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The Northern California Food Movement increased the visibility of small farmers in the state. This focus on the origins of the ingredients also brought renewed attention to agricultural sustainability and the ethics of farm labor, laying the groundwork for popular interests in and appreciation for the “farm-to-fork” concept.

In 1984, Georgeanne Brennan and Charlotte Glenn co-founded Le Marché Seeds International, a mail-order specialty seed company. (Images from UC Davis Library Archives and Special Collections: Georgeanne Brennan Papers, D-739)

Catalog with an orange bell pepper in the center. The top has a title reading "Le Marché Seeds International" and the bottom reads "A Collection of Vegetable Seeds, Volume IV, 1986" in purple lettering
Catalog for Le Marché Seeds International, 1986
Listing of vegetable seeds for mail-order.
Illustration of various vegetables in the foreground. The heading at the top reads "French Vegetable Seeds" in italicised font. The bottom reads "Le Marché Seeds International net wt. 20g"
Seed Box for Potager: a French Kitchen Garden
Le Marché Seeds International box containing different vegetable seeds for planting a French-style garden.
Two women in the center smiling and holding a basket of vegetables
Georgeanne Brennan and Charlotte Glenn
Food Cooperatives Farmers Markets