Farming Hope

We grow food system leaders through job training. Farming Hope is a nonprofit. We are all hungry to give back and belong.

Our team manages a social enterprise restaurant, donated meals program, and training garden in San Francisco. Farming Hope is a culinary job training and food justice nonprofit. Our paid, transitional employment program helps adults transition to personal wellbeing and employment while nourishing food insecure neighbors and rescuing food from going to waste.

03/04/2026

We’re proud to be part of the Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty aka alongside dozens of food organizations across San Francisco working towards creating a citywide food and agriculture system.

We’re looking for volunteers for FAACTS’ 3rd Annual Food Action Summit: Growing Connections to Feed Action on Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26. The Summit brings together community leaders, farmers, advocates, policy makers, healthcare professionals, and grassroots organizations for a series of panels like The Future of Good Food Education, Alternative Food Networks, Food Recovery Practices, Innovation in Food Access and more!

Volunteers will get free access to both days of the Summit and will be asked to assist with:
• Summit Set Up
• Registration: Welcoming attendees, handing out badges, answering general FAQs
• Directional Assistance
• Meal Set-Up
• Summit Close Out: packing up decor, signage, inventory
• Notetakers for Breakout Sessions
• Post-Summit Event Greeter

Want to learn more?
Email: [email protected]

Or sign up directly at:
bit.ly/FAACTSVolunteers

12/31/2025

While every Apprentice Showcase Dinner is unique—each defined by the distinct personality of its cohort members and its seasonal namesake—the Grape Cohort holds a significant place in my journey. Joining Farming Hope at the end of July, this was the first group I saw through the entire lifecycle: from recruitment and interviewing to facilitating their workshops. Watching them present their signature dishes at the culmination of their 12-week Apprenticeship was a profound full-circle moment. Seeing them stand tall and present their dishes was a special milestone for me as their Workforce Empowerment Manager. I am incredibly proud of the confidence they’ve built and seeing them lean into their innate talents. This night will always hold a very special place in my heart. 💜

Now until December 31st, our Board of Directors will match up to $75,000 in online donations. By donating, you are directly contributing to providing life-sustaining employment for our Apprentices, helping them support their families, and feeding it forward for our neighbors in need.

Double your impact today by visiting our website or the link in our bio to donate.

-Jazmín Villalta, Farming Hope Workforce Empowerment Manager

12/05/2025

Thank you to everyone who helped make Giving Tuesday a success!

If you didn’t get to donate on Giving Tuesday, you can still give today to have your gift doubled until December 31st. Thanks to the generosity of our Board of Directors, all online gifts made through the end of the year will be matched.

Deepen your impact today by visiting our website or the link in our bio to donate.

12/02/2025

Today is Giving Tuesday! During this time of great uncertainty for so many in our community, please help us provide stability for our food insecure families and neighbors this season.

Thanks to the generosity of Tidewater Capital and our Board of Directors, all gifts until midnight tonight will be matched two times, tripling your impact!

Every dollar you donate will go further in providing:

• Life-sustaining employment and personal well-being for our Apprentices

• Sustainability in diverting nearly 700 pounds of food from landfills each week

• Over 4,800 pounds of fresh groceries weekly to our neighbors in need

• More than 4,200 nourishing meals to food insecure families and neighbors throughout San Francisco every week

Give today to further your impact by 3x!

Visit our website or the link in our bio to donate.

Share this post with five of your friends to encourage them to join you in giving!

12/01/2025

Giving Tuesday is tomorrow! Please consider feeding it forward this season by supporting our work to provide access to fresh groceries, made from scratch meals, and life-sustaining employment for our Apprentices to rebuild their lives and lift up their families. Your generosity directly goes towards our triple bottom line impact of addressing food insecurity, unemployment, and food waste.

Visit our website or the link in our bio to donate, volunteer, and share our work.

Spread the word by sending this post to five of your friends!

11/26/2025

A big thank you from all of us at Farming Hope to you - our community, our supporters, our partners, our volunteers, and our neighbors, who give us a reason to be grateful every day. Thank you for taking immediate action during the SNAP delays to ensure our food insecure families and neighbors continue having a reliable and inviting space to select fresh, healthy groceries and hot nourishing meals. Your support enables us to provide life-sustaining employment to our Apprentices while serving over 4,200 made from scratch meals to our local community each week. We couldn’t do this work without you.

Sending you our heartfelt thanks and wishing you all joy and warmth this holiday season.

10/30/2025

Last week, the federal government notified states that November SNAP disbursements would not be made. This sent communities into a tailspin. How will we feed the millions that rely on these benefits?

Yesterday, Mayor Lurie announced that through a public/private partnership, $18M would be made available as gift cards to the 112,000 people in our city on SNAP benefits.

At Farming Hope, we believe food is a human right. We know that this disruption will have lasting impacts and we’re ready to serve an additional 150 families at our in house meal and grocery programs.

But we need your support. Donate today and sign up to volunteer. Links in bio!

10/28/2025

We couldn’t have asked for a better guest to kick off our inaugural Book Talk series than . It was an honor to hear Chef Katie’s story and learn about her journey starting off as an intern and working her way up to leading one of the most iconic restaurants in San Francisco.

We’re grateful for nights like these where our Apprentices have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from culinary leaders, who lead with the same values that we do, with compassion, kindness, and care. One piece of advice that Chef Katie gave to our new Grape cohort was to work hard and approach each day with a beginner’s mindset - with openness, curiosity, and humility. Thank you, Chef, for this great reminder and for helping to create a memorable experience for all of us.

08/22/2025

Last week, we welcomed the incomparable team from to cook alongside our Apprentices. Together, they created a phenomenal meal and even more inspiring atmosphere. The joy, warmth, and radical hospitality that Chef Ollie and the Hilda and Jesse team brought matched our passion for inclusion and it showed. We are tremendously grateful to their team and for our community who came to support.

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690 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
94102

Website

http://farminghope.org/

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