Thank you for visiting my web site. After 30 years working for the State of California in various capacities, from the Department of Consumer Affairs under Governor Jerry Brown, to the State Assembly under Speaker Willie Brown, to the Department of Education under Superintendent Delaine Eastin, I have formed my own consulting business. The business reflects much of what I worked on for the state. That includes a passion for organizing consumers around local food and agricultural issues, educating consumers about their power to make a difference in the marketplace through cooperatives and farmers markets, and home gardening. These activities create a sense of place around food and wine. These days most my work is in Yolo County, where I put down my roots in Davis 1968, having moved from my home town of Berkeley, California.
I'm currently working on contract for the Yolo County Agriculture Commissioner on an Agricultural Marketing Initiative which features the food, wine and agricultural products of Yolo County. That gives me a chance to further explore the back roads, meet farmers, vintners and food processors and develop new markets. I continue to work on improving school lunch within the Davis school system through public policy changes, garden-based education and old fashioned cooking lessons for the school lunch team. These contracts are with my business partner Georgeanne Brennan, through Evans & Brennan, LLC. This year I'm trying something new, sitting on the other side of the philanthropic table. I'm on contract as a program consultant with Columbia Foundation on their sustainable food and agriculture portfolio.
I'm dedicating the next few years to developing a sense of place in Yolo County, much like that of Provence, France. I think our region has all the makings -- we just need the three-hour lunch. Through my coleadership of Slow Food Yolo, with Georgeanne Brennan, we're working on that. Come join us.
Best,
Ann M. Evans