In July, school nutrition leaders, chefs, organic farmers, and food makers filled the Cavallo Point Lodge Cooking School to launch the Conscious Kitchen Recipe Project. When we shared the story of that day, we mentioned something else on the horizon: a way for districts to buy the ingredients behind those recipes together. On September 30, […]
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We carried more to Sweden than a presentation when we boarded the plane as finalists for the 2026 Food Planet Prize. Created by the Curt Bergfors Foundation, the Food Planet Prize is the world’s largest environmental award, recognizing innovations capable of transforming how the world produces, distributes, and consumes food. Drawn from more than 1,000
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In just a few days, members of the Conscious Kitchen team will board a plane to Sweden as finalists for the Food Planet Prize, one of the world’s largest awards recognizing innovative solutions to transform food systems. The Food Planet Prize selected four finalists from more than 1,000 organizations around the world. To be included
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This spring, the Conscious Kitchen team spent two days connecting with farmers, food businesses, and organizations helping shape the future of our food system at Natural Products Expo West – the world’s largest trade show for natural and organic products. One thing was clear throughout the event: organic continues to be a growing point of
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Rows of organic lettuce and potatoes stretched as far as the eye could see at Pinnacle Farms, our classroom for the day. Our Conscious Kitchen team was busy learning about experimental mulching techniques, water conservation, how hedgerows support native pollinators, and increasing organic soil matter through regenerative farming practices when a van pulled up to
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Chef Guillaume loves cooking, loves organic food, and loves the community. He embodies the values of service, Conscious Kitchen and Chefs for America, preparing hot, nutritious meals daily for students and vulnerable populations across Marin City every day. Thanks, Chef G!
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Guess what day it is?? This is what our kitchens look like on Taco Tuesday. We love it. Our chefs love it. The community loves it. Nutrition in one of the best (and most delicious!) forms. We’re proud to be part of Chefs for America!
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Fresh, local, organic veggies arrive daily to our kitchens. Chef Dolores prepares them into the healthy, hot meals she makes for the community AND takes a box home to enjoy with her family. You too can get the best of the weekly harvest, by ordering our buy one-give one Conscious Kitchen Farm Box, which also
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Where would we be without our incredible volunteers? Thanks to our teams, we’re able to make sure that hot, nutritious meals get delivered to students, families, and frontline healthcare workers in need! Thank you!
We LOVE our chefs. We LOVE our farmers. We LOVE organic vegetables. Chef Heather took home a bountiful and well deserved FRESHr Farm Shop organic produce box of her own tonight, just like the 100+ we delivered to and distributed among families across our community today to supplement critical nutrition needs.
Conscious Kitchen meals begin with quality ingredients, like these local organic chicken drumsticks from Mindful Meats. Chef Guillaume makes chicken that students love in the Conscious Kitchen year-round… and now he’s scratch-cooking local, organic chicken to meet community need across Marin City in the face of Covid-19!
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Take a peek inside the kitchen as our stellar team whips up hot, nutritious meals! Chef Dolores is always dishing out new recipes and flavors that people love. Conscious Kitchen meals are not only organic and healthy, but also delicious and comforting for the community.
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“The staff at My Marin Health were beyond grateful and so excited to help unload the meals.” Our volunteers report back daily about distributions of our hot meals countywide — and WE are the ones who are beyond grateful to the medical heroes for serving our community selflessly.
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Our volunteers are incredible. Our teams are incredible. Our community is incredible. Sharing thoughts from incredible powerhouse You Go Grow: Thank you Play Marin Tomatero Farm and Conscious Kitchen for feeding and nurturing Marin City. It is everything right now to see people come together. A huge shout out to all of our volunteers working to keep Conscious Kitchen serving the
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The local community knows they can count on Conscious Kitchen for nourishing meals, and we are thus fielding, responding to and able to deliver on calls from county agencies, homeless centers, medical clinics and local schools — including a new partnership with Venetia Valley, to provide hot, organic meals for a student and family demographic similar to
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It’s #GivingTuesdayNow — and we ask that you support Conscious Kitchen. There is great need in all of our communities right now, and we do our part every day for children, seniors, homeless, families, and the most vulnerable among us. This work is only possible because of our chefs and you. Meet Chef Guillaume and Chef Dolores, two
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