We’re all hungry to give back and belong

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Please join us, Booker T. Washington Community Service Center, and Food for Soul for an unforgettable night of incredible food and inspiring community with special guests Chefs Alexander Smalls, Fernay McPherson of Minnie Bell’s, and bryant terry. All proceeds from the evening will support Farming Hope’s Refettorio SF and Booker T. Washington Community Service Center’s collective food justice work in San Francisco.

A Conversation with Chefs Alexander Smalls and bryant terry 
Dinner by Fernay McPherson of Minnie Bells with menu inspired by The Contemporary African Kitchen 
Monday, July 27th
6:30pm-9pm 
690 Van Ness Ave 

It Takes A Village

Farming Hope works within a robust village of community partners, including our referral partners who recommend Apprentices to our culinary job training program, our partners in transitional family housing who refer families to our dinner and grocery programs, our meal delivery client partners, and our food justice advocacy partners. 

We can’t do this work without their support, and we’re so excited to highlight one organization in particular this month! 

We first met the folks at Booker T Washington Community Service Center, San Francisco’s oldest black-led and black serving organization, when we learned that $45 million was going to be cut for food security at the height of pandemic food insecurity in early 2022. Leadership at Booker T helped us gather over 30 organizations who were going to be affected by these cuts and together, we rallied for that funding to be restored and won. When the group first convened, it became clear that ensuring consistent and equitable access to food and nutrition services in San Francisco needed to go well beyond both a one-time advocacy effort and short-term thinking about hunger. A citywide, broad-based movement is required to realize a more just and sustainable food system that meets the needs of everyone and builds toward food sovereignty.  Through a series of mini-retreats, including over 70 participants across 30 local partner organizations, the Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Towards Sovereignty (FAACTS) was born in 2022. Today, Farming Hope and Booker T are proud to lead on the FAACTS steering committee. 

Since then, we have deepened our partnership with Booker T to feed their community every day, including the folks in Booker T’s senior program, for their Friday Community Meal, and lunch for their Freedom Youth School, for a total of over 800 meals per week! Not only are we feeding folks who need it, nutritious, flavorful, culturally relevant, made-from-scratch meals, we’re also providing our Apprentices with an incredible opportunity to apply and put into practice their culinary skills while giving back to their neighbors. 

We’re thrilled to host July’s Guest Chef Dinner in partnership with the team at Booker T! Get your tickets today to support one of San Francisco’s most robust food justice partnerships. 

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Save the Date! November 7, 2026:
Feed it Forward – Celebrating 10 Years of Farming Hope 

From 5 Apprentices in 2016 to a projected 60+ this year alone, we’ve spent the last 10 years creating pathways to employment while feeding our community. Mark your calendars for November 7, 2026 and get ready to celebrate and fuel the next decade with amazing food from our friends Chef Tu David Phu of Gigi’s, Chef Nelson German of Meski, Sobre Mesa, and AlaMar, Daniella Branchera of Piccino, Chef Anna Voloshyna, and more! You’re not going to want to miss this party. 

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Reach out to become a Sponsor and secure your VIP experience today 

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