Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** this project aims to address issues…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** this project aims to address issues of food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods of long beach, CA. IT will build upon the weekly rescued food distribution that has been established at GROW2ZEROFARMS by 1) conducting a needs assessment about which foods are more/less likely to beconsumed, 2) incorporating healthy, chef-prepared foods into the food rescue and distributionchain, and 2) expanding the footprint of those food relief efforts to two additional long beachneighborhoods.GROW2ZERO farms will partner with feel good salsa kitchen and sowing seeds of change toplan and execute this project, which will provide healthy prepared foods, food prep demos andtastings on a weekly basis to the community for a period of two years. This partnership willincrease capacity to make nutrient-dense food accessible and appealing to recipients by saving themthe time and resources needed to prepare IT themselves. These efforts will increase the likelihoodthat rescued food will be consumed, thereby contributing to the nutrition needs of low-incomeindividuals and families. The prepared foods will be shared with the community at weekly food fairs, located ineconomically and environmentally disadvantaged long beach neighborhoods: admiral kidd parkon the lower westside, sowing seeds of change farm in downtown long beach, and GROW2ZEROFARMS in upper westside long beach. To support local urban farming efforts, the producesupplied to the chefs via food rescue agency partners will be supplemented with herbs, fruits andvegetables grown on-site at GROW2ZERO and sowing seeds of change farm.