Slow Food East Bay

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<div fr-original-style='overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' id="isPasted" style='overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;'>EVENT POSTPONED</div><div fr-original-style='overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' style='overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;'>Given the ongoing crisis with Snap/EBT, the resulting food insecurity in our region and the amount of time and effort Saba&rsquo;s staff is spending trying to serve our local community, we have chosen to cancel our event. We hope to reschedule in early 2026, so please keep your eye out!</div><div fr-original-style='overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' style='overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-inline: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;'>In the meantime, please donate to their work - they are not only responding to the current crisis but also building plans for community owned food based distribution to ensure lesser impact from future challenges.</div> ***********************<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">As we collectively ready ourselves for the holiday season, please join us for a special &ldquo;Behind the Scenes&rdquo; tour and discussion <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">at&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.sabagrocers.org/" style="text-decoration: none; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Saba Grocers Initiative</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;in Oakland. This is your chance to get the inside intel on how Saba is feeding the community by getting vegetables into corner stores! <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Saba Grocers was a grassroots campaign grown out of the 2016 passing of the Soda Tax in Oakland, when a group of local corner store owners decided to find ways to use the collected funds to combat childhood obesity and diabetes. It&rsquo;s grown to include distribution of fruits and vegetables from farms directly to corner stores, increasing the availability of fresh produce and is continuing to grow their programs to include institutions. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">We&rsquo;ll start with a quick tour of the Oakland Produce Market - though it won&rsquo;t be operating (<a fr-original-style="text-decoration:none;" href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12047368/while-oakland-sleeps-a-100-year-old-produce-market-bustles-with-life" style="text-decoration: none; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">we&rsquo;d need a 4am event start time for that!</a><span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">) you&rsquo;ll get a feeling for the space. We&rsquo;ll then return to Saba for some small bites and drinks to get a view into their distribution process and plans for growth in the future. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Here&rsquo;s your chance to see the Oakland Produce Market from the inside, to learn about Saba&rsquo;s origins and get a first-hand account of their work - from identifying California BIPOC farmers to moving the produce from the field and into the bins and baskets of Oakland&rsquo;s corner stores - and hear their plans to become a food hub <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">This will be an evening of connection - with fellow curious consumers and with this ambitious nonprofit organization. We hope it will give you a better idea of how exactly produce moves to those who need it. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Cost: sliding scale $15, $20, $30 - ticket price pays for food plus a donation to Saba&rsquo;s important work (no one turned away - email us for a discount code!)

<div>EVENT POSTPONED</div><div>Given the ongoing crisis with Snap/EBT, the resulting food insecurity in our region and the amount of time and effort Saba’s staff is spending trying to serve our local community, we have chosen to cancel our event. We hope to reschedule in early 2026, so please keep your eye out!</div><div>In the meantime, please donate to their work - they are not only responding to the current crisis but also building plans for community owned food based distribution to ensure lesser impact from future challenges.</div> ***********************As we collectively ready ourselves for the holiday season, please join us for a special “Behind the Scenes” tour and discussion at <a href="https://www.sabagrocers.org/" target="_blank">Saba Grocers Initiative</a> in Oakland. This is your chance to get the inside intel on how Saba is feeding the community by getting vegetables into corner stores! Saba Grocers was a grassroots campaign grown out of the 2016 passing of the Soda Tax in Oakland, when a group of local corner store owners decided to find ways to use the collected funds to combat childhood obesity and diabetes. It’s grown to include distribution of fruits and vegetables from farms directly to corner stores, increasing the availability of fresh produce and is continuing to grow their programs to include institutions. We’ll start with a quick tour of the Oakland Produce Market - though it won’t be operating (<a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12047368/while-oakland-sleeps-a-100-year-old-produce-market-bustles-with-life" target="_blank">we’d need a 4am event start time for that!</a>) you’ll get a feeling for the space. We’ll then return to Saba for some small bites and drinks to get a view into their distribution process and plans for growth in the future. Here’s your chance to see the Oakland Produce Market from the inside, to learn about Saba’s origins and get a first-hand account of their work - from identifying California BIPOC farmers to moving the produce from the field and into the bins and baskets of Oakland’s corner stores - and hear their plans to become a food hub This will be an evening of connection - with fellow curious consumers and with this ambitious nonprofit organization. We hope it will give you a better idea of how exactly produce moves to those who need it. Cost: sliding scale $15, $20, $30 - ticket price pays for food plus a donation to Saba’s important work (no one turned away - email us for a discount code!)

Slow Food East Bay

Behind The Scenes at Saba Grocers Initiative

419 2nd St suite A

Accessible Ticket

$15

General Ticket

$20

Supporter

$30