WE ARE A COMMUNITY-FOCUSED NONPROFIT, SUPPORTING ASHLAND & CHERRYLAND BY COMBINING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS, AND JOB CREATION TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS
Are you having trouble finding food during the Covid 19 shelter in place order?
Can you help?
ALL IN Emergency Food Distribution Meal Preparation Application
We are looking for small business food vendors partners, to help produce prepared meals for home-bound seniors, vulnerable patients, and families experiencing food insecurity as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Each selected vendor will receive $15,000 to cover costs associated with preparing meals. Get details and apply through this link.
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The Food Recovery Project - Producer Sign Up
We're currently seeking donor-partners who want to join us in reducing food waste, and increase access to healthy foods for low-income residents. Get details and apply through this link.
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The Food Recovery Project - Distributor Sign Up
We are looking for partners who can receive and distribute nutritious, packaged and safely prepared surplus food that we are collecting from schools, farmers’ markets and other organizations, for distribution to food insecure residents. Get details and apply through this link.
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Dig Deep Farms grows healthy vegetables in the Alameda County communities of Ashland, Cherryland, and San Leandro. We currently have about 8 acres of land available for farming, with two small farm parcels in the flatlands and one large parcel in the hills of San Leandro. We have a 500 fruit-tree orchard at City View Farm in addition to vegetable plantings.
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Founded in 2010 by residents of Ashland and Cherryland in partnership with DSAL and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, our mission is to improve health and wellbeing in the Eden Area by creating jobs and making fresh, locally grown food accessible to all.
DDF is a non-profit, social enterprise founded on the conviction that integrated community involvement, healthy food access, and job creation raise the quality of life- individually and collectively- of a community.
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We plant seeds.
We grow food.
We sell fruits and vegetables.
We create jobs.
We build community.
We Dig Deep.
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In an effort to create a circular economy, a resilient East Bay community is fighting against the odds and relying on their own solutions to combat food apartheid, address healthcare inequality, and reform the criminal justice system.
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Deep shifts in systems, like regional food ecosystems, require a coordinated and collective vision, where community innovation and economic vibrancy are re-imagined and supported.
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Emerald Cities Collaborative's Anchors in Resilient Communities (ARC) initiative, co-convened with Health Care Without Harm, highlights one dynamic and innovative local program of Alameda County Sheriff's office, Dig Deep Farms.
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Roots of Resilience is a short, documentary film that follows the story of Dig Deep Farms, a non-profit project of the Alameda county that provides farming internships, healthcare food prescription delivery, and job opportunities to individuals recently released from prison.
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A Hover Pictures production
Executive Producers: Tara Marchant, Ethan Goldwater
Director: Ben Garcia
Director of Photography: Ethan Goldwater
Editor: Nathaniel Garofalo
Camera Op: Dan Le
Color: Dan Le
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Organizations:
anchorsinresilientcommunities.org
noharm.org
emeraldcities.org
kresge.org
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OUR WORK:
THE CIRCULAR FOOD ECONOMY EXPLAINED
Your contribution helps us to continue our work in connecting and supporting our local communities!

OUR FARM STANDS & OPEN HOURS
HAYWARD WELLNESS CENTER FARM STAND
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Normal hours will resume after social distancing protocols are lifted.
Mon. - Thurs. 10 am - 3:30 pm @ Hayward Wellness Center
664 Southland Dr. Hayward, CA​. 94545
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SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY FARM STAND
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Normal hours will resume after social distancing protocols are lifted.
First Friday of each month 10 am - 2 pm @ Alameda County Administration Building
1221 Oak St. Plaza, Oakland, CA. 94612
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TIBURCIO VASQUEZ HEALTH CENTER FARM STAND
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Normal hours will resume after social distancing protocols are lifted.
Mon. - Thurs. 9 am - 4:30 pm @ Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, 22331 Mission Blvd, Hayward, CA 94541