June 1994:
The Familyhood Connection a 501 (C-3) corporation is formed to promote programs that bring the generations together. Starts the George Washington Carver Youth Scientist Program and the Griot program at Highland hospital.

MAY 1996:
HELD THE MO' BETTER FOOD CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO AT THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. "Who will supply mo' better food to the African American community? Special panelist included Mohammad Nuru (former president of San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners), Drue Brown (former president of Blacks in Agriculture), Ben Burkett (former president of the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives), and Catherine Sneed (President of The Garden Project).
Sponsored by Lunda Publication, SF Foundation, Adewole Program, House of Unity

JUNE 1996:

MOBETTERFOOD.COM WEB-SITE IS LAUNCHED TO BRING AWARENESS TO BLACK FARMERS AND FOOD INSECURITY IN AFRICAN -AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

SEPTEMBER 1997:
MO' BETTER FOOD BEGAN THE FIRST FARMERS MARKET IN WEST OAKLAND- RUN AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF McCLYMONDS HIGH SCHOOL AT McCLYMONDS HIGH SCHOOL THAT ALSO REUNITED BLACK FARMERS TO THE WEST OAKLAND COMMUNITY- The Mo' Better Food Market begin as a program of the Familyhood Connection and The McClymonds High School Business Academy which Founder David Roach directed at McClymonds High School.

AUGUST 1998:
HELD BLACK FARMERS AND BLACK FAMILY DAY CONFERENCE AND CELBERATION AT LOWELL PARK

Sponsored by The East Bay Community

SEPTEMBER 2000:
CO-SPONSORED ALONG WITH MCCLYMONDS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI "THE ANNUAL MCCLYMONDS BARBEQUE AT DEFERMERY PARK"

Sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation
read what the East Bay Express had to say about this event!

AUGUST 2001:
HELD THE 1ST ANNUAL BLACK FARMERS CONFERENCE CELEBRATION

AUGUST 2001
RECEIVES CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FROM CONGRESSWOMEN BARBARA LEE

JUNE 2001:
HELD MO' BETTER FOOD MARKET AT BLACK EXPO
Thanks to C.Diane Howell, Mo' Better Food was able to present the African American

MAY 2003:
MO' BETTER FOOD MOVES FROM McCLYMONDS HIGH SCHOOL TO MANDELA PARKWAY AND CHANGES NAME TO MANDELA FARMERS MARKET TO RELECT THE NEW LOCATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE WEST OAKLAND FOOD PROJECT COLLABORATION WHICH FOUNDER OF MO' BETTER FOOD CO-DIRECTS ( AN ORGANIZATION FORMED TO RECEIVE A COLLABORATION GRANT FROM THE U.S.D.A. WHICH CONSISTED OF MAINLY: PEOPLE'S GROCERY, OBUGS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE, BLACK DOT COLLECTIVE, CITY SLICKER FARMS).

SEPTEMBER 2005:
FEED THE NATION CONCERT AT GRAND LAKE
FEATURING JENNIFER JONES

MAY 2006:
10 YEAR CELEBRATION AT SAPPHIRRES -JACK LONDON
FEATURING BEN BURKETT (Mississippi Association of Cooperatives WILL SCOTT (president of the African American Farmers of California)

SEPTEMBER 2006:
FEED THE NATION CONCERT AT GRAND LAKE
FEATURING FEMI

JUNE 2006:
THE MANDELA FARMERS MARKET'S NAME IS CHANGED BACK TO THE MO' BETTER FOOD MARKET

JANUARY 2007:
MO' BETTER FOOD ANNOUNCES HEALTHY ECONOMIC'S CAMPAIGN

APRIL 2007:
MO' BETTER FOOD works with business students at castlemont high School to start a food business

MAY2007:
MO' BETTER FOOD IS FEATURED AT TAVIS SMILLEY'S HEALTHY