San Diego Food System Alliance

We had a wonderful time visiting Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona earlier this week! 🦅 Thank you Essence Sage Oyos and team for the warm welcome. Golden Eagle Farm is growing organic veggies, fruits, herbs, and Native ethnobotanicals all for sale to community members and the general public. They also have been putting on night markets all summer, and have renovated an amazing guesthouse on the property that can be rented out for vacations, retreats, etc. #SaveTheDate for Golden Eagle Farm's big holiday Barn Sale the weekend of 11/16-11/17 with a farmers market, makers market, native vendors, crafts, food trucks, music, and more! https://lnkd.in/gvGipaP8 The farm is operated by the Mesa Grande Business Development Corporation (BDC) for the benefit of the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians. We felt all the love for food, land, and community during our visit and can't wait to visit again soon.

We’re thrilled to share the full lineup of sessions and speakers for Cooperation: the 4th Annual Gathering for #sdfoodvision2030! 🎤🎤🎤 Explore all sessions & speakers: https://lnkd.in/g-Z_B96H After working for months with dozens of partners across San Diego County’s community food system (and beyond!) to determine important themes and dialogues currently top of mind for our region and movement, we’ve settled on these 15 sessions that we hope will seed joy, learning, curiosity, inspiration, and above all, cooperation—in all of us. If you’re registered to attend the Annual Gathering, you’ll be able to attend up to three (3) of these sessions throughout the day — one in the morning, one after lunch, and one at the end of the day. Which sessions are you most looking forward to?

“What Up Doe, Whadupdoe, Waddupdoe: It’s a greeting, a phrase, a word with multiple spellings, yet one meaning — home.” —Natasha T. Miller, Detroit Poet Our wonderful Community Engagement Manager Lakisha McZeal and Co-Executive Director Elly Brown traveled to Detroit last month, experiencing the warmth and vibrance of a community that is deeply, actively cultivating their local #foodsystem to center #cooperation, #foodsovereignty, Black leadership and ancestral wisdom. Read Lakisha's insights in the story below! This experience was part of the Feeding America Food Security Equity Fund Summit held in Detroit and we are so grateful to be a grantee ✨

Did you know? The County of San Diego's Office of Sustainability and Environmental Justice (OSEJ) is developing a #FoodJustice #CommunityActionPlan to address food access and food insecurity across our region. We're honored that the Annual Gathering will be one stop 📍 where OSEJ will be collecting community input to shape this Community Action Plan. Here's a recap of what has happened so far: ✅ County Board direction to develop a Food Justice Community Action ✅ Community Roundtables 🟩 Share your ideas online through 10/7 🟩 Engage in dialogue at the 4th Annual Gathering on 10/17 🟩 Draft action plan shared publicly in late Fall Now through October 7, you can share your vision for food and nutrition security, food justice, and more in our region through the County's engagement website: https://lnkd.in/gdj6URTx And on October 17, join us at the Annual Gathering to participate in a dialogue about what role the County should play in building a nourished and equitable San Diego: theannualgathering.org Make your voice heard ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

We’re thrilled to share the food lineup 🌯 for the 4th Annual Gathering for #sdfoodvision2030! Read about each small business and producer here: https://lnkd.in/geSjF7bq As always, the Annual Gathering is an opportunity to celebrate small-scale producers, chefs, and food business owners from across San Diego County in a big way. Thank you to these local businesses, individuals, and families for nourishing us not only at the Annual Gathering, but all year—day in and day out. These folks are showing us how we can cultivate justice, fight climate change, and build resilience in our region by transforming how we grow, move, and share food. Register for the Annual Gathering taking place on Oct. 17 at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, CA: https://lnkd.in/ghRR7mdC

Congratulations to our friends at Project New Village on launching this brilliant podcast 🖤❤️💚 Episode 1 is out now and we're so excited to tune in! In San Diego County, we are fortunate to have the deep wisdom and assets of Southeastern San Diego's community and lineage. The seeds of SESD's Good Food District—a model for cultivating food sovereignty through a community-rooted, placed-based effort—were planted in large part by the dozen or so Black founders of Project New Village, including the late Robert Tambuzi. Listen to their story now 👇🏿

🎟️ A beautiful event is around the corner on Sunday 8/25! The Dockside Night Market is a celebration of our local fisheries and all of the diverse species San Diego has to offer. Enjoy a variety of dishes that showcase our freshest catch of the day, prepared by local chefs. Tickets: https://lnkd.in/gKtvnNBa 100% of ticket profits will be donated to The San Diego Fishermans' Working Group to protect the commercial fishing interests and opportunities in San Diego by providing seafood choices that affirm regional cultural traditions, support local communities, and contribute to the health and productivity of natural marine resources. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱? Eating local seafood is one of the best ways we can nourish our bodies, the environment, and our community. It connects us with the land and sea where we live, builds a relationship with fishing families and the hard work of harvesting seafood, boosts our local economy, supports preservation of essential skills and jobs, and is a great choice for our health ❤️🐟 Help support a diverse and rich food system by eating local seafood. We hope to see you there!

We’re thrilled to announce that registration for our 4th Annual Gathering is now open! 🌌 𝑪𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 4th Annual Gathering for San Diego County Food Vision 2030 Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 9am-4pm (Doors open at 8am) California Center for the Arts Learn more & register: https://lnkd.in/dQJb_HJm The Annual Gathering calls in our community to be together, see each other, and collectively invest in San Diego County’s local food economy, preserve agricultural land and soils, elevate food and farm workers, shift toward a relational and reciprocal food culture, center cooperation and food sovereignty, and more. A few things we're excited about for this year: 💫 ~15 sessions 💫 ~500 participants 💫 Local food 💫 Community Hall 💫 Community Altar 💫 Youth Summit 💫 Spanish interpretation 💫 Free childcare onsite 💫 Volunteer opportunities 💫 Scholarships & stipends available Details about it all on the event website ⬇️ See you in October!

Reminder: The Alliance is closed and on break this week! We will return Monday, July 8. We've encouraged our staff to fully unplug during this time and make space for rest and health.⁠ ⁠ On summer breaks — we learned about the term 'estivation' from our friends at La Semilla Food Center, fellow humans also working toward just, equitable, local food systems. As La Semilla says, we are "following the lessons of wildlife's natural cycles of dormancy during high temperatures and in arid climates." Thank you for the reminder and for this term 🫶🏽⁠ ⁠ Prolonged rest is natural and essential! We're grateful to our full community for all your support, always.⁠ ⁠ P.S. We'll have exciting news about this year's Annual Gathering when we return 👀

Throwback to this past spring, when a few folks from our newest #PollinatorProgram cohort gathered at Ranchito Milkyway, a local farm in Bonita! We love our Pollinator cohort and are excited to feature them more soon.⁠ ⁠ 🐝 Pollinator (our play on a business 'incubator') is a tailored business planning and coaching program within our #LocalFoodEconomyLab, designed to support small-scale farmers, fishermen, and food business owners in San Diego County. Through this program, we aim to provide deep support to our region’s small food system businesses and help entrepreneurs build a strong foundation for viability and success.⁠ ⁠ 🥕 All of these photos are from the beautiful Ranchito Milkyway (https://lnkd.in/gSQ-nW4D), a Pollinator participant this year. Started by Christian and Alyssa in 2021, the farm is rooted in love, connection, regeneration, and nourishing local communities. Follow them, sign up for their CSA, and be sure to visit their farmstand on Sundays from 10am to 2pm!