The West Oakland Food Collaborative is a food and nutrition activism organization, founded in 2001, in

Oakland, California Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...

. It was organized by the Environmental Justice Institute and other agencies, and the residents of

West Oakland West Oakland is a neighborhood situated in the northwestern corner of Oakland, California, United States, situated west of Downtown Oakland, south of Emeryville, and north of Alameda. The neighborhood is located along the waterfront at the P ...

, to provide better access to high quality, affordable foods for the neighborhood. The Collaborative's five areas of focus are: the

Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the ...

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greening Greening is the process of transforming living environments, and also artifacts such as a space, a lifestyle or a brand image, into a more environmentally friendly version (i.e. 'greening your home' or 'greening your office'). The act of green ...

, fresh food availability at corner/convenience stores, the Soul Foods Cooperative, and

microbusiness A micro-enterprise (or microenterprise) is generally defined as a small business employing nine people or fewer, and having a balance sheet or turnover less than a certain amount (e.g. €2 million or PhP 3 million). The terms microenterprise an ...

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Organizations based in Oakland, California Consumer rights organizations Food cooperatives in the United States Companies established in 2001 2001 establishments in California

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