2 Good Food Guide | 2014 WELCOME LETTER The James Beard Foundation and Food Tank, along with a prestigious advisory group of food system experts, developed the first annual “Good Food Org Guide.” This Guide highlights nonprofit organizations that are doing exemplary work in the U.S. in the areas of food and agriculture, nutrition and health, hunger and obesity, and food justice. Only nonprofit, scholarly, and municipal initiatives have been selected in order to spotlight efforts that are focused on community building and engagement, advocacy, and service. The vision and objective of this annual publication is to focus attention on the dozens of nonprofit organizations (listed in alphabetical order, not ranked) who are working in fields, kitchens, classrooms, laboratories, businesses, town halls, and Congress to create a better food system. The list was determined by distinguished experts, including past recipients of the James Beard Leadership Award and food and agriculture leaders. This annual guide was launched at the James Beard Food Conference in Fall of 2014 as the definitive guide to organizations — national and state-by-state — who are making an impact with their work. We hope you will find this guide useful. Please let us know if there are other organizations who deserve to be listed by emailing us at [email protected]. A PDF of this guide will be available for download at www.jamesbeard.org and at www.foodtank.com. Sarah Ungaro Danielle Nierenberg Foundation President President James Beard Foundation FoodTank Photo courtesy of Jeffery Gurwin Photo courtesy of Jeffery 2014 | Good Food Guide 1 STATE-BY-STATE ORGANIZATIONS IMAGES 2 Good Food Guide | 2014 WWW.FOODTANK.COM TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ....................................................5 STATE BY STATE ORGANIZATIONS ..........................................24 Alabama .......................................................................................................... 27 Alaska .............................................................................................................. 27 Arizona ............................................................................................................ 28 Arkansas .......................................................................................................... 28 California ......................................................................................................... 29 Colorado ......................................................................................................... 30 Connecticut ..................................................................................................... 32 Delaware ......................................................................................................... 32 Florida ............................................................................................................. 33 Georgia ........................................................................................................... 33 Hawaii ............................................................................................................. 35 Idaho ............................................................................................................... 35 Illinois .............................................................................................................. 36 Indiana ............................................................................................................ 36 Iowa ................................................................................................................ 37 Kansas ............................................................................................................. 37 Kentucky ......................................................................................................... 38 Louisiana ......................................................................................................... 38 Maine .............................................................................................................. 39 Maryland ......................................................................................................... 40 Massachusetts ................................................................................................. 41 Michigan ......................................................................................................... 41 Minnesota ....................................................................................................... 42 Mississippi ........................................................................................................ 43 Missouri ........................................................................................................... 44 Montana .......................................................................................................... 45 Nebraska ......................................................................................................... 45 Nevada ............................................................................................................ 46 New Hampshire ............................................................................................... 47 New Jersey ....................................................................................................... 48 New Mexico ..................................................................................................... 49 New York ......................................................................................................... 49 North Carolina ................................................................................................. 50 North Dakota ................................................................................................... 51 Ohio ................................................................................................................ 52 Oklahoma ........................................................................................................ 52 Oregon ............................................................................................................ 53 Pennsylvania .................................................................................................... 54 Puerto Rico ...................................................................................................... 55 Rhode Island .................................................................................................... 55 South Carolina ................................................................................................. 56 South Dakota ................................................................................................... 56 Tennessee ........................................................................................................ 57 Texas ................................................................................................................ 57 Utah ................................................................................................................ 58 Vermont .......................................................................................................... 59 Virginia ............................................................................................................ 60 Washington ..................................................................................................... 60 West Virginia ................................................................................................... 61 Wisconsin ........................................................................................................ 62 Wyoming ......................................................................................................... 63 Washington, D.C. ............................................................................................ 63 WWW.JAMESBEARD.ORG 2014 | Good Food Guide 3 NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 4 Good Food Guide | 2014 WWW.FOODTANK.COM NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 350 AllergyKids Foundation www.350.org www.allergykids.com Jamie Henn, Director of Strategy and Communications Robyn O’Brien, Founder and Executive Director (415) 890-3350 (303) 518-7573 [email protected] [email protected] 350 is a grassroots movement that hopes to preserve a livable planet. 350 is AllergyKids Foundation aims to protect American families from the additives coordinated by a global network that includes more than 188 countries and now found in our food supply. They have built a community which provides works on campaigns such as the Keystone XL pipeline in the U.S. and coal information for people who want to protect the health of their loved ones, power plants in India. especially the one in three American children with allergies, ADHD, autism, and asthma. AllergyKids is a resource for families who want to avoid additives Action for Healthy Kids and hidden allergens in many popular foods. www.actionforhealthykids.org Matthew Smith, Director of Development and Communications Alliance for a Healthier Generation (312) 878-8751 www.healthiergeneration.org [email protected] Dr. Howell Wechsler, CEO Action for Healthy Kids combats childhood obesity, malnutrition, and physical (888) 543-4584 inactivity by working in schools across the U.S. They provide nutrition lessons Alliance for a Healthier Generation works to end obesity and increase in the