Let’s work together to transform your communities into thriving local food systems.
EXPERIENCE | LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
USDA Grant - LFPP
Grant Writer | Local Food Promotion Program
Promoting Coachella Valley’s Local Food System
Grant Recipient and Program Management
Urban Land Institute
Grant Recipient | Technical Assistance Program
ShareKitchen Food Innovation Center
From Prototypical Design to Phase 1 Development
City of Coachella
Program | Cocineros Cottage Food Accelerator
Design & Program Mercado Open Air Marketplace
Consultant | Food Truck Park
Hyperlocal Food Branding
CV FRESH – Local food branding campaign
Identifying local food producers and growers
APP Connecting businesses and consumers
Memorandum of Understanding
Rutgers University - UCR
Facilitated knowledge transfer and technical assistance
Rutgers Food Innovation Center to University of California Riverside
Coachella Valley Feasibility Study
Comprehensive feasibility study of the current agricultural
and entrepreneurship climates in Riverside County with
Lou Cooperhouse of Food Spectrum, Founder Rutgers FIC
Downtown City of Riverside
Enriching a Walkable Community Plan
Proposed Food Hall | Design and Program
Full Service Food Vendors
Integrated Local Food Marketplace
Coachella Valley Shared-use Kitchen
Food Business Incubator
Founder | Executive Director 501(c)3
Secure City Owned Building and Remodel for Use
Implement and Manage Incubator Program
Riverside Food Policy Council
Leadership | Founders Table
Representing Coachella Valley’s Food System
SBA Portable Assistance Grant
Highly Competitive Regional Pitch for OCIE SBDC
Program funds to develop food business trainings
SBDC EATS – Industry Specific Program Model
Coachella Valley Virtual Food Hub
Prototypical | Virtual Marketplace Development
Scale Appropriate Supply Chain Management
Last Mile Logisitcs Coordination
Investing in Manufacturing Communities
Partnership (IMCP)
Grant participant with UC Riverside for Federal Manufacturing Designation
for County of Riverside. Fulfilling requirement for regional food industry
incubator and support for regional value-added juicing facility to reduce
on-farm food waste and landfill diversion to reduce carbon emissions.
Coachella Valley Food Innovation Center
Prototypical Design
Shared-use Kitchen for Microentrepreneurs
Production equipment for scaling businesses
Category 5 Commissary for food trucks
Food Hub for aggregation and distribution
County of Riverside Food Systems
Proposal | Connecting local agricultural centers for a
sustainable regional supply chain.
USDA Grant - LFPP
Grant Writer | Local Food Promotion Program
Promoting Coachella Valley’s Local Food System
Grant Recipient and Program Management
Urban Land Institute
Grant Recipient | Technical Assistance Program
ShareKitchen Food Innovation Center
From Prototypical Design to Phase 1 Development
City of Coachella
Program | Cocineros Cottage Food Accelerator
Design & Program Mercado Open Air Marketplace
Consultant | Food Truck Park
Hyperlocal Food Branding
CV FRESH – Local food branding campaign
Identifying local food producers and growers
APP Connecting businesses and consumers
Memorandum of Understanding
Rutgers University - UCR
Facilitated knowledge transfer and technical assistance
Rutgers Food Innovation Center to University of California Riverside
Coachella Valley Feasibility Study
Comprehensive feasibility study of the current agricultural
and entrepreneurship climates in Riverside County with
Lou Cooperhouse of Food Spectrum, Founder Rutgers FIC
Downtown City of Riverside
Enriching a Walkable Community Plan
Proposed Food Hall | Design and Program
Full Service Food Vendors
Integrated Local Food Marketplace
Coachella Valley Shared-use Kitchen
Food Business Incubator
Founder | Executive Director 501(c)3
Secure City Owned Building and Remodel for Use
Implement and Manage Incubator Program
Riverside Food Policy Council
Leadership | Founders Table
Representing Coachella Valley’s Food System
SBA Portable Assistance Grant
Highly Competitive Regional Pitch for OCIE SBDC
Program funds to develop food business trainings
SBDC EATS – Industry Specific Program Model
Coachella Valley Virtual Food Hub
Prototypical | Virtual Marketplace Development
Scale Appropriate Supply Chain Management
Last Mile Logisitcs Coordination
Investing in Manufacturing Communities
Partnership (IMCP)
Grant participant with UC Riverside for Federal Manufacturing Designation
for County of Riverside. Fulfilling requirement for regional food industry
incubator and support for regional value-added juicing facility to reduce
on-farm food waste and landfill diversion to reduce carbon emissions.
Coachella Valley Food Innovation Center
Prototypical Design
Shared-use Kitchen for Microentrepreneurs
Production equipment for scaling businesses
Category 5 Commissary for food trucks
Food Hub for aggregation and distribution
County of Riverside Food Systems
Proposal | Connecting local agricultural centers for a
sustainable regional supply chain.
EXPERIENCE | PUBLIC SPEAKING
UC Riverside Palm Desert Center
Speaker | Living Green Lecture Series
Economic and environmental impacts of living local.
Global Food Incubator Conference
by Rutgers University
Venture, Social and Publicly Funded Programs
Speaker | Kitchen Incubators and Accelerators
Panelist | Future Food Co Accelerator & World Bank
GrowRiverside | Seedstock
Kitchen Incubators and Accelerators
Speaker and Panelist
Culinary Arts CAFE Academy
Rancho Mirage High School Advisory Board
Featured Mentor | Work-based Learning
Economic Development Day
Speaker | Leadership Riverside at City of Riverside
Community Impact of Shared-Use Kitchens
Techstars Accelerator
City of Riverside Start-Up Week
Speaker and Instructor | Cottage Food Business
NCAT | Growing Together
Speaker | Latino Farmers Conference
Bilingual Presentation | FSMA
Small Farm Safety Plan Compliance
Riverside Food Co-Op
Presentation | Cottage Food Operations
Connecting Local Growers with Local Producers
EXPERIENCE | PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY
Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
AB 626 | Ord. 949
State Legislation | Community Organizer
Consultant to Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia
RivCo Board of Supervisors Presentation
Riverside County Workforce
Development Board ERC
Advocacy | Hospitality and Agriculture Resources
Recognition as regional key target industries.
Food Innovation Centers | Go-Biz
Advocacy | California Governor’s Office of Business
and Economic Development
City of Coachella | Delegate
Sister Cities Signing with Mexicali
Representing Local Food and Agriculture
County of Riverside Food Trucks
Local Legislation | Community Organizer
Consultant to Supervisor Kevin Jeffries
Overturn Ord. 580 Ban on Food Trucks
RivCo Board of Supervisors Presentation
County of Riverside Department
of Environmental Health
Consultant | Permit Policies and Procedures
Best Practices for Shared-Use Kitchens
City of Cathedral City
Consultant | New Food Truck Ordinance
City Council Presentation
City of Coachella
Consultant | Revision Cottage Food Ordinance
Economic Development | Planning Departments
Let’s work together to transform your communities into thriving local food systems.