Food Forward works like a bridge, connecting fresh produce to local organizations that provide food assistance and other services to their communities. These organizations are an essential piece of what we do, and they are on the ground every day working…
Food Forward works with many amazing organizations working to fight food insecurity in our communities. We’d like to highlight one of these organizations, the American Heart Association Teaching Gardens program, and tell you a bit about our partnership. Based…
Here in Southern California, Food Forward is lucky to be one of many organizations that are working towards a better food system. Given that 1 in 9 residents in LA County is food insecure, and with many areas in Southern…
10.31.18 — Did you know that there are state and federal laws that protect food donations? Read on to find out more about the Good Samaritan Food Donation Acts that encourage food recovery work like ours! As a volunteer with…
9.11.18 — In our newest Farm to Table blog post, intern Joyce Liu highlights New Life Society, an organization that receives fresh produce from the Mar Vista Farmers Market for a mobile food pantry in Leimert Park. The beautiful spring…
8.21.18 — Join us in getting involved with the conversation about food deserts, the implications of using the term, and possible solutions to limited food access in communities from a personal to policy level. What is a Food Desert?…
8.14.18 — Joanna Glovinsky, founder of the Fruitstitute, a Los Angeles based fruit tree care and education service for backyard growers, explains why gleaning excess fruit on your tree is fundamental to maintaining a healthy backyard ecosystem. We’ve all seen…
7.10.18 — Longer days and hotter temperatures mean fruit trees are in their active growing season. What are our fruit trees doing during the active growing season in a physiological sense? What do they need? Joanna Glovinsky, founder of LA’s…
“Food brings everyone together.” This is what drives Erica Nieves of Seeds of Hope in her work every day. It’s one thing everyone has in common; we all need to eat to survive. Everyday in Los Angeles thousands of pounds…
12.7.17 – If you’ve ever joined us at a backyard harvest or Farmers Market, hopefully you’ve seen how much fresh food a small team of volunteers can collect in an hour or two. But you may not have seen what…