Programs at Farming Hope: Promoting Food Justice for San Franciscans
Apprenticeships | Job Training
Farming Hope works within a diverse ecosystem of support services and partners to guide our Apprentices on their road to resilience. We provide our Apprentices with: on-the-job paid culinary and hospitality training in our kitchen, opportunities to feed it forward by cooking for our food insecure neighbors, inclusive community meals and events, and culinary, professional, and life skill courses.
Community Food Hub | Anchor Kitchen
We work with like-minded community organizations to identify those families most in need of nutritious and culturally relevant meals. Our Community Meals program alleviates the financial burden of feeding a family, removing food insecurity and allowing families to concentrate on other factors contributing to their economic precarity. Consistent, reliable, prepared meals through a community food hub are an essential component of creating the stability needed to transition out of poverty. Learn more about our food security work at our anchor kitchen, Refettorio San Francisco – a community food hub.
Community Meals | Food Recovery
We source cosmetically imperfect product through our network of farmers and suppliers. Recovered product gets received, assessed, and its use planned by our creative culinary team through flexible menus. We find ways to use the product in its entirety, including any of its by-products. For example, kale or chard stems are turned into kimchi, and corn husks into broth. We “do more with less” by shifting our perspective on what is usually considered usable product. Learn more about our food recovery at our anchor kitchen, Refettorio San Francisco.