We increase the supply of nutritious food by moving locally grown produce through the distribution channels already serving their communities.
We work directly with the organizations moving food at scale across Southern California. These relationships allow us to align production with real demand and expand access to locally grown, nutritious food across existing distribution networks.
Second Harvest Food Bank distributes food across a large network of community organizations throughout Orange County. SFUA collaborates with Second Harvest to help connect locally grown produce with this regional distribution system.
Operated by the County of Orange, the OC Food Bank distributes food through a network of community partner agencies. SFUA works alongside this system to help connect locally grown food with regional hunger relief efforts.
Seeds of Hope operates a large network of community gardens and food distribution programs in Los Angeles County. SFUA collaborates with Seeds of Hope to help connect regional farm production with community-based distribution efforts.
Our role shifts with the need, but our focus stays the same: moving locally grown food into real distribution systems quickly and intentionally.
Our network of production sites allows us to grow food where it's needed and respond to demand across different communities.
We connect farms directly into existing distribution systems already serving communities.
When surplus or unharvested crops become available, we coordinate quickly with partners to recover and move fresh produce into distribution channels.