BFN Seeks Volunteer Ambassadors
Calling all advocates! Are you passionate about food justice, nutrition, and building a stronger community? Berkeley Food Network is looking for enthusiastic individuals like you...
BFN Support Local Research to Expand Healthy Food Access
Berkeley Food Network’s 9th Street Pantry recently served as a test site for a future pilot intervention with the University of California Nutrition Policy Institute...
A Study of BFN Waste Could Make Local Food Recovery More Sustainable
Berkeley Food Network is the largest Food Recovery Organization (FRO) in Northern Alameda County, recovering nearly 400,000 pounds of edible surplus food from local businesses...
Meeting Basic Needs Post-COVID: Looking Forward to Collective Action
Last month, Berkeley Food Network hosted a private partner conversation in our Community Room to discuss the complexities of food insecurity, the role of food...
Shifting Language and Power Dynamics
We’re adopting a new term to describe people using our pantry services. Read on to learn more. BFN is always designing ways to innovate and...
Caring for Food is Caring for Community
BFN refines food sourcing and food safety standards to uphold the dignity of our members and partners. Keep reading to learn more. The mainstream food...
July 2022 Advocacy Landscape
Welcome to the July Advocacy Landscape blog post. For this month, I will highlight two pieces of legislation and research that caught my attention. These...
June Advocacy Landscape
Welcome to the June Advocacy Landscape blog post. This month, BFN participated in a listening session for the upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Health,...
May Advocacy Landscape: Hunger Action Week
Berkeley Food Network participated in a week of state-level advocacy for Hunger Action Week, an initiative of the California Hunger Action Coalition (CHAC). Through CHAC’s...
2022 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference
In March, several staff at BFN joined the virtual 2022 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. The conference was co-sponsored by the Food Research and Action Center...
One Year Later
One Year Later Stepping back to look forward. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a year since a small group of Berkeley Food...
COVID-19 has perpetuated pre-existing injustices in the food system
By Evan Hazelett, BFN Research and Advocacy Manager December 8, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the realities of poverty, food insecurity,...
Why we oppose the House Agriculture Committee Chairperson’s 2018 Farm Bill
Why We Oppose the House Ag Committee Chairman’s 2018 Farm Bill Thanks to Stephen Knight, Director of Policy at the Alameda County Community Food Bank,...