Image - speaker photos and food
San Francisco

Farmers Markets, Food Banks and Chefs: Sample Your Food System!

Buy Tickets

If you are not a member yet, now is the time to join our community and receive the great benefits of membership. Members get ticket discounts, special programs, early notice of big events, and more; plus, your membership helps sustain our nonprofit organization's work. Please join! You can become a monthly sustaining member for just $13 a month.

Meet this amazing group of people who help bring food to your and your neighbor’s tables. This interactive program will include delicious samples from Sway and Curtis Aikens plus a panel discussion. It will be a fun, informative event that might change how you view our Bay Area food system. 

Andy Naja-Riese, CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Marin County, will discuss how we can strengthen our local food system in a changing climate. Chef Curtis Aikens, a former host and founding chef of The Food Network, will explain the Marin City HEAL Collaborative CAT, its three food system priorities, and how that ties into farmers markets and food banks. Ms. Tanis Crosby will discuss the mission of the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank to end hunger with a commitment to equity, collaboration and community. And Sway, founder of Forest & Flour, will share their journey into the allergen-free world and discuss how food nourishes environmental health, playing a vital role in bridging tradition, modernity, resilience and social justice.

Organizer
Patty James
Notes

This program is in-person only. If you have symptoms of illness (coughing, fever, etc.), we ask that you either stay home or wear a mask. Our front desk has complimentary masks for members and guests who would like one.

Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a nonprofit public forum; we welcome donations made during registration to support the production of our programming.

A Nutrition, Food & Wellness Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums.

Photos courtesy the speakers.

All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.

Tue, Dec 3 / 5:30 PM PST

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Speakers
Image - Curtis Aikens

Curtis Aikens

Chef; Author; Former Host and Founding Chef, The Food Network

Image - Tanis Crosby

Tanis Crosby

Executive Director, San Francisco-Marin Food Bank

Image - Sway

Sway

Founder, Forest & Flour

Image - Andy Naja-Riese

Andy Naja-Riese

Chief Executive Officer, Agricultural Institute of Marin; Co-chair, Marin County Healthy Eating Active Living Collaborative

Image - Patty James

Patty James

Chief Innovation Officer, Foogal; Co-chair, Nutrition, Food & Wellness Member-led Forum,  Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California—Moderator

Format

5 p.m. doors open & check-in; samples tasting and information tables available
5:30–6:30 p.m program
6:30–7 p.m. samples and reception
(all times Pacific Time)

COST

Members receive 30–50 percent discounts (not a member? Join)

In-person:
$22