Eating for the Greater Good: October 26 at Civic Center Plaza

The Bay Area has long been at the epicenter of the natural food movement—in fact, Star Route Farms in Marin County was the first organic farm in the Bay Area and the region is flooded with farmers markets throughout the year.

Northern California is a center for innovative approaches to virtually everything, including food. A new book is even out, called Inside the California Food Revolution, by Joyce Goldstein, about how the California food revolution transformed culinary philosophy nationwide.

Tomorrow, you can even meet and get to know the people who make the Bay Area’s thriving food scene possible: local retailers, farmers, and industry leaders will all be on hand at the first ever Greater Good Food Fair, at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco.

This inaugural event is sponsored by a range of local organizations, including Vital Systems, Slow Food San Francisco, Rainbow Grocery, and Bi-Rite. You can register for the event through its Facebook event or through Eventbrite.

Here’s the official release, from the fair’s website:

This October 26 in Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco will host the first ever Greater Good Food Fair to celebrate real food, free of genetic modification.  Organized by Label GMOs SF, Slow Food, Vital Systems, Rainbow Grocery, and Bi-Rite, the Greater Good Food Fair will celebrate the leaders, retailers, and organic farmers who are cultivating social responsibility with their work and practices. The Fair will be free and open to the public, and will feature speakers, live art, organic and regionally-produced foods from local businesses, workshops and cooking demonstrations, and a farmers’ market. Participants will cultivate an understanding of the impact of their daily food choices and learn what they can do to support organic and non-GMO producers and organizations. The Fair will take place in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza, which is in front of City Hall and bounded by Polk, McAllister, Hyde, and Grove Streets.  

Visit GGFood.org to learn more about this first-time event and the organizations supporting it.