California Food and Justice Coalition: Events

Community Workshop: Building Healthy Communities Through Food

In 2006, CFJC hosted two workshops on increasing access to healthy foods and making change in their communities. The workshops were an opportunity for youth and adults to meet and learn from others who are organizing to bring healthy foods into their communities, and build connections with local farms. From starting farmers' markets to growing food, participants had the opportunity to learn how to turn their ideas into action. This workshop also included discussion on how social and environmental injustice affects healthy food access. It was an opportunity to build relationships and get connected to the larger food justice movement in California.

The response was overwhelming. Both workshops drew participants of a wide variety of ages, communities, and backgrounds. Over 90% of the participants rated the event as Excellent or Good, and over 80% found that the workshop increased their understanding of community food issues. Many of them found the networking they were able to do at the workshop to be particularly helpful, as well as the afternoon roundtables. Participants said they felt inspired to start or continue their work in their communities, and several looked forward to sharing the information they learned with friends, family, coworkers, schoolmates, and others in their community. The full evaluations as well as the brochures and handouts for each workshop can be viewed at the links below.

July 15, 2006, at the EcoVillage Farm Learning Center in Richmond, CA
Co-sponsored by CFJC and the EcoVillage Farm Learning Center.
View the event brochure (pdf format)
Read the evaluation results (pdf format)

December 9, 2006, at Grant High School in Sacramento, CA
Co-sponsored by CFJC, GEO (Grant High School Environmental Organization), the Sacramento Hunger Coalition, Health Education Council and Soil Born Farm.
View the event brochure (pdf format)
Read the evaluation results (pdf format)

Handouts
A Simple Guide for Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) of Food Stamp Benefits at California Farmers’ Markets Using a Central Point of Sale (POS) Device and Market Scrip (pdf format)
Farmers’ Markets Marketing and Business Guide (pdf format)
Starting a Community Garden/Farm Project (Word format)
Got an Idea? Taking the Next Step to Start a Project (worksheet) (Word format)
Diane's Handout (Word format)

Both events were supported with funding from the Columbia Foundation.

The California Food and Justice Coalition is a project of the