About Fresh Producers

Fresh Producers (FP), a California tax-exempt non-profit, harnesses the entrepreneurial drive of youth to inspire choices that improve health, wealth and skills for life. Through the creation and management of distribution outlets for fresh food, linked in a youth social marketing network for other healthful goods and services, young people gain professional experience, income opportunities and educational savings, while fostering multiple positive impacts for their families and neighborhoods.

COBs, or Community Owned Business hubs, serve as the setting for Fresh Producers activities. Local job creation, income retention and economic empowerment flow from increasing access to produce (fresh food) and to produce (fresh ideas). Especially in underserved areas, members working as owner-operators will be able to own their own future by taking control of their financial system, with a foundation built by fashioning a local healthy food system.

We form COBs; young people are the kernels. Our job is to help them pop!

Our Mission
 
Fresh Producers receives grants and contributions in order to:
 Train COB coordinatorsEngage parents, younger children and youthCreate incentives for healthy eating and other constructive choicesEnable lower-income families to build equity by participating in community meal plansIncrease demand for good food at affordable prices Offer healthy fundraising revenue for programs supporting youth and community wellness
 
All youth, and especially at-risk and foster youth, get workforce experience and build equity
 Management and leadership trainingAgents of change in underserved neighborhoodsCommissions and other tangible rewardsCommunity service hours and satisfaction