Farm2People

New friend alert 🔔 Watts Labor Community Action Committee is a legacy org, founded in the 1960s, dedicated to improving the quality of life for South Central Los Angeles residents.

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As Senior Services Director Keenan Davis shared with us, WLCAC was started “by union leader Ted Watkins, just months before the Watts Rebellion to combat severe economic and racial injustice” and the org was a critical force in rebuilding the community in the aftermath.

Now, with programs ranging from youth and senior services to healthy food access to affordable housing to employment resources and much more, WLCAC is truly a powerhouse. They even established their very own urban ag site: the iconic , which we hope to visit soon! We met them through another key org that you need to know about — Seeds of Hope — and both orgs helped us distribute fresh fruit and veggies for seniors!! Shout out to Dave for helping us put these senior boxes together!

We are endlessly grateful to be in community with so many wonderful, values-aligned orgs 🌱

California’s agricultural bounty is vibrant, inspiring, and delicious 🍓 But also… real talk – did you know that 1 in 4 households in Los Angeles is food insecure, struggling to access enough food? And 1 in 5 LA households is nutrition insecure, defined by USC Dornsife as lacking “consistent access to healthy, safe and culturally appropriate foods.”

We share these numbers not to bum you out but to highlight how relevant Farm2People’s work is! We are working to increase access to fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables 🌽 for Angelenos who need it most, and we have distributed 29 million servings of regenerative produce since our founding! Meanwhile, we make sure our work supports independent farmers 👨🏽‍🌾 and helps them keep growing that nourishing food.

If you want to learn more about our efforts to fight hunger in LA and strengthen the regional food system, make sure to subscribe to our newsletter! We share monthly updates about Farm2People’s work, our impact, and reflections on current topics in food and farming. 📝

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PS - shout out to Aiko as our stunning hand model in the first photo! 💅