Riverside Local Food and Agriculture Resources

Below is a list of websites pertaining to local food and agriculture in Riverside. Simply click on a link to open the selected site in a new window.

Local Riverside Food and Agriculture Resources

Riverside Food Systems Alliance: http://growriverside.org

Wood Streets Green Team: https://woodstreetsgreenteam.wordpress.com/

Riverside Food Coop: http://www.riversidefoodcoop.com/

Magnolia Center Marketplace: http://www.magnoliacentermarketplace.com/#!about/cee5

Riverside Certified Farmers Market: https://www.facebook.com/Riverside.CFM/

Riverside County Agricultural Resources

Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office: http://www.rivcoag.org/

Riverside County Farm Bureau: http://www.riversidecfb.com/

Riverside County Master Gardeners: http://ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/

Riverside County Department of Public Health: http://www.rivcoph.org/

Riverside County Economic Development Agency: http://www.rivcoeda.org/

Riverside County Department of Environmental Health: http://www.rivcoeh.org/

Riverside County CalFresh/SNAP Assistance Program: http://dpss.co.riverside.ca.us/self-sufficiency/calfresh-snap

Riverside Unified School District Nutrition Services: http://www.rusdlink.org/domain/69

Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District: http://www.rcrcd.com/

Academic Resources

UC Riverside Community Garden: https://www.facebook.com/ucrcommunitygarden/

University of California, Riverside Citrus Variety Collection: http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/

The Citrus Experiment Station: http://cnas.ucr.edu/about/history/ces.html

University of California Global Food Initiative: http://universityofcalifornia.edu/global-food-initiative

Cal Baptist University Food Innovation Center: http://bit.ly/23i1qXi

Cal Poly Pomona College of Agriculture: http://www.cpp.edu/~agri/departments/index.shtml

Cal Poly Sustainable Agriculture Training Program at Archi’s Acres: http://archisacres.com/page/sat-program

Riverside Small Business Local Food and Agriculture Resources

ShareKitchen: http://www.sharekitchen.org/

Inland Empire Small Business Development Center: http://www.iesmallbusiness.com/

SBA Santa Ana District Office: https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ca/santa-ana/about-us

Inland Empire Women’s Business Center: http://www.iewbc.org/

Premiere Inland Empire Business Counseling and Consulting Service | SCORE: https://inlandempire.score.org/

Cottage Food Operation Information: http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/pages/fdbcottagefood.aspx

Local Food and Agricultural Grant Opportunities

Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP): http://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/lfpp

Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP): http://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/fmpp

Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG): http://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/value-added-producer-grants

CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBCP): https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Specialty_Crop_Competitiveness_Grants/

Urban Agriculture Resources

UC ANR Urban Agriculture Resources: http://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/

Urban Ag Products: http://urbanagproducts.com/

Fox Farm: http://berndtsplants.blogspot.com/

City Farmer: http://www.cityfarmer.info/

Beginning Farmers Farm Business Planning: http://www.beginningfarmers.org/farm-business-planning/

National and Statewide Agricultural Resources

California Department of Food and Agriculture: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/

USDA Rural Development, California: http://www.rd.usda.gov/ca

Farm Service Agency, California: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/stateoffapp?mystate=ca&area=home&subject=landing&topic=landing

National Young Farmers Coalition: http://www.youngfarmers.org/

Seedstock: http://seedstock.com

Slow Money Southern California: http://slowmoneysocal.org/

California Agriculture and Food Enterprise: http://cafe.ucr.edu/

Roots of Change: http://rootsofchange.org/

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: http://sustainableagriculture.net/

Local Food Information and Data

Farmers Markets and Direct-to-Consumer Marketing: http://www.ams.usda.gov/services/local-regional/farmers-markets-and-direct-consumer-marketing

Local Food Directory: http://www.ams.usda.gov/services/local-regional/food-directories

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF2): http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=KNOWYOURFARMER

Why Local Food Matters: http://1.usa.gov/1XmM2bJ

Regional Water Agencies and Resources

Riverside Public Utilities (RPU): https://www.riversideca.gov/utilities/

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD): http://emwd.org/

Western Municipal Water District (WMWD): http://wmwd.com/

Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA): http://www.sawpa.org/

Riverside Local Food Friendly Restaurants

Blackburn’s Farm to Table: http://blackburnsfarmtotable.com/

The Salted Pig: http://thesaltedpig.com/

Woodfire Cafe: http://woodfirecafe951.weebly.com/

Health’s Kitchen: http://www.healths-kitchen.com/

E.A.T Marketplace: http://eatmarketplace.com/

Bushfire Grill: http://bushfiregrill.com/

Local Riverside Farms

Unity Farm: http://unityorganicfarm.com/location.html

Fox Farm: http://berndtsplants.blogspot.com/

Corona Farms: https://www.facebook.com/coronafarms2014/

Sage Mountain Farm: http://www.sagemountainfarm.com/

Griffith Family Farms: http://www.localharvest.org/griffith-family-farms-M56110

Bobcat Properties Farm: https://www.facebook.com/Bobcat-Properties-Farm-144263675633688/

Sunny Cabana Farms: http://www.sunnycabanafarm.com/

3 Red Hart’s Grove: http://www.localharvest.org/3-red-harts-grove-M36559

Around the World Herbs: https://www.facebook.com/Atwherbs/

B & T Farms: https://www.facebook.com/bandtfresh?_rdr=p

Bare Bees Honey: http://lawsonbrittany.wix.com/barebeeshoney

Bautista Creek Local Produce: http://bclocalproduce.com/

Bautista Organic Date Ranch: http://7hotdates.com/

Black Sheep Produce: https://www.facebook.com/Black-Sheep-Produce

Brown Date Company: http://www.browndategarden.com/

Cali-Dragon Farm & Orchard: https://www.facebook.com/Calidragonveganicfarm/

Carol Gardens: https://www.facebook.com/Carol-Gardens-205747022783632/

Coronet Corner Grove: https://www.facebook.com/Coronet-Corner-Grove

Da Le Ranch: http://www.da-le-ranch.com/

Dates by DaVall: http://www.datesbydavall.com/

Deluz Farms & Nursery: http://deluzfarms.com/

Eden Tropics: http://edentropics.com/

Gless Ranch: http://www.glessranch.com/

Flying Disc Ranch: http://flyingdiscranch.com/

Futterman Farm: http://www.localharvest.org/futterman-farm-M32221

Garcia’s Medjool Dates: http://www.garciasmedjooldates.com/

Gaytan Family Farm: https://www.facebook.com/Gaytan-Family-Farm-186615714735142/

Girasol Farm: http://girasolfarm.com/

Primal Pastures: http://primalpastures.com/

GoneStraw Farms: https://www.facebook.com/GoneStraw-Farms-218169335030211/

Kenny’s Strawberry Farm: http://www.temeculavalleystrawberryfarms.com/

Kepner Farms: https://www.facebook.com/kepnerfarms/

Leja Farms: http://www.lejafarms.com/

Lichen-Z-Farms: http://www.lichenzfarm.com/site/main

Meljess Bees: https://www.facebook.com/Meljess-Bees-298353236867846/

Menos Farm: http://www.inlandempirecsa.com/menos-farms/

Pato’s Dream Date Garden: http://www.patosdategardens.com/

Peltzer Farms: http://peltzerfarms.com/

Pureland Farms: http://www.localharvest.org/pure-land-farms-M19728

Rancho Organico: https://www.facebook.com/Rancho-Organico-111110268975952/

Ray’s Ranch Temecula: https://www.facebook.com/Rays-Ranch-381747991859545/

Ribbonwood Acres Ranch: https://www.facebook.com/Ribbonwoodacres/

Rios Farms: http://www.losriosrancho.com/

Sky Valley Dates: http://www.skyvalleydates.com/

Suzee’s Beez & Cheeze: https://squareup.com/market/suzees-beez-and-cheez

Temecula Valley Honey Company: http://temeculavalleyhoneycompany.com/

Three Sisters Farm: http://threesistersfarm.org/

Urban Food Works: http://www.urbanfoodworks.com/

Wong Farms LLC: http://www.wongfarms.org/

Greater California Food Policy Councils

Riverside Food Systems Alliance (RFSA): http://facebook.com/RiversideFoodSystemsAlliance/

Los Angeles Food Policy Council: http://goodfoodla.org/

Orange County Food Access Coalition: http://ocfoodaccess.org/

Santa Barbara County Food Policy Council: http://sbcfoodpolicycouncil.weebly.com/

San Diego Food System Alliance: http://www.sdfsa.org/

Kern Food Policy Council: http://kernfoodpolicy.org/

Marin Food Policy Council: http://ucanr.edu/sites/MarinFoodPolicyCouncil/

San Luis Obispo County Food System Coalition: http://www.slofoodsystem.org/

San Bernardino Food Policy Council: http://www.sbcounty.gov/capsbc/

Ashland Cherryland Food Policy Council: http://www.acfpc.org/

City of Berkeley Food and Nutrition Policy: http://www.food-matters.org/pages/berkeley.htm

Sacramento Food Policy Council: https://www.facebook.com/SacFoodPolicy

Riverside Community Gardens

Arlanza Community Garden – https://www.facebook.com/arlanzacommunitygarden/

Huerta Del Valle Ontario Community Gardens – https://www.facebook.com/HDVhuertadelvalle/

Tequesquite Community Garden – https://www.facebook.com/TeqGarden/

Eastside Community Garden at Emerson Elementary School – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eastside-Community-Garden/

Chino Community Garden: http://www.healthychino.com/chino-community-garden.html

City of Perris Community Garden Demostration Center – http://www.cityofperris.org/livewell/community-garden.html

Riverside Community Gardens: https://www.facebook.com/RiversideCommunityGardens/