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Note: All of the sites in the search engine should be from local companies (within 200 miles of Sac). Let me know if there is a local organization(s) you'd like me to add.

We are blessed to be in an agricultural wonderland, and while we sufffer the continual loss of rural land to the suburban wastes, we still have an abundance of local organic farms, wineries, breweries, bakeries, vegetarian restaurants and more. As always, I will focus on local first and then move outward to the Bay but still mostely within a 100 miles.

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Beer

We have plenty of breweries in Sacramento but none organic, - let me know if I'm wrong! The last two breweries below are at the extremes of distance covered by this site-but the CA North Coast is too good to ignore!
Bison Brewery	Berkeley
Butte Creek Brewing Company	Chico
Seven Bridges Cooperative for those wanting to brew at home....	Santa Cruz
North Coast Brewing Company	Fort Bragg
Eel River Brewing Company	Fortuna

Cheese


Yerba Santa Goat Dairy	Lakeport
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Co	Point Reyes
Cowgirl Creamery	Point Reyes
Loleta Cheese Company	Loleta

Eggs


Barret Farms	Finley
Dragon's Lea Farm	Gridley

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Grocery


Elliot's Natural Foods	Sacramento
Everliving Natural Foods	Sacramento
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op	Sacramento
Whole Foods Market	Sacramento

Restaraunts

We have VERY few vegetarian restaraunts, which are listed below. However, we do have several that come very close and some that do a reasonable job of providing more than a few options.
100% Vegetarian
Andy Nguyen's (2005 SNR review) Vietnamese	2007 Broadway Sacramento 916.736.1157
Sunflower Natural Food Restaurant (2003 SNR review) Traditional Fair	10344 Fair Oaks Blvd Fair Oaks 916.967.4331

More Than A Handfull of Veggie Options!
Kathmandu Kitchen (2003 SNR review)	Sacramento, Davis, Auburn

Vegetarian Cooking Classes & Information


Sacramento Raw Food Support Group	Sacramento
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op	Sacramento
Solar Cooking Archive	Sacramento
Solar Cookers International	Sacramento
Whole Foods Market	Sacramento

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Wine

The wineries below use organic or sustainable techniques to produce their wines.


Sierra Foothills

Fetzer Vineyards	Hopland
Fitzpatrick Winery	Fair Play
La Rocca Vineyards	Forrest Ranch
Nevada County Wine Guild	Nevada City
Sobon Estate also Shenandoah Vinyards	Plymouth


Napa & Sonoma

Benziger Family Winery	Glen Ellen
Coturri Winery	Glen Ellen
Kaz Vineyard & Winery	Kenwood
Madonna Estate	Napa
Montemaggiore	Healdsburg
Robert Sinskey Vineyards	Napa
Spottswoode Winery	St. Helena
Vinecliff Winery	Napa
Volker Eisele Family Estate	St. Helena

Mendocino & The North Coast
Barra of Mendocino	Redwood Valley
Bonterra Vinyards	Hopland
Ceago Estate Wines	Nice
Coates Vineyards	Orleans
Davis Bynum Winery	Healdsburg
Frey Vineyards	Redwood Valley
Girasole Vineyards	Redwood Valley
Le Vin Vineyards	Cloverdale
Patianna Organic Vineyards	Hopland
Preston Vineyards	Geyserville
Yorkville Cellars	Yorkville

Other Wineries in the Sacramento Region
Retzlaff Winery	Livermore
De Tierra Vinyards	Salinas

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