Alchemist Community Development Corporation

Community Based Organization

Contact Information

Address

4625 44th St suite 33, Sacramento, CA 95820, USA

Contact Details

Phone:

(916) 204-8260

Service Counties

Email:

info@alchemistcdc.org

Website:

https://alchemistcdc.org/

Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado, Colusa, Contra Costa, Alameda

Agency Overview

Alchemist Community Development Corporation in Sacramento operates farmers' markets, offers CalFresh/EBT access and Market Match nutrition incentives at nine locations, and runs the Alchemist Kitchen program that trains and supports food entrepreneurs.

They also cultivate and manage community gardens—such as Oak Park Art Garden and Pansy Ave Community Garden Park—and coordinate food distribution through school partnerships. Additionally, the organization hosts community partner booths at their markets.

Ways to Support

Accepts Donated GoodsAccepts Financial DonationsAccepts Volunteers

Volunteer

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, we rely on the help of volunteers to connect communities to land, food and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse. We offer a range of volunteer opportunities across three different programs: CalFresh at Farmers’ Markets, Neighborhood Empowerment, and Community Connections 95820.

Learn more about volunteer opportunities at: https://alchemistcdc.org/volunteer/

Donate

Community Food Connections, a program of Alchemist CDC, provides emergency food support to struggling families (including newcomers and refugee populations) in partnership with Sacramento City Unified School District and their on-site social workers and case managers.

We can accept donations of unexpired, originally packaged shelf stable items and whole/unprocessed produce from all community members and unexpired, originally packaged fresh/refrigerated items direct from retail vendors. We also accept cash donations.

Contact Joe Robustelli, Food Assistance Programs Director, for more details at joe@alchemistcdc.org or visit https://alchemistcdc.org/cfc/ to learn more.