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Living Institute - ,
P.O. Box 836, 13771
S. Highway 101, Hopland, CA 95449.
(Map)
707-744-2017.
Occidental
Arts & Ecology Center - 15290
Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA 95465.
707-874-1557. The Center is located in western
Sonoma County on 80 acres that encompasses
wildlands of meadows and mixed oak, fir and redwood
forests. The Center's bio-intensive organic gardens
and orchards have been a source of inspiration and
training for thousands of gardeners, farmers and
landscapers over the past 30 years. In a typical
year, the Center receives over 3,000 visitors.
Real
Goods - 555 Leslie St.,
Ukiah, CA 95482-5507. 707-468-9214. Fax Number:
707-468-9486. Annual festival, educational center,
and catalog for solar energy and alternative
energy. Nelson's
Books - Toll-free:
800-877-1267 M-F: 9am-4pm (Pacific Time). Many
specialty books on living foods. We wholesale and
retail.
Sunfood.com
- 1567 N. Cuyamaca
St., El Cajon, CA 92020. 800-205-2350.
619-596-7979. Open to the public Monday-Friday
10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Nature's First Law distributes
exotic raw/organic foods, books, and appliances.
Seminars, classes, and buffet luncheons are also
offered on a regular basis.
The
Living Temple - 7561 Center Ave
#24, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. 714-891-5117.
Store Hours : Mon-Sat 11-7 & Sun 12-6. Raw and
organic foods & snacks, books & videos,
organic cotton & hemp clothing, live speakers
& events plus a whole lot more! 100% Vegan
Company.
Ocean
Beach People's Natural Foods Market
- 4765 Voltaire
St., Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA 92107-1733.
619-224-1387. Great raw food book selection. Juice
bar.
Bragg
Live Foods: Book Catalog - Box 7,
Santa Barbara, CA 93102.
800-446-1990.
 The
Raw Vegan Network | Ekaya Institute of Living Food
Education -
CA. Graduates of The Ekaya Institute of Living Food
Education (E.I.L.F.E.), Certified Nutrition
Specialists, Raw Living Foods Chefs, Raw Lifestyle
Coaches, and Raw Personal Trainers. See website for
their 'members' websites' area (including CA chefs
& caterers).
Elaina
Love | Pure Joy Planet - 904
Evelyn Avenue, Albany, CA 94706. 510-647-9474. Raw
food coaching and cheffing, Elaina's Raw Food
Recipe books and DVDs, Nut Milk Bags, Irish Moss
and kitchen gadgets and superfoods.
Living
Light Culinary Arts Institute - 301-B North Main Steet, Fort
Bragg, CA 95437. 800-816-2319 or 707-964-2420.
LLCAI is known internationally as the premier raw
vegan chef school in the world. Contact about
chefs/caterers in your area. See description
in'Culinary Schools: Raw Food' below.
Serenity
Spaces -
Los Angeles, CA. 310-854-2078 and 310-928-7689.
Through Workshops. Retreats, Organic Living Foods,
Meditation and recommendations of products and
other sites, we believe that you will find the
serene spaces of this infinite spring which lies
within.
 Living
Light Culinary Arts Institute - 301-B North Main Steet, Fort
Bragg, CA 95437. 800-816-2319 or 707-964-2420.
LLCAI is known internationally as the premier raw
vegan chef school in the world. In the
comprehensive 16-day chef-training program students
learn all aspects of creating raw living
foods&emdash;from appetizers to desserts, breads to
confectioneries. Attendees range from Parisian
executive chefs to novices. Working at their own
pace under the direction of Cherie and her talented
staff, students of every level can expect to
increase their culinary competence and to
experience a new sense of personal confidence. With
patience and skill, Living Light brings forth raw
food teachers and leaders who make a difference in
their communities. Among Living Light's roster of
outstanding graduates are the following
internationally recognized raw food chefs and
authors: Roxanne Klein, former owner of Roxanne's
restaurant and co-author of RAW; Chad Sarno, author
of Vital Creations; Elaina Love, author of Elaina's
Pure Joy Kitchen; Renee Loux-Underkoffler, author
of The Raw Truth; Sergei and Valya Boutenko,
coauthors of Eating Without Heating; Suzanne Alex
Ferrara, author of The Raw Food Primer.
  .. Permaculture.com -
831-471-9164. Permaculture is the art and science
of designing human beings' place in the
environment. Permaculture design teaches you to
understand and mirror the patterns found in healthy
natural environments. You can then build
profitable, productive, sustainable, cultivated
ecosystems, which include people, and have the
diversity, stability, and resilience of natural
ecosystems.
Bay
Area Farmers' Markets - Includes: San
Francisco, Alameda, Marin County, Contra Costa
County, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County,
Solano County, Napa County, Sonoma County.
Berkeley
Farmers' Markets - Mailing Address:
Berkeley Farmers' Markets, 2530 San Pablo Ave. ,
Berkeley,CA 94702. 510-548-3333. Year round.
UC
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program -
University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis,
CA 95616. 530-752-7556. SAREP provides leadership
and support for scientific research and education
in agricultural and food systems that are
economically viable, conserve natural resources and
biodiversity, and enhance the quality of life in
the state's communities. SAREP serves farmers,
farmworkers, ranchers, researchers, educators,
regulators, policy makers, industry professionals,
consumers, and community organizations across the
state.
Diamond
Organics (left photo
collage: courtesy of Diamond Organics)
- P.O. Box 2159,
Freedom, CA 95019. 800-922-2396. Fax: 800-290-3683.
Organic fruit & vegetables.
Peaceful
Valley Farm Supply - P.O.
Box 2209, Grass Valley, CA 95945. 530-272-4769
Modesto
Certified Farmers Market -
Location: Downtown Modesto. Mailing Address: P.O.
Box 3364, Modesto, CA 95353. 209-632-9322.
Marin
Agricultural Institute - 76 San
Pablo Ave Suite 200, San Rafael, CA 94903.
415-472-6100. Our mission is to promote a viable
food system, to educate the public about the
benefits of buying fresh and locally grown food,
and to bring farmers and communities together.
Marin Agricultural Institute operates eight markets
in the Bay area, four in Marin County (Sunday and
Thursday Civic Center, Novato and Fairfax) three in
Alameda County (Oakland-Grand Lake, Newark and
Hayward), and one in San Francisco
(Stonestown).
Lindsey's
Orchard - Poway,
CA 92064. 858-748-3035. Four acres of 'naturally
grown' mature avocado and a variety of fruit trees,
including apples, peaches, oranges, tangerines,
Asian pears, figs, persimmons, pomegranates, white
sapote as well as macadamia nut trees. Sell at the
Scripps Ranch Farmer's Market in San Diego.
Mail-order also available.
Seabreeze
Organic Farm - 3909 Arroyo
Sorrento Road, San Diego, CA 92130.
858-481-0209.
Santa
Cruz Community Farmers Market (right
photo: courtesy of VegetarianUSA) - Cedar
& Lincoln Streets, Santa Cruz, CA.
831-457-6759.
California
Certified Organic Growers - 2155
Delaware Avenue, Suite 150, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.
831-423-2263. Network & Directory of Organic
Farms.
Ecological
Farming Association - 406
Main Street, Suite 313, Watsonville, CA 95076.
831-763-2111. The Ecological Farming Association
nurtures healthy and just farms, food systems,
communities and environment by bringing people
together for education, alliance building and
advocacy. Hold the 'Annual Eco-Farm
Conference'.  Fruitarian
Vibes
California
Rare Fruit Growers, Inc - The
Fullerton Arboretum - CSUF, P.O. Box 6850,
Fullerton, CA 92834-6850. Founded in 1968, the
California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) is one of the
largest amateur fruit-growing organization in the
world. Its membership includes nationally
recognized botanical gardens and noted
international horticultural researchers, as well as
hobbyists, commercial growers and representatives
from institutions of higher learning. The 2010
Festival of Fruit, hosted by the Los Angeles
Chapter, will held the week of August 14, 2010 at
Cal Poly Pomona.  Vibrance
Magazine
& Bookstore - Post
Box 256, Sebastopol, CA 95473. The "...world's only
health magazine which dares to tell the whole
truth. The world's most progressive health
periodical is dedicated to teaching health
enthusiasts how to eat our natural diet of alive
raw foods, self-heal using God-given powers within,
and build everlasting vibrant health the natural
way." No commercial controlling interests.
Subscribers in over 36 countries. Published since
1996 (Formerly 'Living Nutrition Magazine' --- now
online. Includes raw food recipes, health and
nutrition education articles, interviews and much
more.  Angelika -
PO Box 948, North San Juan, CA 95960. 530-292-3830.
Angelika's music reflects divine beauty as it flows
from the all permeating presence of love and
eternal creativity. It is a gift to her and others
to help soothe, heal and inspire, to remember who
we truly are, why we're here and where we came
from. TrueNorth
Health Education Center - 1551
Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. 707-586-5555.
Program educates participants on the benefits of
healthy living and on the use of fasting as a tool
to improve their diet and lifestyle. Affiliated
with four doctors of chiropractic and medicine who
have been certified by the International
Association of Hygienic Physicians in fasting
supervision. Since 1984, more than 5,000 people
have undergone fasting and attended their
residential health education program.
Colitis
& Chrone's Health Recovery
Services - Post Box 256,
Sebastopol, CA 95473. Run by David Klein, Ph.D.,
Director. David Klein's Vegan Diet Healing Plan and
expert phone guidance has been known to heal
Colitis, Crohn's and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in
less than 8 weeks! You can hire David today. This
Natural Hygiene plan has a 200 year track record of
success and research concludes that no other
approach works. Over one thousand clients since
1993. Endorsed by five medical doctors.
Vibrance
Magazine
& Bookstore - Post
Box 256, Sebastopol, CA 95473. See listing above in
'Magazines'  Living
Tree Community Foods (photo courtesy:
Living Tree Community Foods).
510-526-7106. Products include organic almond
butter, organic almonds, macadamias, cashews,
pecans, walnuts, hazlenuts and pinenuts, Living
olive oil, and Vermont honey (raw, unfiltered and
unheated). Most of their commoditites are certified
organic and are grown by family farmers. Distribute
worldwide. They "welcome individual orders as well
as commercial inquiries from distributors,
manufacturers, retail stores, co-ops and buying
clubs."
The
Raw Gourmet
Diamond
Organics - P.O.
Box 2159, Freedom, CA 95019. 800-922-2396. Fax:
800-290-3683. Organic fruit & vegetables.
Mendocino
Sea Vegetable Company - PO Box 455,
Philo, CA 95466. 707-895-2996.
Rejuvenative
Foods - P.O.
Box 8464, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. 1-800-805-7957.
Organic almond butter, tahini, Sauerkraut &
Kim-chi - raw with enzymes and lactobacilli. Seed
and Nut butters including pumpkin seed, halvah,
sunflower seed, & brazil nut. Money-back
guarantee.
  Dorit - Los Angeles, CA. 310-854-2078.
Monthly raw lifestyle support group meetings.
Raw
Foods Meetup Group of San Diego - San
Diego, CA.
San
Francisco Live Foods Enthusiasts (photo
courtesy: SFLFE) - 662 29th Ave.,
San Francisco, CA 94121. 415-751-2806.
 Colema
Boards of California - P.O.
Box 1879, 3660 Main St., Ste. C, Cottonwood, CA
96022. 800-745-2446.
  Elaina
Love | Pure Joy Planet - 904
Evelyn Avenue, Albany, CA 94706. 510-647-9474. Raw
food coaching and cheffing.
The
Living Temple - 7561 Center Ave
#40, Huntington Beach, CA 92647. 714-891-5117.
Store Hours : Mon-Sat 11-7 & Sun 12-6. Raw and
organic foods & snacks, books & videos,
organic cotton & hemp clothing, live speakers
& events plus a whole lot more! 100% Vegan
Company.
Optimum
Health Institute of San Diego (photo
courtesy: Optimum Health Inst.) - 6970
Central Ave., Lemon Grove, CA 91945-3346.
619-464-3346.
Dr.
Richard C. Dina, D.C & Dr. Karin Coleman Dina,
D.C. - P.O. Box 2928,
Santa Rosa, CA 95405-2928. 415-246-0948. Teaching
their Science of Raw Food Nutrition™ series of
classes at the Living Light Culinary Arts Institute
in Fort Bragg, CA throughout 2010.
The
Raw Vegan Network | Ekaya Institute of Living Food
Education -
CA. Graduates of The Ekaya Institute of Living Food
Education (E.I.L.F.E.), Certified Nutrition
Specialists, Raw Living Foods Chefs, Raw Lifestyle
Coaches, and Raw Personal Trainers. See website for
their 'members' websites' area (including CA chefs
& caterers).
 Note: *=Vegetarian,
**=Vegan, ***=raw foods
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 1730
Shattuck Ave (@ Virginia), Berkeley, CA 94709.
510-725-4418.
Raw
Energy Organic Juice Cafe ***- 2050
Addison St.(between Shattuck & Milvia),
Berkeley, CA 94704. 510-665-9464. "We only use
organic produce, we make our own "milk" from nuts.,
we recycle your cups and utensils, our compost goes
to a community garden where organic farming is
taught.
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 20955
Stevens Creek Blvd (in Whole Foods), Cupertino, CA
95014. 415-814-1364.
Living
Light Cafe ***- Living Light
International, 301-B Main Street Fort Bragg, CA
95437. 707-964-2420. Named one of the
top 20 vegan restaurants in the country by VegNews!
They serve delicious raw vegan organic specialties
including salads, entrees, smoothies, juices and
sensual desserts. They have a grab-and-go-section
for food on the run and are open daily from 7:00 AM
to 7:00 PM.
Au
Lac Vegetarian Restaurant
*/**/***- Mile Square Plaza, 16563 Brookhurst,
Fountain Valley, CA. 714-418-0658. Au Lac features
Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine.
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 206
Healdsburg Ave (in the Olive Leaf), Healdsburg, CA
95448. 707-723-4461.
Leaf
Organic ***- 11938 West
Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066.
310-390-6005. Their food is "organic (certified by
QAI ), vegan, raw, kosher(certified by KCS)".
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 230 Bay
Place (in Whole Foods), Oakland, CA 94612.
510-250-7779.
Alive
Vegetarian Cuisine ***- 1972 Lombard
St. (near Webster), San Francisco, CA 94123.
415-923-1052. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12pm-9pm.
Live food cuisine featuring appetizers, snacks,
salads, soups, entrees, desserts, teas &
beverages.
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 2400
Harrison St., San Francisco, CA. 415-830-3014.
Serving all organic, vegan and mostly live foods!
They support local farmers, sustainable agriculture
and environmnetally friendly products, and invite
you to "step inside and enjoy being someone who
chooses; loving your life, adoring yourself,
accepting the world, being generous and grateful
everyday, ..."
Cafe
Gratitude **/***- 2200
Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901.
415-578-4928.
Euphoria
Loves RAWvolution - 2301
Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90405.
310-392-9501.
Planet
Raw ***- 609
Broadway (corner of 6th & Broadway), Santa
Monica, CA 90401. 310-587-1552. Hosts: Juliano
& Ariel. We use no wheat, tofu, corn, rice,
gluten, beans,carrots,bananas, dates, potatoes,
pineapples, oats, cane, kiwis, navels, seedless
fruits, GMO'S, disaccharides or any starchy
hybridized sugars. Live raw, live organically...
LIVE!.
Leaf
Organic ***- 14318 Ventura
Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. 818-907-8779. Their
food is "organic (certified by QAI ), vegan, raw,
kosher(certified by KCS)".
SunPower
Natural Cafe ***- 3711
W Cahuenga Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604.
818-308-7420.
 Sproutpeople® -
170 Mendell St., San Francisco, CA 94124.
877-SPROUTS(777-6887). Offer the "most extensive
(by far) assortment of sprouts, but the best
sprouting seeds you can find anywhere". Almost all
(80 out of 82) of the seeds they sell are
Organic.  Note: see our sister
site, The
Vegetarian Travel Guide: Vacation
chapter for more
choices.
We
Care Spa | Juice Fasting & Spiritual
Retreat. 800-888-2523 or
760-251-2261. Desert
Hot Springs, CA.
Optimum
Health Institute of San Diego - Lemon
Grove, CA. See listing in 'Live Food Lifestyle'
above.
The
Reichian Institute - P.O.
Box 1380, Mendocino, CA 95460. 916-736-9381 or
707-813-1132.
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