Growing and Delivering Healthy Food - To, by and from BIPOC and women farmers and partners.

County of Los Angeles

Diverse farmers deserve to be at the heart of feeding the millions of food insecure Californians during the current pandemic and beyond. These farmers understand many of the dynamics embedded in racial, gender, and economic inequality that drive hunger and reduce market access in the first place. Food Insecurity is at an all time high. This initiative helps solve equity challenges on both sides of the food insecurity equation.

Growing the Table envisions a world where underrepresented farms and ranches owned by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), women, and LGBTQ+, as well as regenerative and organic farms thrive, have access to a wide array of customers, and are economically resilient. These farms and ranches will have prolific distribution of their crops hosted at food banks, school districts, community-based organizations, reactivated restaurants, and other trusted institutions that serve their communities. These growers will be compensated fairly for their available crops and will be a bridge to the new food economy during and after the pandemic. Food insecure families and communities will have access regularly to consistent, healthy food options.

Expand existing project, program, or initiative

We will have accomplished another set of major milestones towards the following: 1. Securing harvests and jobs for the farmers who feed us. 2. Empower Communities - Transport the best of the best to underserved communities—real nutrition. Organically grown, local produce. 3.Grow the Network Connect farmers to a diverse, resilient network of local food providers through an open-source, community driven platform. 4. Share the Bounty - Build a model that can be repeated for all areas of Greater LA and beyond.

In 2020 the impact in LA for Farm2People is beloww: We intend to double the impact with this and increase exponentially by each pilot project: The organization has directly supported small to mid-sized California farms through buying and transporting 100,000 lbs of whole food to food relief agencies. From the hunger relief perspective, Farm2People has provided 300,000+ servings of organic produce to underserved LAresidents Growing the Table to date as of January 2021 IMPACTS OF GROWING THE TABLE TO DATE: (January 26th, 2021) Richmond, San Mateo, Fresno, Oakland, Sonoma, Sacramento, Monterey-Salinas • 12-Pound Boxes Of Fresh Produce Provided To High Need Families & Individuals: 24,105 • Pounds of Fresh Produce Provided To High Need Families and Individual: 290,000 • Freshly Prepared Meals Provided to High Need Families and Individuals: 43,300 • Small Farmers Helped Financially: 158 • Wholesale Payments Made Directly to Farmers so far: $500,000.00

LA partners will coordinate and manage all LA efforts with support from the statewide leadership of Office of Kat Taylor and teams