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April 2021: Vaccinate Food Workers Now! – Congregational Highlight- St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Marin City – Bond for Food and Agriculture Infrastructure Funding – Halal and Kosher Workshop Followup – Community Fridge Movement – CFFJ Earth Day Symposium
March 2021: Advocate for Food and Farm Workers – Free Veggie Starts for Congregations – Stimulus for Fishermen – Support Food Access for Seniors – New Market Match Partners Wanted – Celebrate Americorps Week!
February 2021: Workshop Announcements – P-EBT – Center for Food, Faith and Justice – Sacred People, Sacred Earth Day of Action
January 2021: Fish to Families – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Faith Group Highlight – Edible Landscaping – Gleaning – Save These Dates!
December 2020: COVID Relief Expands to Sonoma County – Faith Group Highlight – Message from Executive Director – Advocacy for Farmworker COVID Vaccinations – Outreach to Fire Victims
August 2020 — Produce sharing opportunity. Support low-income senior food access. COVID-19 Farmworker study. Farmers Market Week. Highlight on Interfaith Food mini-grant winner working with Jewish Farm
July 2020 — Last chance for families to apply for P-EBT is 7/15/20. Mini-Grant Awardees announced. Call for volunteers in response to COVID. Elisha’s Pantry Statement on COVID.
April 2020 — Earth Day message from the executive director. Apply for our second round of Mini-Grants. COVID survey is available for congregations to relay their resource needs. Volunteer opportunities in response to COVID. Head’s up that pandemic SNAP will soon be available in California. Highlight Noelle Kostelic reducing food waste and ensuring food access for seniors. Upcoming events listed.
COVID Response March 2020 — Volunteers are considered essential personal. Volunteer opportunities to ensure food security are offered. Various congregations are highlighted for the work they are doing in response to COVID. COVID response survey is available. Interfaith Food partnerships get homebound seniors affordable access to local produce in 6 Marin communities.
March 2020 — Registration for the 2020 Interfaith Food conference is available. Information regarding programs for young peoples to be trained in growing food by various faith-based groups is promoted. Information and applications for the 2020 mini-grant from Interfaith Food are provided. Advocacy workshop on Senior Nutrition Funding takes place on April 2nd. Welcome new VISTA team member, Morgan Coulson.
December 2019 — Mini-grant breakfast program applications and information is available. Interfaith Food welcomes Guadalupe Gallegos to the team, and continues to recruit 2 more VISTA AmeriCorps members for the team. Information for the 2020 Interfaith Food conference is available. Volunteers are needed at Elisha’s pantry.
May 2019 — Interfaith Food Director Gives Keynote at USDA Ramadan Iftar in DC; Local Interfaith Ramadan Iftars; Center for Food, Faith, and Justice Hosts “Black, Green and Traumatized”; Interfaith Food Recruiting 3 Full-Time AmeriCorps VISTA members; Interfaith Council of Sonoma County Needs YOUR Help!
April 2019 — Interfaith Food Conference Continues to Grow!; New National-Level Islamic Sustainability Initiatives (Zaytuna College & “Greening” Your Ramadan); Battling Obesity & Diabetes Crisis Means Weighing In on Soda Politics Now; Farmers, Make your CSA Accessible to All; We’re Hiring!; Education Opportunities for Faith Leaders;
February 2019 — 7th Annual Faith, Food & Farms Conference Update; Zaytuna College Center for Ethical Living and Learning’s Inaugural Conference “Halal and Tayyib: Rethinking the Ethical”; Food Waste & Climate Change Talk 2/21; California Small Farm Conference 2/22-2/23
January 2019 — 7th Annual Faith, Food & Farms Conference: What to Expect; Highlight: Church of the Incarnation; SNAP Farmer Training Webinars; MLK Day: A Day on, Not a Day Off
December 2018 — Farm Bill Passes!; Save the Date: 2019 Food & Faith Conference 3/18/19; Spirit of the Harvest; Invest in Food Justice…Donate Today!
September 2018 — Farm Bill: Interfaith Values Impact Washington Leaders; Join us at our 4th Annual Spirit of the Harvest Celebration; Highlight: Bonus Bucks Expand to Sonoma County;
August 2018 — Food Week of Action 10/14-21; CSA Roundtable 8/22; Congregational Highlight: New Hope Baptist Church; AIM’s New Rollin’ Root Mobile Farmers Market; Save the Date: Spirit of the Harvest 10/14/18
July 2018 — Farmers’ Market Access for Low-Income Seniors; Healthy Food Access Roundtable Discussions; Interfaith Food Receives National Media Attention; Urban Adamah Accepting Fellowship Applications
June 2018 — CSA Roundtable at Windsor Presbyterian Church; Partners wanted to help “Make CSAs and Produce Stands a SNAP”; Calling on Faith-Based Organizations to Support Local Farms and Farm Bill Advocacy; Celebrate Ramadan with the Interfaith Council of Sonoma County; AIM’s Mobile Farmers Market; Urban Adamah Fellowship is Accepting 2018 Applications
April 2018 — Bringing CSA to our Community; Episcopal Diocese of Delaware Passes Local Foods Resolution; Synagogue Hosts Nutrition Class
January 2018 — 6th Annual Food & Faith Conference 3/6/18; Faith-Based Advocates Needed to Voice Their Values; Advocacy Training for Faith Groups 2/13/18
December 2017 — SAVE THE DATE for our 6th Annual Food & Faith Conference on March 6th!; Farms Impacted by Fires Rise from the Ashes; Endorsements Needed for Local Food and Beginning Farmer Legislation; Living the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 2017 — Faith-Based Advocacy Workshop; Get Gleaning to Reduce Food Waste and Help the Hungry; ISFC’s First Senior Farmers’ Market Tour; Support Let’s Go Farm after Recent Fires; Sonoma County Faith Groups Respond to Fire; “Green” Your Thanksgiving
October 2017 — Faith Communities Respond to the Fire; Food Week of Action; Fire Response Survey; Advocacy Training for Faith-Based Nonprofits; Sonoma County Food Recovery Directory; CalFresh Training for Farmers
September 2017 — Food Week of Action & World Food Day; Food & Faith Connection: Eid’ al’Adha; CalFresh Training for Farmers
August 2017 — Racism & Food Justice; Farm Fresh Fruit; Freedom Farmers’ Market; Upcoming Events, CSA Drops, and Produce Stands
July 2017 — Upcoming Food Access Roundtable 8/15/17; Farm Highlight: Let’s Go Farm; Food Waste Weekend is Sept. 8-10, 2017;
June 2017 — Food and Farm Policy Advocates Needed on the 2018 Farm Bill: Congregational Highlight: San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church
May 2017 — Congregational Highlight: Pastor Dan Senter of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church; Upcoming Roundtable Discussions
April 2017 — 5th Annual Faith, Farms, and Food Access Conference was a great success; Staff transitions; Interviews for Intern and Upcoming Discussions
February 2017 — We’re expanding to the East Bay!; 5th Annual Conference (3/21/17) in Berkeley; Upcoming roundtable discussions in Lafayette (2/28/17), Albany (3/9/17) and San Rafael (3/21/17); We’re hiring!
November 2016 — Third Annual Spirit of the Harvest Celebration; Support Historically Underserved Farmers and Ranchers; West County Craft Fair; Veggie Start Donations Reap Bountiful Gardens at 15 Sites
October 2016 — Spirit of the Harvest 2016; Meet our Awardees; Collaborative Awards 3 Mini-Grants Supporting Youth Food Access Projects; Food Week of Action; One Million Dollars and Counting
September 2016 — Spirit of the Harvest 2016; Faith Communities Contribute to Historic Legislative Victories; Marin Interfaith Council’s 6th Annual Youth Gleaning Event; Petaluma Bounty’s Farmers’ Market Tours
August 2016 — Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa; World Food Day and Food Week of Action; Call for Nominations; 2nd Annual Lammas Day Celebration & Community Wheat Harvest Day; Get Gleaning Today
July 2016 — CSA Toolkit Now Available; CSA Lessons Learned; Call for Nominations; Food Day Event Planning; AB 1321 Advocacy Victory for Low-Income Californians
June 2016 — Collaborative Receives Federal Grant to Make Local Produce Affordable; St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church; Thank You to the National Gardening Company
May 2016 — Mini Grant Request for Proposals; Saving Greenbelts and Farmland in Sonoma County; Food Recovery Survey
April 2016 — Collaborative’ Director Speaks at Harvard’s National Food & Faith Conference; Grant Support and Technical Assistance for Faith Groups Interested in Farm Stand or CSA Projects; Congregation Shomrei Torah; Community Separators; Farm to Altar Table Community Planting Day
March 2016 — CSA Roundtable; 4th Annual Conference Review; Seeking Faith Groups Interested in Farm Stand or CSA Projects; Greenbelly Alliance’s Homegrown Report; Farm Survey Reminder; Faith Group Survey Reminder
February 2016 — 4th Annual Conference updates; Start Planning Your Congregation’s CSA with CAFF’s CSA Farm Open House; Farm Survey Reminder; Faith Group Survey Reminder
January 2016 — 4th Annual Conference; Faith Lutheran Church; GMO Free Sonoma County; Farm Survey; Faith Group Survey; MLK Day Events
December 2015 — CSA Workshop, Message from Executive Director; “Green” your next event with GreenMary; Congregational Survey; Farm Survey
November 2015 — Localize your Holiday Feast; CSA Workshop; Congregational Survey; USDA Undersecretary Recognizes Collaborative’s Innovative Work; Food Day & Food Week 2015; Spirit of the Harvest Awards
October 2015 — Spirit of the Harvest; Connecting Farm to Fork (Santa Rosa); Pope Francis’ Encyclical; Advocacy Roundtable Review; Presbyterian Church of the Roses
September 2015 — Advocacy Roundtable; Spirit of the Harvest; Sonoma County Interfaith Gathering & Dinner; Costco & GMO Salmon; Facebook Announcement
August 2015 — SNAP Incentives; World Food Day and Food Week of Action; HR 1599 (DARK Act); Call for Nominations; Save the Date: Spirit of the Harvest
July 2015 — Connecting Farm to Fork (San Rafael); Redwood Adventist Academy’s What’s Up Farm; Advisory Board Retreat; Assembly Bills 515 and 1321; Staff Transitions
June 2015 — Connecting Farm to Fork (San Rafael); Bethlehem Lutheran Children’s Center
May 2015 — May Roundtables; Connecting Farm to Fork (San Rafael); First United Methodist Church, San Rafael
April 2015 — April Roundtables; First Light Farm; California Nutrition Incentive Matching Grant Program; Earth Day
March 2015 — Report of 3rd Annual Conference; Village Baptist Church; Farm to School Act of 2015; Upcoming Roundtables; In the News
February 2015 — 3rd Annual Conference; Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church
January 2015 — 3rd Annual Conference; Sonoma United Methodist Church; Tu B’Shevat
December 2014 — Holiday Message from Exec. Dir. Steve Schwartz; San Francisco Theological Seminary
November 2014 — Harvest the Bounty Recap; Congregational Kol Shofar; Transition for Americorps Vista Volunteers
October 2014 — Harvest the Bounty Invite; Local Food Day Events; Mini-Grant Announcement