About Us

Alchemist CDC is a mission-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that connects Sacramento area communities to land, food, and opportunity toward a vision in which all neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy, and diverse.

We are best known for enhancing the quality of life in under-resourced communities by improving access to nutritious foods, implementing community-supported public green spaces, and fostering economic self-sufficiency through business entrepreneurship.

Programs

Mission

We connect communities to land, food and opportunity.

Vision

All neighborhoods are vibrant, equitable, healthy and diverse.

Core Values

  • Vibrant: Neighborhoods are full of creative residents with the best ideas for improving their communities – we are here to help develop and educate residents as a way to strengthen communities
  • Equitable: Social justice in community development means that all residents should contribute to and benefit from economic and physical development in their neighborhoods
  • Diverse: Community health is strengthened by having residents of diverse ethnicity, economic level, cultural background, age and interest
  • Healthy: A healthy community is one that improves the quality of life and over-all well-being of those that live, work and play there