About Fork & Shovel

In 2005, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon began a one-year experiment in local eating. Their 100-Mile Diet struck a deeper chord than anyone could have predicted, inspiring thousands of individuals, and even whole communities, to change the way they eat. Locally raised and produced food has been called “the new organic" — better tasting, better for the environment, better for local economies, and better for your health. From reviving the family farm to reconnecting with the seasons, the local foods movement is turning good eating into a revolution.

You will find here a directory of California family farms, farmers’ markets, Community Supported Agriculture farms (CSAs), u-pick farms, restaurants, grocers, caterers and bakers, bed & breakfasts, and other businesses that sell locally grown farm products.

The FoodRoutes Web site is a project of FoodRoutes Network (FRN). FRN is a national nonprofit organization that provides communications tools, technical support, networking and information resources to organizations nationwide that are working to rebuild local, community-based food systems. FRN is dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food – the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to their tables. Our strategic communications programs include:

• The FoodRoutes Web site
• National polling research
• “Buy Fresh Buy Local” (our trademarked program) chapter development to support??sustainable food and farming systems
• Communications tools—including our Communicator’s and Buy Local Tools
• Implementation strategies for re-building state and local food systems
• Conservancy of our food heritage while working to re-build the ever eroding loss of farms, food processors and food producers in the United States as well as Internationally.

A Sonoma County Cooperative community alliance composed of businesses, individuals, non-profit organizations, and government entities.

Their mission is to reclaim local economic power through educating the community on the benefits of a thriving local economy, engaging community stakeholders by providing ownership in the cooperative process, and sustaining the well being of that local economy through community reinvestment and enterprise incubation.

Sonoma County GoLocal is committed to bringing to fruition their vision of a resilient, thriving local economy in Sonoma County that supports people and the planet through economic localization.

Educating leaders to create public policy that is environmentally friendly, socially equitable, and economically viable for a sustainable community.

We are a group of concerned culinary adventurers who are making an effort to eat only foods grown or harvested within a 100 mile radius of San Francisco for an entire month. We recognize that the choices we make about what foods we choose to eat are important politically, environmentally, economically, and healthfully.

OAEC was founded in 1994 by a group of biologists, horticulturists, educators, activists, and artists seeking innovative and practical approaches to the pressing environmental and economic crises of our day. Much of the Center’s work addresses the challenges of creating democratic communities that are ecologically, economically and culturally sustainable in an increasingly privatized and corporatized economy and culture.

This Network is a collaboration of garden coordinators, classroom teachers, parent volunteers and community partners dedicated to the creation and support of sustainable garden and nutrition based learning programs for students in Sonoma County.

We provide students with opportunities to establish a life-long dedication to the environment and their communities, to develop a healthy understanding of nutrition, and to further their academic achievement through hands-on learning.

The department consists of three separate divisions, Agriculture, Weights and Measures, and Animal Care and Control. The Agricultural division is mandated to promote and protect the agricultural industry, and the environment of the county, through enforcement of local, State and Federal laws and regulations; it is also responsible for the protection of agricultural worker health and safety. The division of Weights and Measures is charged with assuring equity in the marketplace by inspecting commercial weighing and measuring devices, and verifying accuracy of prepackaged commodities and time-of-sale transactions. The Animal Care and Control division is responsible for the licensing, controlling, sheltering and impounding of domestic animals and livestock. The department is also responsible for two advisory boards/commissions: The Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Commission and The Animal Welfare Board. For more information regarding the four distinct units:

Agricultural Division
Weights and Measures Division
Animal Care and Control
Fish and Wildlife Commission

The Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District permanently protects the diverse agricultural, natural resource, and scenic open space lands of Sonoma County for future generations.

Sonoma County Farm Trails supports sustainable agricultural diversity in Sonoma County through the promotion of its members products via on site sales, organized retail opportunities, marketing and public relations campaigns, and educational forums that create public awareness to ensure the preservation of Sonoma County’s rich agricultural heritage for generations to come.

The site is an on-line bulletin board for neighbors around Sonoma County to share their surplus produce. Sonoma County Harvest Share links farmers & backyard gardeners with abundant produce to people who can use it.

This nonprofit resource center promotes sustainable ecological health in the Sonoma Valley through research, education and community involvement. Projects include creek restoration, watershed council, community garden, more. Site includes events, articles, large resource library, links.

Educates people and organizations about sustainability, provides tools and information, and serves as a network for ideas, projects and communities.

The local foods wheels for the San Francisco Bay and New York Metro Areas are designed to help you identify what foods are grown in those regions, and what is in season at various times of the year. The wheels are 12 inches in diameter printed on card stock in bright, full color.