BERKELEY FOOD NETWORK

Anchored by our West Berkeley warehouse, our sourcing and distribution programs aim to get high-quality, healthy food to people in need. We operate several direct food assistance programs and serve as a hub for dozens of community-based organizations to shop for food for their pantries and meal programs. Altogether, we support 6,500 community members a week with healthy, no-cost food.

1 in 4 residents in our community is experiencing or at-risk of hunger. Our goal is to ensure that Berkeleyans have regular access to substantial healthy food.

BFN works to alleviate hunger and nutrition insecurity by providing food to anyone in our community who needs it. We center our work on our members (clients) and our community-led partner organizations by being responsive to their needs. BFN sourced and distributed over 1.6 million pounds of food in 2023, and provided healthy groceries to as many as 3,500 people a week.