Next Meeting Reminder:
The next ALL IN Eats meeting is scheduled for January 14, 2021 from 1:00-2:30 (or 3 pm). If you haven’t received the calendar invite, please get in touch with Maryruth: maryruthbelsey.priebe@acgov.org
And the Winner is…
 Thank you to all who voted for the ALL IN Eats Logo! Check out the winner and help us with the next step of choosing an ALL IN Eats tagline!
Emergency Food Aid Funding Update
An $18.8M increase in Alameda Social Services Agency (SSA) food aid funding through February 28, 2021 has been approved (see the Board letter) and will allow for an extension of existing food aid services into the new year. With these funds, the County - including many of our ALL IN Eats members - will be able to keep the great work of getting much-needed food into the hands of people in Alameda after CARES funding expires on December 30, 2020. Thank you to SSA Director Lori Cox and her staff for this extension!
Making Circular Food Economy Assets Visible
Several CBOs and other stakeholders have identified their interest in leading an effort in landscape/asset mapping to identify resources (think commercial kitchen space, farmland, vehicles, drivers, recovered food, etc) within the ALL IN Eats community so we can collaborate more efficiently. With an eye to racial and gender equity, we're thinking through how to communicate community-sourced assets in a dashboard that would provide easily-accessible pathways to achieving resource and power justice for marginalized communities. We are also actively working on developing a website and app that could give food entrepreneurs, farmers, food recoverers, and more a platform for distributing their locally-produced food. If you have talents in asset mapping or data visualization, please get in touch with Maryruth: maryruthbelsey.priebe@acgov.org
New Farm Land In the Works!
 We’ve started a conversation amongst a variety of ALL IN Eats folks about the possibility of getting some new land (larger parcels) into production around the County! But key to making this a success is being able to show these potential land partners that we have a strong farmer collective who can do the work. Please keep reading to find out more and discover how to join the ALL IN Eats Farmer Collective! Keep reading...
City-Level Food Recovery Group
 There’s a lot of edible food that goes to waste in our County, and we’d love to find ways to get it into the hands of folks who are food insecure. StopWaste is leading an effort to improve our understanding about how to collaborate across municipalities to reduce organic waste like edible recovered food. If you’re a city-level waste manager, please get in touch with us to find out how you can support this work! Find out how to get involved…
Good Food Purchasing Policy Update
 On December 11, 2020, in partnership with SPUR and The Center for Good Food Purchasing, we presented the GFPP to the leadership within the County Sheriff’s and County Probation offices. Read on to find out how that went and why we think this is so important for shifting our circular food economy to be more local, sustainable, and equitable. Read on...
Food As Medicine Clinic Update
 ALL IN Alameda County has been expanding its Food as Medicine initiative to include new clinics in new regions within the County. Food as Medicine has been incredibly successful and the Dig Deep Farms Food Farmacy has reached over 600 food insecure people and/or those living with chronic disease and distributed approximately 6,000 bags of food. We want to share with you where we’re going next! Discover how FAM is growing. Learn more about how we’re growing and how to reach out to discuss collaborations with your Food As Medicine initiative!
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