Here are some of the local Slow Food resources unique to the Santa Cruz area (in alphabetical order). Are you a good, clean, and fair local business or organization? Would you like to be listed on this page? Please fill out our Partnership Form: Slow Food SC Partnership Form and email it to us at partnerships@slowfoodsantacruz.com
Farms
- Cabrillo Farmers’ Market – Aptos
- Claravale Farm
- Crystal Bay Farm
- Dirty Girl Produce
- Monterey Bay Farmers’ Markets
- Pie Ranch
- Route 1 Farms
- Santa Cruz Farmers’ Market – Downtown, Felton, Live Oak, Westside, Scotts Valley
- Swanton Berry Farm
- Watsonville Farmers’ Market – Peck & Main Streets, Fridays 3-7 p.m., year round.
- TLC Ranch
CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)
Restaurants/Caterers
- Bonny Doon Cellar Door
- Charlie Hong Kong
- Gabriella Cafe
- La Posta
- Local Harvest Catering
- Ristorante Avanti
- River Café Cheese Shop
- Soif Wine Bar and Merchants
Food Processors/Producers
- Companion Bakery
- Farmhouse Culture
- Garden Variety Cheese
- Harley Farms Goat Dairy
- Happy Girl Kitchen, Co.
- Mission Hill Creamery – Mission Hill Creamery is an organic artisan ice cream store located at 504 Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California. We make all our ice creams and sorbets on-site, from scratch, using only the finest ingredients. We work directly with Straus Family for our dairy products and hand-select all our fresh produce directly from local farmers. We even grow fruits and some herbs in our own organic garden. Our goal is to make the best ice cream in Northern California, and we are truly passionate about what we do.
- Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- Verve Coffee Roasters
- The Butcher, The Baker, The Wedding Cake Maker
- Silver Mountain Vineyards
- Uncommon Brewers
Retail/Grocery
- Deluxe Foods of Aptos
- H & H Fresh Fish
- New Leaf Community Markets
- Shopper’s Corner
- Staff of Life
- Vinocruz
- Whole Foods Market
Related Organizations & Projects
- Edible Monterey Bay
- ALBA – Agriculture & Land Based Training Association
- Amah Mutsun Relearning Garden – UCSC Arboretum
- CCOF – California Certified Organic Farmers
- Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS)
- Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF)
- EcoFarm
- Food What?!
- Life Lab
- Outstanding in the Field
- Second Harvest Food Bank
Labor
- General:
- Bon Appetit Management Company: http://www.bamco.com/
- California Institute for Rural Studies: http://www.cirsinc.org/
- Fair Food Project: http://www.fairfoodproject.org/
- United Farm Workers of America: www.ufw.org
- Watsonville Law Center: http://www.watsonvillelawcenter.org/index.php
- Pesticide and Farmworker Health:
- Pesticide Action Network: http://www.panna.org/
- Pesticide Watch: http://www.pesticidewatch.org
- Fair Labor Certification:
- Agricultural Justice Project: http://www.agriculturaljusticeproject.org/
- Domestic Fair Trade Association: http://www.thedfta.org/
- Immigration Reform and Immigrant Rights Networks:
- National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: http://www.nnirr.org/
- ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights
- Restaurant Industry:
- Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC): http://www.rocunited.org/
Slow Food Resources
- Slow Food South Bay (Silicon Valley)
- Slow Food San Francisco
- Slow Food East Bay
- Slow Food International – where Slow Food started
- Slow Food USA – our parent organization
- Local Foods Wheel
http://www.rocunited.org/
