This is where you’ll find links to all sorts of additional resources relating to hunger, food security, nutrition, school and community gardens, sustainable agriculture, and much more.

Local Food System Initiatives & Programs

Food Matters is bringing together community members and organizations to promote stable food systems and access to healthy, regionally produced food for all.

Community Alliance with Family Farmers: The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.

Roots of Change: ROC is a collaborative of diverse leaders and institutions unified in common pursuit of achieving a sustainable food system in California by 2030.

Hunger & Food Insecurity - Local

Redwood Empire Food Bank: The REFB’s mission is to end hunger in our community. Founded in 1987, the REFB is Sonoma County’s largest hunger-relief organization, acquiring food and distributing it through a network of charitable agencies, including its own food assistance programs. The REFB also provides food to Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties through five smaller food banks. In addition, the REFB advocates for effective legislation that will provide long-term solutions to hunger in our community

COTS Emergency Food Programs: COTS provides free hot meals daily and grocery boxes weekly to individuals and families in Petaluma. Click here for more information about times and locations.

Petaluma People’s Services Center: PPSC delivers hot meals to homebound Petaluma seniors and offers other senior meal services at Lucchesi Senior Center. Click here for more information about times and locations.

United Church of Christ Saturday Pantry: UCC operates a free food pantry on Saturday mornings. Click here for more information about times and locations.

Interfaith Pantry: Collaboratively operated by Elim Lutheran Church, Hillside Church of the Nazarene, Petaluma Valley Baptist Church and Adobe Christian Center, the Interfaith Pantry provides free grocery bags of food every Tuesday evening. Click here for more information about times and locations.

Hunger & Food Insecurity - National

Community Food Security Coalition:Â CFSC is dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food to all people at all times. The Coalition has 325 organizational members in 41 states, 4 Canadian provinces and the District of Columbia, consisting of social and economic justice, environmental, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, labor, anti-poverty, anti-hunger, and other groups.

Center on Hunger and Poverty: A research center within the Institute on Assets and Social Policy, focusing on domestic hunger, health and nutritional consequences and policy; hunger and food insecurity prevalence at the national, state, and local levels; child nutrition and food stamp programs; development of nutrition education materials specifically designed for low-income families with children; and, program design and evaluation for innovative community initiatives in the hunger/nutrition field.

World Hunger Year (WHY) is a leading advocate for innovative, community-based solutions to hunger and poverty. WHY challenges society to confront these problems by advancing models that create self-reliance, economic justice, and equal access to nutritious and affordable food.

Just Food is a non-profit working to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region by fostering new marketing and food-growing opportunities that address the needs of regional, rural family farms, NYC community gardeners and communities.