To read more, click here: Los Angeles County Community Food Guide

 

Sources:

COVID Impact Survey on Food Insecurity

Garrett, S., & Feenstra, G. (1999). Growing a community food system. 

Methods: Brinkley, C. (2017). Visualizing the social and geographical embeddedness of local food systems. Journal of Rural Studies54, 314-325.

LA County population: Los Angeles County, California

LA County size: Statistics – COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

LA County land in farms: 244 California 2017 Census of Agriculture – County Data Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2017

Top 5 crops: Crop Reports

Kenter Canyon Farms: https://kentercanyonfarms.com/

Hollywood Farmers’ Market: https://seela.org/markets-hollywood/

Bellwether Farms: https://bellwetherfarms.com/

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market: 

Mar Vista Farmers’ Market: http://www.marvistafarmersmarket.org/default.asp

 http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/12844525

 https://laist.com/2018/08/20/new_hope_sprouts_in_fight_to_bring_back_las_historic_south_central_farm.php

 https://www.southcentralfarm.org/

 https://www.standardhotels.com/culture/ron-finley-los-angeles-urban-farm

 https://lafood.com/5-urban-farms-making-a-difference-in-los-angeles/

List of Contributors to the Los Angeles County Food System

Farms…

Ha’s Apple Farm

A&G Ranch

ABC Rhubarb Farms

ACE Ranch

Acevedo Farms

Achadinha Cheese Company

Adams Olive Ranch

Agnew’s Sweet Acres

AJ Broccoli Sprouts

Alcantar Organics

Alexander Ranch

Alma Backyard Farms

Aloe Vera Urban

Alves Brothers

Andy’s Orchard

Angel Farms

Angelo’s Organic Farms

Anna’s Farm

Apricot Lane Farms

Arcobaleno Groves

Arlington Garden

Armenta Farm

Arnett Farms

Arreola Farm

Aspen Ridge Beef

Atkins Nursery

Aunt Willie’s Apiary

Autonomy Farms

Avila & Sons

Ayala Farms

Aziz Farms

Azteca Farms

Backyard Farms

Baltazar Farms

Barbagelata Farms

Bautista Organic Date Ranch

Bee Canyon Ranch

Beeler’s Pork

Behneman Family Farms

Bellwether Farms

Bernard Family Ranch

Berumen Farms

Beylik Family Farms

Beyond Bok Choy Farm

Bi Shan Farms (Bihn Shan?)(Lily’s Lifestyle?)

Big Glory Bay King Salmon

Bill’s Bees

Black Sheep Farms

Blessed Farms

Bliss Family Organics

Blue Ridge Honey Company

Bobcat Properties

Bolanos Family Sprouts

Bozzini Cherries

Buenrostro Farms

Buon Gusto Farms

Burkart Organics

C&L Farms

Cabral Farms

Cal Pecan

Canto Sol Olive Farm

Chavez Farm

Cheemeng Heir Farm

Chinchiolo Farms

Chionchiolo Stemilt California

Chuy Berry Farms

Circle K Ranch

Claravale Farm

Coastal Organics

Coleman Family Farm

Cottage Grove

Cottonwood Urban Farm

County Line Harvest

Creekstone Farms

Cuyama Orchards

Da Le Ranch

Dates by Davall

David Eakin

Denny’s Organic Farm

Diamond Mountain Ranch

Divine Harvest Farm

Don Beto’s Farm

Drake Family Farms

Dry Dock

Dutra Farms

Ellwood Canyon Farms

Elser’s Country Farm

Emigh Lamb

Energy Bee Farm

Erickson Farms

Espinosa Farm

Etheridge Farms

Evergreen Acres Dairy

Evergreen Produce

F&F Farms

Faby’s Bees

Fagundes Farms

Fair Hills Farm

Fat Uncle Farms

Fernandez Dates

Finley Farms

Flora Bella Farms

Flying Disc Ranch

Forbidden Fruit Orchards

Forcefield Farms

Forneris Farms

Frecker Farms

Fresno Evergreen

Freyr Farms

Friend’s Ranch

Frog Hollow Farm

Fruit Fairy Farm

Frulla Inc.

G Farms

Galpin Farms

Gama Farms

Gamboa Farms

Garcia Organic Farm

Gary’s Produce

Gaytan Family Farms

GB Farms

Gerwig Avocado Ranch

Givens Farms

Go Spiral Farms

Golden State Papaya

Gonzaga Farms

Gourmet Specialties

Grass Run Farms

Greenberg Ranch

Griffith Family Farms

Groovy Heirlooms

Gutierrez Farm

H&A Farms

Harry’s Berries

Harry’s Honey

Harvest Gathering Farm

Healthy Greens Co.

Home Grown Gardens

Honey Pacifica

Hopkins AG

I and M Castellanos Farm

Idyl Horse Ranch

Isabell’s Green Farm

Isabell’s Honey Farm

Island Farms

It Began in the Garden

J&J Farms

Jacy Farm

Jay Scott Farm

Jazzy Sprouts

Jerry D’s Bees

Jewel Dates

JF Organic Farms

Jidori Chicken

Jim and Jeanne Davis Farms

Jimenez Family Farm

JJ’s Lone Daughter Ranch

Joe Bonilla Farm

JR Farm (different than JR organics)

JR Organic Farm

K&K Ranch

Kandarian Organic Farms

Kane’s Family Farm

Ken’s Top Notch Produce

Kennedy Farm

Kenter Canyon Farms

Kincaid Farms

King & King Ranch

Klausesbees

Koda Farms

Kowalke Organics

La Bahn Ranch

LA FungHi

Lark Farms

Life’s-A-Choke Family Farm

Lily’s Eggs

Lindner Bison

Little Farm Fresh

Little Pete’s Farms

Living Lettuce Farms

Local Roots

Logan’s Garden

LSG Honey

Mano Farm/All Good Things Organic Seeds

Marcho Farms

Marin Sun Farms

Mark Bourjorkian Farms

Mary’s Organic Chickens

Maust’s California Poultry

McFarlin Farms

McGrath Family Farms

McKay Smith Farms (Organic)

Menos Farm

Metrogreens

Microgreen Mama

Mike and Sons Fresh Eggs

Mike Taylor

Milliken Family Farms

Mizuno Farms

Moua Dream Farms

Mt. Moriah Farms

Mud Creek Ranch

Munak Ranch

Munoz Farm

Murray Family Farms

Nancy’s Garden

Nicholas Family Farms

Niman Ranch

Noah’s Honey

Novy Ranches

Nuvó Olive Oil

Old Dog Ranch

Olson Family Farms

Omma’s Garden (Kaliko Farms)

Organic Pastures

Ornelas Produce

Pasturebird

Patterson Organics

Pauma Valley Citrus

Peads and Barnetts

Pedro’s Organic Ranch

Pennyroyal Farm

Penryn Orchard Specialties

Perez Farms

Petaluma Poultry

Pilis Honey

Polito Farms

Privileged Valley Produce

Pudwill Berry Farm

R-S Farm

Ramona Duck Farm

Ramones Family Farm

Rancho De Trinidad

Rancho la Familia

Rancho Padre Farms

Rancho Santa Cecilia

Regier Family Farms

Rivas Farms

Rocky Canyon Produce

Rodney Kawano Farms

Rodriguez Family Farms

RootDown LA

Rossotti Ranch

Russell Family Farms

Rutiz Family Farms

Santa Barbara Pistachios

Santa Rita Organics

Scarborough Farms

Schaner Farms

See Canyon Fruit Ranch

Seeds of Xanxadu/Xanadu

Segura Farms

Shepherd Farm

Sherrill Orchards

Shy Brothers Farm

Sonoma County Poultry

SonRise Ranch

South Central Farmers Co-Op

Spring Hill Cheese (Petaluma Creamery)

Stehly Farms Organics

Step Up on Vine

Stepladder Creamery

Straus Family Creamery

Strong Arm Farm

Suarez Farms

Summer Harvest Organic

Suncoast Farms

Sunshine Sprouts

Superior Farms

Sweet Tree Farms

Sycamore Hill Ranch

SZ Ranch

T.R. Cairns

T&D Farms

Tamai Family Farms

Tenerelli Orchards

Terry Ranch

Thao Farms

The Banana People

The Green House

The Grove

The Growing Experience

The Honest Bison

Thorne Family Farm

Thys Ranch

Timber Canyon Ranch

Trashfish/Kitchen Catch

Trevino Farms

Tutti Frutti

Two Peas in a Pod

Underwood Farms

Valdivia Farms

Valencia Farms

Valley Center Growers

Venegas Growers

Verni and Halaby Farms

Vision Sprouts

Weiser Family Farms

Whisper Farms

Whitney Ranch

Wild Local Seafood

Wilgenburg Greenhouses

Windrose Farm

Wolfe Ranch Quail

Wong Farms

Yasukochi Family Farm

Yasutomi Farms

YnT Farm

Zuckerman Farm

 

 

Farmers’ Markets

Fig @ 7th Farmers Market

Adams/Vermont Farmers’ Market

Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital Farmers’ Market

Alhambra Farmers Market

Altadena Farmers’ Market

Arcadia Farmers’ Market

Atwater Village Farmers’ Market

Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw Farmers’ Market

Bank of America Farmers Market

Bellflower Farmers’ Market

Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market

Beverly Hospital Farmers’ Market (Montebello FM)

Bixby Knolls Farmers’ Market

Brentwood Farmers Market

Burbank Farmers’ Market

Calabasas Farmers Market

Central Avenue Farmers’ Market

Century City Farmers Market

Cerritos Farmers’ Market

Claremont Farmers and Artisans’ Market

CMC Farmers Market

CSU Long Beach Farmers’ Market

CSUN Northridge Farmers Market

Culver City Farmers’ Market

Dominguez Hills Farmers’ Market

Downey Farmers Market

Downtown Long Beach

Downtown Pomona Farmers’ Market

DTLA DHS Farmers’ Market

East Hollywood Certified Farmers’ Market

East Los Angeles Farmers Market

Echo Park Farmers’ Market

El Segundo Farmers’ Market

Encino Farmers’ Market

Encino Hospital Farmers’ Market

EVR Markets-Duarte

EVR Markets-Glendale

Farmers’ Marketplace of Long Beach

Freedom Farmers’ Market

Gardena Farmers’ Market

Glendale Gateway Certified Farmers’ Market

Harbor-UCLA Farmers’ Market

Helen Albert Farmers’ Market

Hermosa Beach Farmers’ Market

Historic Downtown Farmers Market

Historic Downtown LA Farmers’ Market

Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Howard Hughes Center Farmers Market

Huntington Park Farmers’ Market

Inglewood Farmers’ Market

Irwindale Farmers’ Market

Kaiser Baldwin Park Farmers Market

Kaiser Carson Farmers’ Market

Kaiser Gardena Farmers’ Market

Kaiser Panorama City Farmers’ Market

Kaiser South Bay Farmers’ Market

Kaiser West LA Farmers’

Kaiser West LA Farmers’ Market

La Canada Farmers Market

La Cienega Farmers Market

Lakewood Center Farmers’ Market

Lancaster Farmers Market

Larchmont Farmers Market

Lincoln Heights Farmers’ Market

Long Beach Southeast/Marina Farmers’ Market

Los Angeles City Hall Farmers’ Market

Main Street Canoga Park Farmers’ Market

Malibu Farmers’ Market

Manhattan Beach Farmers’ Market

Mar Vista Farmers’ Market

Marina Del Rey Farmers’ Market

Marine Stadium Farmers’ Market

Melrose Place Farmers Market

Miracle Mile Farmers Market

Mission Hills Farmers’ Market

MLK Campus Farmer’s Market

Monrovia Fair & Farmers Market

Monterey Park Farmers’ Market

Montrose Farmers Market                

Mt. San Antonio College Farmers’ Market

Night+Market Sahm

Night+Market Song

Night+Market WeHo

North Hollywood Farmers’ Market

Northridge Farmers’ Market

Norwalk Farmers’ Market

Old LA/Highland Park Farmers’ Market

Old Town Newhall Farmers’ Market

Pacific Palisades Farmers Market

Palos Verdes Farmers’ Market

Paramount Farmers’ Market

Pasadena Victory Park Farmers’ Market

Pasadena Villa Parke Farmers’ Market

Pepperdine Farmers’ Market

Pershing Square Farmers Market

Pico Rivera Farmers’ Market

Playa Vista Farmers’ Market

Pomona Valley Farmers’ Market

Rancho Los Amigos Farmers’ Market

Redondo Beach Farmers’ Market

Rosemead Farmers’ Market

San Dimas Farmers’ Market

San Pedro Farmers’ Market

Santa Clarita Farmers Market

Santa Monica Business Park Farmers’ Market

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market (Saturday downtown)

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market (Saturday Pico)

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market (Sunday)

Santa Monica Farmers’ Market (Wednesday)

Sherman Oaks Hospital Farmers’ Market

Silver Lake Farmers’ Market

South Bay Galleria Farmers’ Market

South Gate Farmers’ Market

South Pasadena Farmers’ Market

Studio City Farmers Market                     

Temple City Farmers’ Market

Torrance Farmers’ Market

UCLA Farmers’ Market

Union Station Farmers Market

Uptown Whittier Farmers’ Market

USC Farmers Market

Venice Farmers’ Market

Ward AME Community Farmers’ Market

Warner Business Center Farmers’ Market

Wellington Square Farmers’ Market

West Covina Farmers’ Market

West LA Farmers Market

Westchester Farmers’ Market

Westfield Sherman Oaks Farmers Market

Westlake Village Farmers Market

Westwood Village Farmers’ Market

Wilmington Farmers’ Market

 Grocery Stores

365 by Whole Foods Silverlake

Bavette Meat and Provisions

Bob’s Market

Bristol Farms Hollywood

Bristol Farms Manhattan Beach

Bristol Farms Rolling Hills

Bristol Farms Santa Monica

Bristol Farms South Pasadena

Bristol Farms West Hollywood

Bristol Farms Westchester

Bristol Farms Westwood

Bristol Farms Woodland Hills

Canyon Gourmet

Cheese Cave Claremont

Co-opportunity Market Santa Monica

Cookbook Echo Park

Cookbook Highland Park

Diamond Fresh Farmers’ Market

Eataly LA

Erewhon Calabasas

Erewhon Los Angeles

Erewhon Pacific Palisades

Erewhon Santa Monica

Erewhon Venice

Follow Your Heart

Fresco Community Market

Gelson’s Hollywood

Gelson’s Long Beach

Gelson’s Manhattan Beach

Gelson’s Sherman Oaks

Gelson’s Silverlake

Gelson’s Valley Village

Gelson’s West Hollywood

Granny’s Pantry

Grassroots Natural Market and Kitchen

Grow (Downtown LA)

Grow (Manhattan Beach)

Howie’s Market

Jayde’s Market

Jim’s Fallbrook Market

Jons International Market Glendale

Jons International Marketplace North Vermont

Jons International Marketplace Santa Monica

Jons International Marketplace Valley Village

Jons International Marketplace Westminster

La Tropicana Market

Lassens Natural Foods Echo Park

Lassens Natural Foods La Brea

Lassens Natural Foods Los Feliz

Lazy Acres Hermosa Beach

Lazy Acres Long Beach

M Cafe de Chaya

M&M Market

Marconda’s Meats

Marukai Market Little Tokyo

Marukai Market West LA

Mitsuwa Marketplace Santa Monica

Mitsuwa Marketplace Torrance

Mother’s Market Huntington Beach

Mother’s Market Manhattan Beach

Mother’s Market Signal Hill

Mrs. Winston’s Green Grocery

Pacific Coast Greens

Pantry LA

Pavilions California Street

Pavilions Fair Oaks

Pavilions Peninsula Center

Pavilions Vine St

Rainbow Acres Natural Foods

Ralphs 4th and Orizaba

Ralphs 9th and Flower

Ralphs Canyon Country Village

Ralphs Cherry and Carson

Ralphs Firestone and Patton

Ralphs Glendale and Wilson

Ralphs Halsey Canyon Village

Ralphs Hawthorne

Ralphs La Brea

Ralphs La Brea Marketplace

Ralphs Lake

Ralphs Lakewood

Ralphs Marina Shopping Center

Ralphs Meadowlark Plaza

Ralphs North Hills

Ralphs Plaza Mayor

Ralphs Porter Ranch

Ralphs Renaissance Plaza

Ralphs Rosemead

Ralphs Sherman Oaks

Ralphs South Bay

Ralphs Studio City

Ralphs Studio Plaza

Ralphs Sunset

Ralphs Tarragona Plaza

Ralphs Temple City

Ralphs West Whittier

Ralphs Westwood

Ralphs Whittier

Ralphs Wilshire and Hauser

Sprouts Alhambra

Sprouts Burbank

Sprouts Cerritos

Sprouts Claremont

Sprouts Culver City

Sprouts Diamond Bar

Sprouts Eagle Rock

Sprouts Glendora

Sprouts Granada Hills

Sprouts Huntington Beach

Sprouts La Brea

Sprouts La Canada

Sprouts La Habra

Sprouts Lakewood

Sprouts LaVerne

Sprouts Los Angeles

Sprouts Monrovia

Sprouts Pasadena

Sprouts Redondo Beach

Sprouts San Pedro

Sprouts San Vicente

Sprouts Santa Clarita

Sprouts Seal Beach

Sprouts Torrance

Sprouts West Covina

Sprouts West Hills

Sprouts West Hollywood

Sprouts Westlake

Sprouts Westwood

Sprouts Whittier

Sprouts Woodland Hills

Sqirl

Standing’s Butchery

Sunfare

The Curious Palate

Tokyo Central Gardena

Tokyo Central Torrance

Tokyo Central West Covina

Urban Radish

Vicente Foods

Vintage Grocers

Vons Gaffey St

Walmart Anaheim 1

Walmart Anaheim 2

Walmart Bakersfield 1

Walmart Bakersfield 2

Walmart Bakersfield 3

Walmart Bakersfield 4

Walmart Camarillo

Walmart Carson

Walmart Compton

Walmart Delano

Walmart Dinuba

Walmart Downey 1

Walmart Downey 2

Walmart El Cajon

Walmart Escondido

Walmart Garden Grove

Walmart Hanford

Walmart Hawthorne

Walmart Huntington Beach

Walmart La Mesa

Walmart La Mirada

Walmart La Palma

Walmart Lakewood

Walmart Long Beach 1

Walmart Long Beach 2

Walmart Oceanside

Walmart Oxnard

Walmart Panorama City

Walmart Paramount

Walmart Rancho Santa Margarita

Walmart San Diego

Walmart Santa Maria 1

Walmart Santa Maria 2

Walmart Selma

Walmart Simi Valley

Walmart South Gate

Walmart Stanton

Walmart Thousand Oaks

Walmart Torrance

Walmart Visalia

Walmart Wasco

WF 3rd and Fairfax

WF Arroyo

WF Beverly Hills

WF Brentwood

WF Downtown LA

WF El Segundo

WF Glendale

WF Huntington Beach

WF Lakewood

WF Long Beach

WF Pasadena

WF Playa Vista

WF Porter Ranch

WF Redondo Beach

WF Sherman Oaks East

WF Sherman Oaks West

WF Tarzana

WF Torrance

WF Valencia

WF Venice

WF West Hollywood

WF West Los Angeles

WF Westwood

WF Wilshire Blvd

WF Woodland Hills

Whole Foods Montana Ave

Whole Wheatery

Yummy.com Hollywood

Yummy.com Silverlake

 

Restaurants

AmáCita

Amara Kitchen

Angelini Osteria

Animal

Auburn

Bäco Mercat

Bar Amá

Botanica

Broken Spanish

Charcoal Venice

Craft Los Angeles

Culture Club 101

Cypress Grove

Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens

Farmhouse LA

Farmshop

Fig Restaurant

Gjelina

Gjusta

Jon & Vinny’s Brentwood

Jon & Vinny’s Fairfax

Kali

Kismet

Lasa

Little Beast

  1. Georgina

Manuela

McCall’s Meat and Fish Co

Melisse

Michael’s on Naples

Michael’s Santa Monica

Native Fields

Nozawa Bar

Openaire at the Line Hotel

Orsa and Winston

Otium

Palette Food and Juice

Pedalers Fork

PettyCash

Preux & Proper

Providence

Redbird

Republique LA

Rustic Canyon

Salt & Straw

Shiro

Son of a Gun

Spago

Taco María

Tar & Roses

The California Club

Trois Mec

Vucacious Catering

Wolfgang Puck at the Hotel Bel-Air

 

Distributors

FreshPoint (Southern California Distribution Center)

Grubmarket (Southern California Distribution Center)

Ingardia Brothers Produce

Nature’s Produce

Vesta Foodservice

West Central Foodservice

Worldwide Produce