Bay Area Native Nutrition

This web site is devoted to information on a grass roots coop that a group of us are forming in the bay area. Our objective is to become personally acquainted with our farmers and knowledgable about the farming techniques that they are using in the production of our foods. We wish to further our own health while at the same time encouraging our farmers in the pursuit of mixed and sustainable farming, and helping them through our coordinated effort to keep alive the possibility of an alternative to industrialized farming. For those goods that are not locally available, our objective is to explore and find the best sources available and purchase as a group so as to both lower our prices and leverage our economic impact. [There is room for modifiction of this statement of purpose - come to our meeting!] The coop is presently centered in Berkeley, but collaborations are developing in Marin, San Francisco and Palo Alto.

For information about how to plug in, please contact Dev Rana, at right. As we take on the task of looking at producers of specific products, contact information for those focusing on a specific product will appear here. Reports on previous meetings and information on those upcoming will also appear below.

Join our Email List at:
BayArea-CoOp@NPOGroups.ORG

Dev Rana, general information, bay area collaborations, focus on milk production and fish oils. Also coordinating spice and herb orders. Weston Price contact member in Berkeley.
510-841-1112

Jolie Assina. Our resident chicken farmer. Focus on poultry production and coconut oils. Expert fermenter and raw fooder.
925-254-6007

Jessica Prentice, past organizer of the SF farmer's market and very knowledgable about local farms. Sometimes host of our meetings. Organizer of Full Moon Feasts and local cooking classes. Weston Price contact member in Richmond Annex.
510-524-6946

Juve Vela, often host of our meetings.
510-604-0730

Nori Hudson, faculty in the nutriton program at Bauman College and sometimes host of our meetings.
510-526-5291

Elisa Mikiten, Member of the Weston A. Price Foundation with a particular interest in grains.
510-845-2488