About us

(L-R) Maggie Gosselin, Jessica Prentice, Sarah Klein

Jessica Prentice: The Concept

In 2005, Jessica brought together her friends Sarah Klein and Maggie Gosselin to help her turn the idea of a “Local Foods Wheel” into a reality.

Jessica is a professional chef and author of the book Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection from Chelsea Green Publishing. In 2005 she co-founded Locavores, where she helps sponsor an annual Eat Local Challenge. In 2006 she and four business partners opened Three Stone Hearth: A Community Supported Kitchen in West Berkeley. Visit her website at www.wisefoodways.com.

Jessica’s favorite season for local produce is winter, when she can indulge her passions for leeks and crème fraiche by making lots of soup.

Jessica was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and now lives in Richmond, California.

Sarah Klein: The Art

All of the local foods icons on the wheel are original hand-drawings by artist Sarah Klein.

Sarah has exhibited her work widely both across the country and around the globe in galleries, museums, on television and in film festivals. She incorporates her creative work with her culinary interests by teaching workshops, cooking camps and classes at numerous San Francisco Bay Area venues. One of Sarah’s favorite artistic themes is the process of making naturally leavened bread, and she recently collaborated with the musical group Orange Sherbet to create a series of children’s music videos. You can learn more about her work at her website www.sarahklein.com.

Sarah’s favorite season for local produce is early summer when she enjoys picking apricots and making jam.

Sarah was raised in San Francisco and now lives in Oakland with her loving husband and a cat named Alistair.

Maggie Gosselin: The Design

Maggie did the design and layout for the Local Foods Wheel and colored Sarah’s beautiful line drawings. Maggie also designed and serves as the webmaster of this website.

Maggie has worked for several environmental nonprofits including the Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens in Goleta where she sold seasonal produce at area farmers markets, helped manage the farm stand, and made farmstead cheeses; and the Community Environmental Council in Santa Barbara, where she worked at the Watershed Resource Center. Since 2003 she has worked at the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA—sponsor of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco) where she serves as Special Programs Manager.

Maggie’s favorite season for local produce is spring, when she enjoys making open-faced sandwiches with nettles and cheese, and savoring the short but very sweet appearance of California blueberries.

Maggie was raised in Santa Barbara and now lives in San Francisco.

Jessica, with Sarah and Maggie: The Content

All of us worked collaboratively on the content, and none of us wants to be held solely responsible for it! But just so you don’t think that Jessica just twiddled her thumbs after coming up with the idea for the wheel, we’ll let you know that she took the lead on researching and writing the content that you find on the wheel and the website.