Karkin Food and Health Hub (Carquinez Strait/Bay Delta)
Karkin Commons is a place-based regeneration innovation hub and club for universal basic services. The organization produces nature-based workshops and activities in indigenous and regenerative food security, doughnut economics, ecological building, emergency preparedness, alternative energy, and education focused on ecotherapy and resilience skills. It serves as a disaster resilience hub designed to build community connection, identify local emergency response volunteers, and prepare communities for potential crises through educational and logistical experiences. The project is stewarded by a triadic cooperative compromised of a 501c3 nonprofit, a for profit LLC, and a stewarding operations team. The stewardship coordinates and builds relationships with local government agencies including the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, East Bay Regional Park District, and Contra Costa County.
Project story
Regenerating the Carquinez Strait
The Carquinez Strait was once an ecological heartland. Then came industrialization—refineries, factories, and inequality. Today, it's a "sacrifice zone" stripped of food sovereignty and health resources. But what if we rebuild it differently?
Our vision: transform disaster into opportunity by strengthening local resilience, regenerating food systems, and reconnecting indigenous communities to their land and invoking sacredness for those who have ownership of land now.
The challenge is real. This mostly unincorporated region is a food desert without a single health clinic, despite severe pollution from nearby refineries. Corporate interests have long dominated.
Yet potential surrounds us. Oak and redwood forests, untended farmland, direct access to the bay and river delta—all waiting to be stewarded.
We're building a cooperative farm and health hub guided by doughnut economics and grassroots power. Our team is rooted in this community, composed of working-class members committed to real, lasting change.
Together, we can heal the land and reclaim our future.
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Team
Karkin Food and Health Hub (Carquinez Strait/Bay Delta)
Karkin Commons is a place-based regeneration innovation hub and club for universal basic services. The organization produces nature-based workshops and activities in indigenous and regenerative food security, doughnut economics, ecological building, emergency preparedness, alternative energy, and education focused on ecotherapy and resilience skills. It serves as a disaster resilience hub designed to build community connection, identify local emergency response volunteers, and prepare communities for potential crises through educational and logistical experiences. The project is stewarded by a triadic cooperative compromised of a 501c3 nonprofit, a for profit LLC, and a stewarding operations team. The stewardship coordinates and builds relationships with local government agencies including the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, East Bay Regional Park District, and Contra Costa County.
Project story
Regenerating the Carquinez Strait
The Carquinez Strait was once an ecological heartland. Then came industrialization—refineries, factories, and inequality. Today, it's a "sacrifice zone" stripped of food sovereignty and health resources. But what if we rebuild it differently?
Our vision: transform disaster into opportunity by strengthening local resilience, regenerating food systems, and reconnecting indigenous communities to their land and invoking sacredness for those who have ownership of land now.
The challenge is real. This mostly unincorporated region is a food desert without a single health clinic, despite severe pollution from nearby refineries. Corporate interests have long dominated.
Yet potential surrounds us. Oak and redwood forests, untended farmland, direct access to the bay and river delta—all waiting to be stewarded.
We're building a cooperative farm and health hub guided by doughnut economics and grassroots power. Our team is rooted in this community, composed of working-class members committed to real, lasting change.
Together, we can heal the land and reclaim our future.
Project updates
Team
Location
California, United States