
About Us
Everybody goes to bed well fed. This vision has been the driving force from the earliest days of Fresher, originally formed in 2006 by Rabbi David Azen as the non-profit Fresh Producers. Eventually, we realized Fresh Producers need to be in partnership with Fresh Consumers, and Fresher became the umbrella for the formula
Fresh Producers + Fresh Consumers = The Fresher Future.
Now, we aim to achieve food security through the business of ending hunger – a social enterprise model for food security through Fresher Family and Neighborhood Meal Plans. Bringing together workforce skills development and a pathway toward a culinary career as a Fresher Community Chef, we support communities in creating, owning and sustaining a nutritious cycle of health, wealth and skills for life.
Over the last four years, as we shifted toward a model for healthier, affordable ready-made meals that can jumpstart better eating for folks who may not have the skills, time or resources to put good food on the table every night, we have worked to restore the Sam and Bonnie Pannell Community Center Pool Kitchen. With the incredible support of Councilmember Larry Carr, the City of Sacramento Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment, and the City Building Department, as well as FHRA, we have a home base in Meadowview, South Sacramento, a USDA certified food desert.

Funders
Kaiser Permanente
Wells Fargo
Jewish Community Foundation of the West
The California Endowment
California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
Morgan Family Fund at Silicon Valley Foundation
Alan and Lori Kessler Trust
City of Sacramento Department of Youth, Parks and Community Development
Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority
City of Sacramento Gang Task Force
Sutter Health Foundation
The Davis Family Foundation
Fresh Works Fund
Federal Home Loan Bank
Five Star Bank
RCA Fund at Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Raley’s and Bel Air
Bank of America
Sierra Health Foundation
Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy
Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna
Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli
Mayor of Sacramento Darrell Steinberg
City of Sacramento Councilmember Larry Carr
City of Sacramento Councilmember Rick Jennings
City of Sacramento Councilmember Eric Guerra
City of Sacramento Councilmember Jay Schenirer
City of Sacramento Councilmember Steve Hansen
City of Sacramento Councilmember Jeff Harris
City of Sacramento Councilmember Allen Warren
The Kelly Foundation
La Familia
SAGE Global
Arata Brothers Trust
Greater Sacramento Urban League
California Health Foundation
UC Davis Center for Health Disparities
Uber
California Rice Commission
Wilke Fleury
Delaine Eastin
Matt Perry
Dr. Zoey Goore
Stephen Wright
Valerie Brown
Linda Huddleston
Dr. Elizabeth Miller
Rose Mary and Dan Swart
Michael Polis
Helen Ornellas
Steve Garland
Jennifer Tachera
Steve Winlock
Maria Sperber
Susan Riggs
Roy Grimes
Andrew Gordon
Beth Southorn
James Durst
Dennis Styne
Nathan Ulsh
Pat Paul
Julio Gonzalez
Anne Simpson
Randi Knott
Victor Hymes
Gilles Attia
Thomas Roth
Judy and Steve Lewis
Ziegler Family Fund
Embarcadero Lions
Mari and Arnie Golub
Laetitia Coudray
Joseph Lyons
Rita Sago
Kelly McGillis
Luisa Menchaca
Sharonjoy Jahoda
Sock Problems
Joanne Donsky and Stuart Oremland
Jan Brenner
Kenneth Hassman
Ronald Javor
Matthew Bryant
Marena Weisman
Lynne Cannady
Michael Fahn
Mauria Hirning
Susan Solarz
Karen Swan
Crystal Bethke
Charles Azen
Robert Bennett
Randy Pollack
Jaycob Bytel
Heather Pugh
Robert and Tamra Ruxin
Jana Uslan
Charlotte Glennie
Julie Horenstein
Kathleen Stewart
Lydia Inghram
Gary McDonald
Sandy Kaufman
Joann Milligan
Farla Kaufman
Kymberly Smith
Christina Mohaddess
Charlotte Escobosa
Juveda Faciane
Amy and Jim SaNogueira
Ruth and David Johndrow
Cheryl Miles
Yolanda Nieuwkerk Lerner
Sheri Hofer
Gordon Mann
Jan Wenzel
Daniel Wilson
Drew Rosen
Diana Cassady
Margaret Park