Calendar of Events
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Upcoming Events
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Past Events
Faith-based Organizations Reduce Food Waste Workshop
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 12pm to 1:15pm at Gather Petaluma, 825 Middlefield Dr, Petaluma, CA 94952
Our workshop will grow your skills to implement policies and practices for your congregation to divert food from the waste stream! We will have speakers from Zero Waste Sonoma, Extra Food, and local congregations who are already implementing protocols to reduce their food waste. Workshop agenda includes:
- Learn about Sonoma County nonprofits that come to your site to pick-up edible food, or drop-off extra food;
- Training on food safety & best protocols for accepting and distributing healthy unspoiled edible food that will be diverted from the waste stream;
- Technical assistance on how to develop internal policies and implement systems to minimize edible food waste; and
- Resources to apply for mini-grants through Interfaith Food to support food recovery work!
FaithLands National Conference 2025
September 17-19, 2025 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Co-Sponsors Include: Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative, GROW North Texas, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, #NoRegrets Initiative, Kalliopeia Foundation, USDA, Farm Aid, and Presbyterian Hunger Program PC (USA),
Agenda: 2025 FaithLands Agenda
Read More: 2025 FaithLands Recap Article
Faith, Food, & Farms Conference 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 CZI Community Space, Redwood City, CA
FaithLands National Conference with Methodist Theological School of Ohio
August 6-8, 2024 Delaware, Ohio
Agenda: 2024 FaithLands Agenda
10th Annual Food, Faith, & Farms Conference
August 6-8, 2024 Petaluma, California
9th Annual Faith, Food, & Farms Conference 2023
March 8, 2023 Preservation Park, Oakland, CA
Sonoma & Marin County Farms & Gardens on Faith Community Land Focus Group
February 15, 2023
Faith leaders from Sonoma and Marin County convened for a focus group on farms and gardens on faith community land. We welcomed congregational representatives to the farm next to Christ Church United Methodist in Santa Rosa at 10:00 am February 15 for a tour and discussion of challenges and successes faith groups encounter when running a farm or garden on faith-community land.
North Bay Food and Farms Forum
September 8th, 2023 Petaluma, California
The progressive food and agricultural community gathered to get to know the two candidates for the 12th District state assembly seat, Sara Aminzadeh and Damon Connolly- in this non-partisan, educational forum, which provided an opportunity to educate the candidates on important policy issue that directly impact our local farms, food system, farm workers, land, water, environment and communities.
EVENT CO-SPONSORS:
– Community Alliance with Family Farmers
– Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
– Roots of Change
– Agricultural Institute of Marin
– California Food & Farming Network
– North Bay Jobs with Justice
– Agricultural Community Events
– Lideres Campesinas
– Marin Food Policy Council
– Sonoma County Food System Alliance
