Our mission is to build a vibrant local food system that provides
affordable, healthy food to all DNATL families.
affordable, healthy food to all DNATL families.
The DNATL Community Food Council is a group of individual residents and agency representatives who are working together to build a local food system that provides healthy, culturally appropriate food to all families in Del Norte and Tribal Lands (DNATL).
Food Council Goals
Increase food security & access to fresh vegetables and fruit
Increase our local food economy
- Shift eating habits through education & access to nutritious and culturally appropriate foods
What we do
Our organization operates Pacific Pantry, a choice-based food pantry located at the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods. Learn more about the Pacific Pantry.
We partnered with the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation to develop four food forest sites across DNATL. The CFC manages the Crescent City and Klamath Food Forest sites. Learn more about the Food Forest projects.
Since our founding in 2010, we have:
- Organized numerous cooking and gardening workshops
- Created local celebrations of Food Day
- Supported school and community gardens
- Promoted local foods, farmers, and farmers markets
- Facilitated Del Norte’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program funding stream
- Brought Market Match funding to Del Norte’s farmers markets
- Helped to expand Del Norte County Unified School District’s Seamless Summer Meals program
- Gleaned and rescued food from the waste stream to consumption
- Provide food security resources and information
