Farms Together coordinates collaboratives of small and mid-scale family and BIPOC farmers to provide healthy, fresh, and local food to California families in need while opening up access to new and emergent marketplaces for local food. Through Farms Together, food hubs and aggregation partners work directly with producers to bring finished farm boxes and bulk food pallets to food banks and other community sites for distribution.
Farms Together was developed by the California Association of Food Banks (CAFB), Fresh Approach (FA), and the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) with original support from the CA Dept. of Social Services & CA Dept. of Food & Agriculture via the US Dept. of Agriculture Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program.
OBJECTIVES:
- Maintain and improve food and agricultural supply chain resiliency by building and expanding economic opportunity for small, local and socially-disadvantaged producers in California
- Support food banks and community distributors in purchasing and distributing fresh, nutritious food from farmers to food insecure community members.
- Create a transparent process designed for inclusion that is flexible to the needs and recommendations of local food system participants.
More details on how to participate coming soon!
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | Alameda |
| Community Action Agency of Butte County | Butte |
| Food for People | Humboldt |
| Community Food Bank of Imperial | Imperial |
| Inyo / Mono Advocates for Community Action | Inyo/Mono |
| Clear Lake Gleaners | Lake |
| CalFood Logistics of behalf of Lassen & Modoc Counties | Lassen/Modoc |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles (RFB) |
| Westside Food Bank | Los Angeles (WS) |
| Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program – Fort Bragg Food Bank | Mendocino |
| Community Action of Napa Valley | Napa |
| Community Action Partnership of Orange County | Orange (CAP) |
| Placer Food Bank | Placer |
| Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino Counties | Riverside FA |
| Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services | Sacramento |
| Community Food Bank of San Benito County | San Benito |
| Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County | San Bernardino |
| Feeding San Diego | San Diego |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | San Diego |
| San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Francisco/ Marin |
| Emergency Food Bank of Stockton | San Joaquin |
| San Joaquin County Aging & Community Services | San Joaquin |
| SLO Food Bank | San Luis Obispo |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | Santa Clara/San Mateo |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County | Santa Cruz |
| Dignity Health Connected Living | Shasta |
| Great Northern Services | Siskiyou |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | Sonoma |
| Salvation Army Modesto Citadel | Stanislaus |
| Tehama County Gleaners | Tehama |
| Trinity County Food Bank | Trinity |
| Food Share of Ventura County | Ventura |
| Gleaners Food Bank, Inc. | Yuba/Sutter |