract Community Farm is a collaborative community project between the University of California Berkeley and the local community, focused Page 18 Updated 4/21/2021 Ag Parks transfer to four year colleges. They are dedicated to helping aspiring horticulturist and those interest in Aglantis research. https://www.salads4schools.org/ [email protected], (925) 253-9500 eOrganic Webinars – FREE Aglantis is a non-profit managing 15 acre of land on https://eorganic.info Contra Costa Sanitary District public buffer land. Their Free webinars and newsletters discussing the latest in mission is to create a sustainable and just food system organic farming practices and research. by promoting food Equity, protecting the Environment, Education and supporting Economic development. First Generation Farmers They’re producing food that goes to local food banks https://firstgenerationfarmers.org/uesf/ and have goals to supply salads for schools. Knightsen, CA First Generation Farmers’ Urban Edge Sustainable Sunol Ag Park Farming Program is an immersive, full-time residential Alameda County Resource Conservation District program designed to provide aspiring organic specialty 3585 Greenville Road, Suite 2, Livermore, CA 94550 farmers with the foundational production skills, 925-371-0154, Extension 3859 or 3862 business knowledge, and confidence they need to https://www.sagecenter.org/work/agricultural-revitaliza establish dynamic and resilient urban edge farm tion/sunol-agpark/ enterprises. Sunol AgPark is owned by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and managed through a Green Thumb Works partner-ship with the Alameda County RCD. Within greenthumbworks.net AgPark, six small-scale organic farms produce fresh Sandra Nevala-Lee, [email protected] foods and flowers for diverse Bay Area communities. Sandra focuses on residential landscape horticulture in The SFPUC and ACRCD partnership provides land the San Francisco East Bay Area. and technical assistance to the farmers and hands-on environmental education programs for local schools. Horticultural Therapy Institute www.htinstitute.org/california-series/ (303)388-0500 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES The Horticultural Therapy Institute provides education and training in horticultural therapy to those new to, or Alameda County Master Gardener Training experienced with, the practice of using gardening and Program plants to improve the lives of others. Call or Email Master Gardener Program Hotline: (510)670-5645 M-W-Th 10-1 UC Marin Master Gardeners Help Desk email: [email protected] (415) 473-4204 Alameda County UC Master Gardener program offers [email protected] the opportunity to use your gardening knowledge and http://marinmg.ucanr.edu/ skills to serve the Alameda County community as a 1682 Novato Blvd, Ste 150B Novato, CA 94947 volunteer. Prospective Master Gardener Volunteers The UC Marin Master Gardeners are a dedicated, participate in a training program which covers all trained group of volunteers who through community aspects of home gardening and urban agriculture. (Also service and educational outreach, provide home available in Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, San gardeners and community organizations the knowledge Francisco Counties). and skills to create a healthy environment for Marin County. Diablo Valley College Horticulture Program https://www.dvc.edu/academics/departments/biology/h orticulture/index.html The Diablo Valley Horticulture Program prepares students for working in green jobs by providing licenses and certificates as well as preparation to Page 19 Updated 4/21/2021 Merritt College Landscape Horticulture Saving Water Partnership representing 12 water Department, Oakland utilities in Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern http://merrittlandhort.com/ California. QWEL is an EPA WaterSense labeled (510) 531-4911 Professional Certification Program for irrigation A community college with courses and certificate/ system audits. degree programs that are designed to prepare students for careers in any of the major horticultural Rescape California disciplines–including urban agriculture, permaculture, http://rescapeca.org/ landscape design and construction, nursery and [email protected], (415) 766-0191 management, and more. ReScape California/ the Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition is an advocate and expert in the MESA creation of sustainable landscapes for commercial, www.mesaprogram.org multi-family, and public spaces as well as [email protected], single-family residences. ReScape California brings MESA’s Bay Area Farmer Training Program provides together a wide range of partners and acts as a credible, the education, training and tools for a new generation practical and flexible one-stop center for sustainable of farmers in California’s Bay Area to create landscaping training, technical data, and resources. socially-just, ecologically sustainable and economically viable urban and peri-urban farm San Francisco Bee-Cause businesses. https://www.sfbeecause.com/ San Francisco Bee-Cause is a group of beekeepers Permaculture Skills Center who’s cause is to help sustain healthy environments for https://permacultureskillscenter.org/ native and honey bees in San Francisco. They aim to [email protected] educate, contribute to biodiversity and to help create (707) 824-0836 healthy habitats for bees. They have a Beekeeping We are a five-acre demonstration site and online Apprenticeship Program. edu-cational school providing instruction in permaculture, ecological landscaping, regenerative UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County and more. http://sonomamg.ucanr.edu/ [email protected] Produce Safety Alliance (707) 565-2608 https://producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu/ Master Gardeners are trained and certified University The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) is a collaboration of California (UC) volunteers whose mission is to between Cornell University, FDA, and USDA to provide unbiased, high quality, science-based prepare fresh produce growers to meet the regulatory information to non-commercial home gardeners in requirements included in the United States Food and Sonoma County. Master Gardeners are given an Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act extensive training program in plant science covering (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. The PSA provides such topics as soil and plant nutrition, irrigation, fundamental, science-based, on-farm food safety weed-insect-disease control, vegetables, fruit trees and knowledge to fresh fruit and vegetable farmers, berries, landscape trees-shrubs-lawns-flowers, home packers, workers, regulatory personnel, and others composting, and pesticide use alternatives. interested in the safety of fresh produce. Soul Flower Farm QWEL – Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper http://soulflowerfarm.com/ https://www.qwel.net/ [email protected] QWEL training presents an affordable, proactive, local Soul Flower Farm is an organic farm that incorporates approach to reducing landscape water demand. It permaculture design and biodynamic farming methods. provides graduates with knowledge in water efficient Its School of Earth Medicine offers classes, trainings, and sustainable landscape practices, including water and apprenticeships including Devas Daughters Herbal management and preservation of other valuable Apprenticeship, natural beekeeping, Permaculture resources. QWEL is a program of the Sonoma-Marin Page 20 Updated 4/21/2021 Design Certification, Afro , Medicinal NorCal Resilience Network Mushrooms, and more. https://norcalresilience.org/ The NorCal Resilience Network was formed in 2015 Sustainable Agriculture Education Association by community organizers rooted in the permaculture (SAEA) and Transition Town Movement. Our regional network http://sustainableaged.org/ increases capacity for grassroots projects and SAEA promotes and supports the development, programs; helps to build out model sites for application, research, and exchange of best teaching permaculture and resilience; and builds solidarity and learning practices in sustainable agriculture across divides of race, class, sector and region. We education and curricula through communication, work with organizations, businesses and leaders training, development, and collaborative activities for committed to transforming our homes, neighborhoods, teachers and learners. and communities into vibrant, regenerative places. From Time Banks to community gardens, UC Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology and aquaponics businesses to greywater systems, we are Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) creating a support network that fosters collaboration https://casfs.ucsc.edu/ across divides, and catalyzes an equitable solutions [email protected] revolution that is so urgently needed. (831) 459-3240 CASFS is composed of faculty, staff, students and The Plant Exchange outreach programs at UC Santa Cruz that do research http://theplantexchange.com/ as well as develop and advance food and agricultural [email protected] systems that are environmentally and economically (510) 866-8482 sustainable and also socially responsible and A twice-a-year free community event that encourages non-exploitative. reuse, recycling, organic living, resource sharing, and information exchange. For gardeners, landscapers, Santa Rosa Junior College Agriculture and Natural urban farmers, etc. Resources Department https://ag.santarosa.edu/ Organic Seed Alliance The largest community college agriculture program in www.seedalliance.org California includes Shone Farm, 365 acres that serve Organic Seed Alliance advances ethical seed solutions as an outdoor learning lab and includes a winery and to meet food and farming needs in a changing world. brewing facility. Program areas include: Agriculture Business, Agriculture Mechanics, Animal Science, Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library Brewing, Equine Science, Environmental Horticulture, http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/ Floral Design, Sustainable Agriculture, Veterinary [email protected] Technician, , and Wine Studies. Our mission is to increase the capacity of our community to feed itself wholesome food by being an accessible and free source of locally adapted plant USEFUL TOOLS and HELPFUL INITIATIVES seeds, supplied and cultivated by and for Richmond area residents. We celebrate biodiversity through seed Co-Garden saving, nurture locally-adapted plant varieties, and Sunil Nair, (415) 915-GROW foster community resilience, self-reliance, and a [email protected] culture of sharing. The Co-garden App promotes social interactions with food growing communities that inspire a transparent, East Bay Local Seeds equitable, and cooperative food economy. Free https://eastbaylocalseeds.weebly.com/get-seeds.html download. East Bay Local Seeds is a collaborative of local seed libraries, farmers, urban ag folks, master gardeners, and home gardeners working to save and share quality locally grown seed with the community through the

Page 21 Updated 4/21/2021 seed libraries located in the East Bay of the San [email protected] 510 399 4466 Francisco Bay Area. Saba Grocers Initiative is a grassroots community organizing group consisting of corner store and Get Seeds! and Save Seeds! medium size grocery store owners from the https://eastbaylocalseeds.weebly.com/get-seeds.html Oakland Arab-American Muslim community, and Links to East Bay seed libraries and interchanges other minorities. Our social infrastructure including Green Thumbs/Green Minds Seed Library at includes 120 corner stores, and well over 40 Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak Street Alameda, CA grocers in Oakland. Saba is the formal and 94501, and BASIL (Bay Area Seed Interchange non-profit vessel in which store owners have Library) (https://ecologycenter.org/basil/) at the come together to address health inequities in the Berkeley Ecology Center, 2506 San Pablo Ave., very same neighborhoods they are located - Berkeley, CA 94702. Oakland's flatland communities.

Sonoma County Community Seed Bank HEAL Alliance http://www.transitionsebastopol.org/ https://healfoodalliance.org/who-is-heal/ [email protected] https://healfoodalliance.org/contact/ Our vision is to create a network of seed savers that Heal’s mission is to build our collective power to build a repository of locally grown seed for Sonoma create food and farm systems that are healthy for our County gardeners. The seed is offered free to anyone families, accessible and affordable for all communities, who will use it, and the goal is to have it be an and fair to the working people who grow, distribute, exchange where people take seed and they bring seed prepare and serve our food - while protecting the air, to share. In order to build the network of seed savers, water and land we all depend on. we offer classes in seed saving and other food gardening skills. Hope Collaborative http://www.hopecollaborative.net/our-work/ Slow food East Bay HOPE Collaborative formed through an invitation https://slowfoodeastbay.com/ from W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Food and Fitness https://www.facebook.com/slowfoodeastbay/ Collaborative initiative in 2007. Our work is shaped We are San Francisco’s East Bay chapter of Slow by the belief that community leadership and ownership Food, a global movement dedicated to championing are critical to the success of policy and systems change Good, Clean and Fair Food for All. Slow Food is a efforts. From 2007-2009, HOPE conducted a member supported and volunteer driven movement participatory planning process, engaging hundreds of working against everything that Fast Food – and the Oakland residents in assessing their communities’ ‘fast food’ lifestyle – represents. We work to educate strengths and needs and developing a Community consumers about good quality, sustainable food Action Plan (CAP) in the areas of: Food Systems, Built through workshops, lectures, tours and meals, Environment, Economic, Civic, and Community partnering with like-minded organizations to expand Ownership. HOPE Collaborative brings together our reach to a diverse population. We gather people diverse stakeholders from many sectors, including: around the table to meet, share and discuss.We City and County agencies, Community-based encourage people to ‘practice’ Slow Food on their organizations and Oakland residents. Our partners own. Connect face to face with producers, ask work together to implement our Community Action questions, gather with friends, grow food, cook food, Plan and support community-driven changes in EAT. Every day, you have the opportunity to make a Oakland’s flatland neighborhoods. We are convened statement about the food system you desire in this by the Alameda County Public Health Department. world. Make your choices with as much knowledge, HOPE has had success in many streams of work since care and love you can muster. 2007.

SABA Grocers Initiative http://sabagrocers.org/ https://www.facebook.com/sabagrocers Contact: Lina Ghanem Page 22 Updated 4/21/2021