Securing Local California Harvests & Fighting Hunger in Greater Los Angeles
By Securing Local Harvests, Farm2People is Strengthening the LA Foodshed
California is the nation’s largest food producing state, and Los Angeles is the second most populated metro area in the country. So why is 1 in 4 LA households food and nutrition insecure? And why is it that every year California looses thousands of small independent farmers?
The why is complex, but Farm2People has one solution: to empower a local, values driven supply chain.
By investing in local, regenerative farmers, Farm2People can strengthen the LA Foodshed, increase nutritious food access in Los Angeles, and advance regional climate smart aims.
Photo: In the field with Riverside based farm partner Raul & Family Farm
By Fighting Hunger in Greater Los Angeles, Farm2People is Investing in People
Farm2People’s objective is to bring locally, regionally and regeneratively grown produce to food insecure Angelenos. Why? Because we believe that all people have a right to nutritious and culturally relevant food. And because we know that we live in a world of abundant supply, but the supply chain is not incentivized to bring food to folx who need it most.
Farm2People is a vital and additive solution for food seekers. In a world where most hunger relief comes in the form of dry, shelf-stable, ultra-processed, untraceable or second hand, Farm2People provides 100% fresh, traceable and nutritionally dense fruit and vegetables. Farm2People is investing in the health and wellness of historically and currently underserved communities and thereby investing in the people of LA.
Photo: In distribution mode with partner CBO Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care System (HOPICS)
“Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agricultural systems.”
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Nyéléni
Forum of Food Sovereignty