Sustainable Kitchen & Community Resources

Hummingbird Farm/PODER SF : the farm makes affordable produce available to communities in the Excelsior neighborhood. It is managed and operated by PODER and provides hundreds of pounds of organic fruits and vegetables each season.

Urban Tilth : hires and trains local residents to cultivate agriculture in west Contra Costa County to help our community build a more sustainable, healthy, and just food system.

Pollinate Farm & Garden : is an edible plant nursery and urban homestead emporium located in the heart of Oakland. We specialize in backyard chickens, beekeeping, food preserving, urban farming, edible landscapes and food forests.

Literacy for Environmental Justice : promotes ecological health, environmental stewardship, and community development in Southeast San Francisco by creating urban greening, eco-literacy, community stewardship and workforce development opportunities that directly engage and support local residents in securing a healthier future.

City Slicker Farms : reinforce self-sustaining access to food and build community through urban farming, education, and recreation.

Planting Justice : is a grassroots organization with a mission to empower people impacted by mass incarceration and other social inequities with the skills and resources to cultivate food sovereignty, economic justice, and community healing.

Cafe Ohlone : a Native American, Ohlone-run organization that operates in our indigenous homelands; we work to revive and strengthen traditional Ohlone foods for the wellness of our people, and we run Cafe Ohlone at University Press Books/Musical Offering in xučyun (Berkeley).

People’s Grocery : People's Grocery helps residents build healthy connections to food, the land and each other.

Roots of Change: Roots of Change works to expand and serve a collaborative network seeking a healthy and resilient food system in California by the year 2030.

East Oakland Grocery Cooperative: community-developed grocery cooperative initiative that will equitably provide fresh, local and healthy foods and job opportunities to the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) residents of East Oakland. https://anvfarm.org/east-oakland-grocery-cooperative/

Local BIPOC CSA: Black Earth Farms , Phat Beets Produce , Acta Non Verba

NATIONAL RESOURCES:

Front Line Foods: Frontline Staff & Local Restaurant Support

Edible Communities: Find your Local Edible

Civil Eats: Complete Food Justice Resource List

Slow Food USA: COVID Response & Mutual Aid Database

Food Chain Workers: Things Can Do to Support Food Chain Workers

National Farmer’s Market Directory

PROVISIONS & SOURCING Tips:

Groceries: If able, support independent grocers, farmer’s markets, and CSA food delivery.
Local Restaurants: Order to-go-meals, buy gift cards from independent food businesses
Donate: Give time or money to local food banks and community centers
Retail & Delivery: Purchase deliveries from local business (books, home goods, retail, etc.)
Enjoy from Home: Experience your City from home, check local city guide websites for ideas

MKN COMMUNITY RESOURCES:

Supplement & Herb Online Store: Register account with Megan and receive 15% Off orders.

The Home Chef Project: Use code: MKN for 15% Off Online Cooking Classes

Good Eggs: Shop with MKN to get $25 off first order, $5 off all following orders.