Provided Produce to Community

In partnership with our food hub, Mandela Produce Distribution, we strengthened our multi-farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program we piloted in 2020. We created an easy-to-use e-commerce platform for customers to order produce boxes online, which sourced sustainably grown produce from our network of family farmers.

Mandela Partners also continued fully subsidized CSA produce box donations to community distribution partners in Alameda County.

Donated 4,083 produce boxes to limited-resource households with 12 community partners.

Chiquita + Theresa from Acorn RMC

photo creds: Aliyah Bey

“When I saw Mandela Partners [CSA Program], I felt like I could trust the produce since they are supporting the local farmers and helping to protect the land.”

— Rosie Miller, Recipient of Weekly Produce Boxes

Avila Farm's Produce Stand

Jeanette Avila, Avila Farms

We've partnered with 12 family farmers to source sustainably grown fruits and vegetables.

“It’s wonderful to be able to grow all this produce and have customers thank us for our dinner. It makes all the hard work worth it.”

— Jeanette Avila, Avila Farms

Erick, Operations Manager, was honored with the Solidarity Award for providing fresh produce to Homies Empowerment weekly to the FREEdom Store.

photo creds: Nina Arrocena

Mandela Produce Distribution distributed 326,000 pounds of sustainably grown produce & created $207,000 in additional revenue to family farmers