PROVIDING ACCESS TO GOOD FOOD FOR ALL

Hunger And Poor Access To Healthy Food Are Realities For People Of Low Income

in Marin, despite the county’s general affluence. Over the past year, food insecurity among individuals and families intensified and grew due to the impacts of COVID-19.

To help address and eliminate this challenge, the agency increased food production at its farm and strengthened partnerships. It sourced new funding to create digital advocacy tools focused on building awareness and won a USDA grant to expand the farm. It leveraged its Central Kitchen to give aspiring food entrepreneurs mentorship and training. It took a stand for food justice.

Services included:

• Production Farm

• Central Kitchen

• Food Apprenticeship Program

• Learning Gardens

• Emergency Food Boxes

GOOD FOOD FOR ALL

The Central Kitchen and Organic Production

Farm provided tasty and nutritious meals: fresh, seasonal, and culturally-

71% OF ENROLLED FAMILIES reported food insecurity appropriate. Food became a strategic focus for how we could recover from the pandemic together.

“HIGH-QUALITY FOOD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to all of Marin. We value our boutique creameries. We value our organic produce, and food justice at the bare bones really is about healthy food, organic food, nutrient dense food, as a human right.”

IMPACT AT A GLANCE:

1 IN 5 FAMILIES IN MARIN are struggling to put food on the table (and 1 in 3 seniors)

OVER 40,000 POUNDS of produce and healthy food were delivered to more than 225 enrolled families each week

OVER 50% of our families reported this was an essential source of food for them

MORE THAN 135,000 servings of breakfast, lunch, and snacks for children provided last year

FEEDING OVER 500 families daily

“IN OCTOBER 2021, WE MOVED FROM BAKING our artisan, 100% organic granola in our home kitchen to the Central Kitchen. With the friendly support of the staff and Chef & Kitchen Manager, Jose, we had a smooth transition and were able to not just preserve the handmade, high quality of our granola, but also improve the productivity by enhancing the process using the expanded workspace and multiple professional convection ovens. We feel we are now well positioned to grow even further in 2022 and beyond. Thank you Community Action Marin!.”