Launching the Dig Deep Farms Food Hub
 ALL IN is excited to announce the Grand Opening of the Dig Deep Farms (DDF) Food Hub in Ashland on January 17! We ask our partners to help spread the word about the DDF Food Hub using our Social Media Toolkit.
Dig Deep Farms Food Hub Grand Opening
Friday, January 17, 2019
12:00 PM-3:00 PM
2700 Fairmont Dr.
San Leandro, CA
Questions? Contact Hilary Bass.
We are proud to partner with DDF, the Deputy Sheriff's Activities League (DSAL), and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) in launching the DDF Food Hub. This facility will support ALL IN's Food as Medicine goals to provide families with access to healthy food and nutrition as a part of medical care.
The DDF Food Hub is a 3,300-square-foot community-based food aggregation, distribution, and small business incubation center designed to get healthy food onto the plates of food-insecure residents. DDF Food Hub services will include a food recovery program, a small business incubator, a farm-to-fork initiative, and a commercial kitchen. If your business could benefit from the DDF Food Hub's commercial kitchen, please fill out the rental interest form.
Food Recovery Update
In October 2019, ALL IN and its partners - DSAL and StopWaste began trial runs for the food recovery program, which will be launching early next year. We are proud to share that over 8500 pounds - the size of a killer whale - of local fresh vegetables, meat, and dairy products have been collected from the Urban Village Farmers Market and Livermore Unified School District Warehouse so far!
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These food donations were distributed to over 570 residents at 5 affordable housing buildings: SAHA (Satellite Affordable Housing Associates), Mercy Housing, and EBALDC (East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation) properties. In addition to these donations, ALL IN and DSAL are gathering residents' feedback to guide our work as we scale food recovery county-wide.
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The majority of the residents we have served so far responded positively to our food recovery pilot. One recipient commented, “[The food recovery delivery was] Very helpful. I am disabled and ill and cannot always get to the store.” We will continue soliciting feedback from the program participants as we prepare for the full launch in 2020.
If your organization is able to receive donated food and distribute it to low-income residents in Alameda County, ALL IN invites you to fill out the Food Recovery Project Intake Form to see if we can meet your needs.
Introducing Mika Tesfaye
ALL IN is excited to welcome Mika Tesfaye to the team as the new Food Hub Director with DSAL.
Ms. Tesfaye will work with DSAL to progress the community capitals policing work through the Food as Medicine movement. By leading new efforts for food recovery, supporting the Food as Rx presence within local clinics, as well as supporting independent caterers and small business owners showcase their talents by utilizing the newly renovated Food Hub kitchen, her goal is to help communities thrive.
Before starting this position, Ms. Tesfaye worked as a Patient/Retail Services Manager at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland for 3 1/2 years. During that time she managed to not only oversee 2,000 meals daily feed clients, patients and families, but she piloted a food recovery program in collaboration with LA & SF Specialty, while constructing a food referral process in EPIC which aimed to link patients to local food farmacies by collaborating with UCSF BCHO Community Department of Health.
Mika Tesfaye is a wife, and mother of two and enjoys spending time with her family when she's not working. She is originally from Indianapolis, IN and she loves hosting and you can probably find her hosting a party at her place anytime to all who is welcomed!
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Introducing Karen Ben-Moshe
ALL IN is also excited to welcome Karen Ben-Moshe to our team as a Program Manager for Food as Medicine.
Karen Ben-Moshe, MPP, MPH, is working to spread a Food as Medicine model across Alameda County. Her areas of expertise include policy solutions to address the social determinants of health, health equity, and fostering collaboration across sectors. Karen has over 15 years of experience working in public health and policy organizations, most recently working as a founding staff member for the California Health in All Policies Task Force. She has worked at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, La Clínica de La Raza, Children Now, and the University of California, Berkeley Center for Health Leadership on a range of policies and programmatic areas. She is a co-author of a number of publications on the Health in All Policies approach. Ms. Ben-Moshe received her MPH and MPP from the University of California, Berkeley and her BA from Wesleyan University.
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Tri-Valley Anti-Poverty Collaborative Forum on Housing and Homelessness
On October 24, 2019, the Tri-Valley Anti-Poverty Collaborative (TVAPC) hosted its third community convening at Hub 925 in Pleasanton. Approximately 80 Tri-Valley residents and individuals representing county and city government, local non-profits, the faith community, school districts, and other groups attended the breakfast event. Speakers included Gloria Bruce, Executive Director of East Bay Housing Organizations and David Garcia, Director of Policy at UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Both speakers discussed the challenges of meeting the Tri-Valley’s housing needs due to the lack of housing stock affordable for low and middle-income earners, policy challenges and recent wins, and ways for everyone in the community to get involved in solutions that involve protecting current tenants, producing new homes of all types that are affordable, and preserving affordable housing. Event sponsors included Hub 925, Kaiser Permanente, Hacienda Helping Hands, and Supervisor Scott Haggerty.
TVAPC is a multi-sector collaborative addressing issues related to housing, health, education, and food access. Find TVAPC on the web at www.tvapc.org, on Facebook and Twitter. TVAPC membership is open to the general public.
In the News
Why this Bay Area county is betting big on 'food pharmacies'
ALL IN's food pharmacy model was highlighted in this December 17, 2019 article from the East Bay Times.
Upcoming Events
Steering Committee Meetings
ALL IN Steering Committee meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month from 1:00 PM-2:30 PM at 1221 Oak Street, Room 255, Oakland, CA (unless otherwise stated).
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