January 30, 2024

Meeting Basic Needs Post-COVID: Looking Forward to Collective Action

Last month, Berkeley Food Network hosted a private partner conversation in our Community Room to discuss the complexities of food insecurity, the role of food...

April 27, 2023

Shifting Language and Power Dynamics

We’re adopting a new term to describe people using our pantry services. Read on to learn more. BFN is always designing ways to innovate and...

April 27, 2023

Caring for Food is Caring for Community

BFN refines food sourcing and food safety standards to uphold the dignity of our members and partners. Keep reading to learn more. The mainstream food...

July 27, 2022

July 2022 Advocacy Landscape

Welcome to the July Advocacy Landscape blog post. For this month, I will highlight two pieces of legislation and research that caught my attention. These...

June 24, 2022

June Advocacy Landscape

Welcome to the June Advocacy Landscape blog post. This month, BFN participated in a listening session for the upcoming White House Conference on Hunger, Health,...

May 20, 2022

May Advocacy Landscape: Hunger Action Week

Berkeley Food Network participated in a week of state-level advocacy for Hunger Action Week, an initiative of the California Hunger Action Coalition (CHAC). Through CHAC’s...

April 13, 2022

2022 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference

In March, several staff at BFN joined the virtual 2022 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference. The conference was co-sponsored by the Food Research and Action Center...

April 5, 2021

One Year Later

One Year Later Stepping back to look forward. It’s hard to believe that it’s only been a year since a small group of Berkeley Food...

January 20, 2020

COVID-19 has perpetuated pre-existing injustices in the food system

By Evan Hazelett, BFN Research and Advocacy Manager December 8, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the realities of poverty, food insecurity,...

April 27, 2018

Why we oppose the House Agriculture Committee Chairperson’s 2018 Farm Bill

Why We Oppose the House Ag Committee Chairman’s 2018 Farm Bill Thanks to Stephen Knight, Director of Policy at the Alameda County Community Food Bank,...