Reflecting on 2016

2016 was a record year for Alchemist CDC at the farmers’ market. We began CalFresh processing at three additional markets, which gave us 13 markets total. At these markets, we saw over $248,000 spent in CalFresh last year. This means lower-income families were able to...

Thank you for attending Cider for a Cause!

Thanks to everyone who showed up on January 29th at Two Rivers Cider Company  to show your support for Alchemist CDC. We enjoyed hanging out with friends, listening to music, drinking awesome locally produced hard cider and eating delicious food from Slightly Skewed...

Alchemy Kitchen project highlighted in the Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Bee published an article regarding our Alchemy Kitchen project. “A food business incubator, Douglas said, could help small farmers start or expand their output of value-added products, or the foodstuffs they make with the crops they harvest. It...

Thanks for attending our Catalyst for Change fundraiser!

  Thank you to everyone for your generous support and for joining us at our Catalyst for Change event.     Sponsors Food Access Ally ($1000) California Medical Association UFCW Western States Council Hilary Haycock, Harbage Consulting Alchemist...

Market Match Spending on the Rise

Market Match is an incentive and bonus program offered to Calfresh food stamp recipients and it is the best way to make CalFresh dollars go further at the farmers’ market. When someone spends their CalFresh benefits at participating farmers’ markets, they receive...