The city says that a Central District program that started with a handful of restaurants has grown into a partnership of 29 restaurants and caterers, sourcing from 10 local farms, and 21 different community organizations, with 97% of restaurant partners and 81% of local farms BIPOC-owned.
The Good Food Kitchens program served its 13,000th meal last month and has a goal to serve nearly 40,000 more.
“Good Food Kitchens was created to address the needs of the entire local food system,” Mariah DeLeo, Good Food Economy Program Manager, said in the announcement from the city’s Human Services Department. “It is not just a food assistance program – one that importantly ensures people in need receive fresh, nutritious, culturally relevant meals – but it is also an economic assistance program, an employment assistance program, and a local food system resilience program.” Continue reading