Impact

To date, we delivered over 5,607 weekly and bi-weekly deliveries to over 198 Black individuals by investing $120,000 in Black owned farming operations in Alameda, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Sacramento Counties; provided food justice trainings to 166; installed edible gardens serving 46; and supported 15 in completing Afro-Indigenous regenerative farming training. 

We are proud to maintain strong personal relationships with both our farmers and our families. This allows us to maintain lines of open communication for their needs, wants, and ideas.To ensure communication is effective, we are currently developing a Community Advisory Board of eight FBF recipients to allow greater input from our constituents in developing our membership, advocacy, and programming. 

Another one of our upcoming objectives include a pilot economic distribution model to build the economic capacity of our members by investing in microgrants and community markets as well as a capital land acquisition campaign. Activities include hiring an facilitator to lead strategic development, working with a communication consultant team to lead storytelling and create advocacy materials, and working with our membership coordinator to recruit and retain members and evaluate program impact.

  • “With the rising cost of food, it can be difficult to feed yourself and your family fresh, organic produce without breaking the bank. Feed Black Futures (FBF) allowed me to feed myself and my household nutritious, plant-based meals on a continuous basis. Most importantly they support and encourage Black farmers!”

  • “My children and I are eating more fresh foods. It’s fun to explore different foods with them. My youngest is most interested. Trying new recipes and having cooked veggies on hand is such a good feeling. I feel like I am doing more right in the kitchen. That then pushes me to buy more fresh food at the store.”

  • “It's definitely encouraged us to eat healthier. I'm postpartum and while I was pregnant it provided me some essential nutrients. I buy less food because of these food boxes but not substantially less because there's no meat, bread, or snacks.”

  • “I appreciate the surprises. There's diversity in my food boxes which inspires my cooking.”

  • “We were dealing with COVID and everything got more expensive. We were getting COVID food stamps but then that cut out. Getting these food boxes really helped especially during that time…”

  • “FBF has been a blessing to me and my family by providing us access to healthy food options consistently since the pandemic.”

Our Roots

Inspired by the mutual aid model of people supporting each other when the government fails us, Feed Black Futures began in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties in 2020 as a $10,000 COVID-19 mutual aid campaign. As police brutality sparked widespread calls for racial justice, the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum, and COVID-19 disproportionately impacted communities of color, we quickly surpassed our goal and raised $90,000. 

What started out as a crowdfunding campaign to feed 20 families for two weeks at the start of the pandemic soon became Feed Black Futures. We began expanding our focus from short-term hunger relief to long-term food justice. 

Since then, we have also expanded our programs from Southern California to the Bay Area and Central Valley. In each of the communities we serve, we buy produce from small-scale Black and Brown farmers using agroecological agriculture practices and provide same-day delivery to Black mamas/caregivers and their families facing food insecurity exacerbated by the carceral system. We install gardens in their homes, provide healthy and culturally relevant recipes, and farming training and political education. 

Since 2020, we've delivered over 5,607 weekly and bi-weekly deliveries to over 198 Black individuals, installed 46 gardens, provided 166 members with food justice training and supported 15 individuals in completing Afro-Indigenous regenerative farming training. Our work continues to grow as we engage communities in achieving Black food justice and economic sovereignty.