Impact
Foodwise Impact Report 2024-25: Growing Our Bay Area Food Community
This report covers April 2024 through March 2025, a time of change in San Francisco and beyond. Through economic uncertainty and political transitions, Foodwise farmers markets have been there for California family farms, food makers, and San Francisco residents as a source of livelihood, fresh food access, education, and connection.
Foodwise farmers markets helped sustain and strengthen small farms and food makers by connecting them with new customers and sales channels. We expanded our Building Equity program, supporting dozens of early-stage BIPOC entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. Amid state budget cuts, we worked in coalition with our market community to defend healthy food access for low-income Californians. And as always, we delivered free food education to thousands of San Francisco kids and market visitors.
As we work with our community to grow a fair, regenerative, and nourishing food future in the Bay Area and beyond, we are grounded in our shared values of equity, environmental stewardship, and joy. We can’t do this important work without you! Let’s look back on what we accomplished together.
