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Who We Are

When we started Farming Hope in 2016, we began working alongside folks still unhoused, and those who had made it out. The common theme was that everyone who “got out” had responsibility and ownership at the support organizations they worked with. We called this universal principle the “need to be needed.” We mean it when we say: You are needed to build this change. Over the years we’ve hired back seven graduates to permanent staff, and continue to build a team with deeper empathy and relatable experience. Thank you to the broader Farming Hope community for supporting our team and our Apprentices.

2016

Founded at Stanford FEED Collaborative

2017

Started farmers market popup

2018

Opened restaurant at Manny’s

2019

Three graduates hired to staff

2020

Served over 50,000 community meals

2021

Opened Refettorio San Francisco

Our Team

Andie

Andie Sobrepeña
Co-Executive Director

Kerry

Kerry Rodgers
Co-Executive Director

Haley

Haley Nielsen
Development Director

Phil

Phil Saneski
Culinary Director

vianney

Vianney Trujillo
Program Manager

Ram

Ramesses Olivares-Ochoa
Refettorio SF
General Manager

Anselmo

Anselmo Gonzalez
Refettorio SF
Kitchen Manager

Lisa

Lisa Frare
Communications Manager

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Devon Jordan-McFeely
Cook and Trainer

Mauro

Mauro Juarez Ramos
Cook and Trainer

Jacey Jeffrey
Garden Co-Manager

Jamie

Adrian Lewis
Garden Co-Manager

Jamie

Jamie Stark
Co-founder, Senior Advisor

Kevin Madrigal
Co-founder

Board of Directors

Salim Zymet

Salim Shariff
Board Chair

Steph Weiler

Stephanie Weiler
Vice Chair

Maddy Shannon

Maddy Shannon
Secretary

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Dina Polanco-Mendoza
Secretary

Lyndsey

Lyndsey Boucherle

Hector Calderon

Hector Calderon

Joan Hanawi Carlock

Trish

Tricia Chandiramani

Shelley

Shelley Dyer

Michael Fu

Michael Fu

Kathy Gu

Kathy Gu

Ilana

Ilana Lipset

Michelle Minori

Michelle Minori

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Reports

Farming Hope is a registered 501(c)(3) Tax ID: 83-2393341

 See our Annual Reports (Gratitude reports) and 990’s below.

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 Farming Hope is different — we pay Apprentices while they learn in our program.
Paying people makes sense, but costs dollars.