Real Food Real Stories

“The story of RFRS started with founder Pei-Ru Ko's (pictured below) journey to heal her disabling auto-immune condition through food. While researching the growing practices of Bay Area food options, Pei-Ru befriended many local food producers truly in the business to feed people and heal our planet. As Pei-Ru began to recover through each nourishing soups and stews, she started to ask the question, "How can I give back to the budding food movement that helped me heal?"

In the summer of 2014 Pei-Ru and a group of friends passionate about issues of sustainability in food & community building put on the first Real Food Real Stories gathering in a San Francisco home. The 40+ people gathered showed the power of pairing authentic storytelling & an inspired, shared meal to build local food communities, where eaters are invited to deeply connect with those actively stewarding our land, sea and overall food system. “