Edible Silicon Valley

Sibella Kraus : The Farm-to-Table Connector

• Sibella Kraus began her career as the Food Forager, and farm supply connector for Chez Panisse and Chef Alice Waters. Photo by Dana Gluckstein

• Sibella with Catherine Brandel and Doug Fletcher at 1985 Tasting of Summer Event connecting local farmers and restaurants in the 1980s.

• Led by Sibella Kraus, the annual Tasting of Summer events ran from 1983 to 1989. The posters from the first to the last event show the dramatic growth of farm and restaurant participation, building connections and supply chains heralding in the farm-to-table movement.

• Tasting of Summer posters produced annually between 1983 and 1989 designed by Noreen Rei Fukumori.

• CUESA - Ferry Plaza Farmers Market South : photo credit Amanda Lynn Photography

• The CUESA Foodwise Kids program teaches more than 2,500 students each year to be healthy eaters. Photo by Amanda Lynn Photography

• Farmers Market beets and produce. Photo by Amanda Lynn Photography

• Sibella Kraus with farmer Mike Thorp of Spade & Plow in Coyote Valley as part of the Global Climate Action Summit.

• South Bay grown asparagus from Spade & Plow grilled and plated for farm-to-table luncheon.