May 19, 2010 | posted in Partners by seedlingprojects

Soil Association

The Soil Association was founded in 1946 by a group of farmers, scientists and nutritionists who observed a direct connection between farming practice and plant, animal, human and environmental health. We promote planet-friendly food and farming through education, campaigns, and community programs. Today, the Soil Association is U.K.’s leading organic organization, with over 200 staff based in Bristol and Edinburgh and working as certification inspectors across the country.

May 18, 2010 | posted in Partners by seedlingprojects

Noise 13

An organization’s success is determined by the power of its message, and its ability to communicate that message in a meaningful, appropriate way. We work with businesses to define soulful, memorable and captivating brands that reflect their goals and distinguish them within the marketplace.

The Seedling Projects website was generously donated by the creative folks at Noise 13.

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Slow Food USA

Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We seek to inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces so that they ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.

May 17, 2010 | posted in Partners by seedlingprojects

Slow Food San Francisco

Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.

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Edible Communities

Edible Communities, Inc. is a publishing and information services company that creates editorially rich, community-based, local-foods publications in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Through our publications, supporting websites, and events, we connect consumers with family farmers, growers, chefs, and food artisans of all kinds. We believe that every person has the right to affordable, fresh, healthful food on a daily basis and that knowing where our food comes from is a powerful thing.

May 05, 2010 | posted in Press by seedlingprojects

Seedling Projects featured in Faces & Visions of the Food Movement: Sam Mogannam

Sam Mogannam is the much-loved owner of San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Market, Bi-Rite Creamery, and founder of 18 Reasons, a community space that invites people to explore art, food, and community. According to a recent article in 7×7 about SF tastemakers, he’s also been called the Mayor of 18th Street on a number of occasions. With his market and his devotion to people, and farmers in particular, he’s brought back the family-owned grocery and created a renewed sense of community in this pocket of the Mission District (and also my neighborhood). I sat down with him in his office above the store recently to interview him as the first in a series of perspectives on folks around the country who are making a difference in the effort to transform our food system.