COOK Alliance
Public Policy OfficesCalifornia, United States2-10 Employees
COOK Alliance is a nonprofit organization focused on legitimizing and expanding home-based, legally sanctioned cooking businesses. It advocates for policies that allow microenterprise home kitchen operations (MEHKOs) and played a leading role in California’s AB 626, the state’s first home cooking business law enacted in 2018, with ongoing efforts to broaden these opportunities nationwide. The organization emphasizes providing low-barrier avenues for culinary entrepreneurs, particularly from underserved communities, to earn livable incomes and strengthen community ties through access to fresh meals. Based in the Oakland region, COOK Alliance operates within the public policy sector and collaborates with networks such as CAMEO to advance MEHKOs in California. Its target audience includes women, immigrants, and people of color who face barriers to traditional entrepreneurship, aiming to empower them to define success on their own terms while expanding meal access and economic participation in their communities.
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