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ArtistsPalooza is a non-profit organization made up of artists, filmmakers and musicians that have come together to help make the world a better place. ArtistsPalooza was set up to provide the creative support and resources to help artists develop their careers. It also aims to provide a platform for people of all abilities to create and publish their creative message to the world while at the same time, contributing in a positive way to the community. |
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The Butcher's Guild connects and supports butchers. Butchers are in a unique position to establish sustainable food systems by buying from local farms and educating their customers, one steak at a time. We need to cook together, teach and support each other and rebuild what we have lost. |
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Community Alliance with Family Farmers is a statewide non-profit whose membership includes family farmers and urban residents, working to build a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice. Growers Collaborative LLC, is wholly owned by CAFF and part of CAFF’s Community Food Systems program. |
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Dave McLean is the brewmaster and owner of Magnolia Pub & Brewery and Alembic Bar, both on Haight Street in the heart of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district. Magnolia is a small-batch, artisan brewery and pub: the beers are handcrafted using carefully sourced ingredients. Alembic is one of the country’s premier cocktail bars, helping to restore the craft and art of cocktail creation. Dave has worked with Slow Food San Francisco in presenting two artisan beer and food festivals and continues to work to integrate more Slow Food values into his establishments. |
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The mission of La Cocina is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance and access to market opportunities. We focus primarily on women from communities of color and immigrant communities. Our vision is that entrepreneurs will become economically self-sufficient and contribute to a vibrant economy doing what they love to do. |
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The largest independent literary festival on the West Coast, Litquake continues its mission as a nine-day literary spectacle October 7 – 15, 2011 complete with cutting-edge panel discussions, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings throughout the Bay Area. Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature for people of all ages, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city’s music, film, and cultural festivals. |
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Meg Gill is in the midst of launching a production and packaging craft brewery, restaurant, and barrel-room in Los Angeles. She and her partner, Tony Yanow, are keeping the details of her project under rap for now, but from what she's done for San Francisco beer community and Oskar Blues Brewery out of Colorado, we are excited to have her lead us into the emerging LA beer market of the region's top craft brews! |
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People's Grocery is a community-based organization in West Oakland that develops creative solutions to the health problems in our community that stem from a lack of access to and knowledge about healthy, fresh foods. Our mission is to build a local food system that improves the health and economy of the West Oakland community. |
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Punk Domestics is a content and community site for DIY food enthusiasts, be they into putting up jam or pickles, curing meats and making cheese, brewing beer and wine, or foraging for food in the wild. By way of curation and promotion, Punk Domestics aims to elevate and evangelize this movement back toward the old foodways. |
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Root Down confronts obesity and related health issues in South Los Angeles by first convincing high school youth to eat their veggies, then engaging them in the educational experiences and skills training necessary to help build healthier food communities. |
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The Social Justice Learning Institute (SJLI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing social justice through education, training and programs that empower communities and help to address their needs. SJLI's academic, food and environmental justice initiatives work to innovatively address issues in urban communities. By providing on-campus literacy programs and college preparatory education for urban students, along with operating organic urban community gardens and orchards, SJLI helps to enhance the lives of city residents. |
