FEBRUARY / MARCH 2023
  • 3500+ lbs of Fresh Produce distributed so far this year by Choice Nutrition Pantry programs!

  • Gardening Season Kicks Off with Volunteer Valentine's Day Garden Party at Taa-'at-dvn Chee-ne' Tetlh-tvm'.

  • March 16th FREE Workshop: “How to Sell Your Local Food Products.”  Find out how to get started selling your produce at a farmers market, to the Pacific Pantry, or to our Harvest Box.

  • Garden Explorers School Gardening Club Launches
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  • March 19th Wellness Week Community Lunch: Pacific North Fresh Mobile Market will visit the Del Norte campus of College of the Redwoods.  Students will be invited to participate in some garden therapy at Taa-'at-dvn Chee-ne' Tetlh-tvm' (Crescent City Food Forest).
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  • April 16th Community Seed & Plant Exchange: Seeds, Starts, Raffles, Vendors, and Workshops for all ages & skill levels!

BEGINNING FARMER BLAST

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  JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER


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  • Introducing the 2023 Community Food Council Steering Committee
  • Garden Explorers Club
  • Upcoming Workshop: How to get started selling at the Farmer's Market
  • New Pantry Partnerships
  • Meet the Newest Team Members!

July 2022 Newsletter

  • Fresh from the Sea
  • Local Food Economy Speaker Series
  • Culture & Food Access in our Hmong Community
  • DNATL Community Food Council Relaunch
  • Food Program Director Position

May 2022 Newsletter

  • Mobile & Pacific Pantry
  • Earth Day Clean Up
  • Food & Farm Camp
  • Local Food Economy Speaker Series: 
  • Northcoast Land Trust - Lay of the Land
  • Del Norte Harvest Box
  • Wild Rivers Permaculture Guild

April 2022 Newsletter

  • Mobile Pantry Launch
  • Earth Day Clean Up
  • Food & Farm Camp
  • Local Food Resilience Video
  • Local Producer Purchasing
  • Del Norte Harvest Box
  • Spring Gardening Tips
  • Wild Rivers Permaculture Guild

November 2021 Newsletter

  • Holiday Food Boxes
  • Pacific Pantry new hours 
  • Del Norte Harvest Box 
  • California Food Policy 2020 Report 
  • Future Forward Redwood Coast Region Economic Summit
  • SBDC Farmer Business 2022 flight

July 2021 Newsletter

  • Multi-Producer CSA Harvest Box, 
  • Food & Farm Camp
  • Food Forest Mural & Caldwell Clan Donation
  • Pacific Pantry Programs
  • Taste of the Sea
  • California Food Policy Council awards community activist award to Samuel Gensaw III

May 2021 Newsletter

​- North Coast Fresh From the Sea Program
- Food & Farm Academy Summer Programs
- Hiring for a Food Distribution Manager & Food Program Assistant. First review of applications May 16th.
- Got food to donate? Call our new Food Recovery Hotline.
- Keep your eye out for Pacific Pantry Surveys. Survey responders could win a $150 gift certificate for groceries.

March 2021 Newsletter

Highlights for this month:
  • Catch Together grant launches North Coast Fresh From the Sea Program, a multifaceted approach to address food insecurity with local seafood. 
  • NEW Food Forest Program Manager 
  • Pacific Pantry is now fully funded again by CBDG grant funds
  • March Gardening Tips. 
  • Virtual Seed to Supper 2021
  • Food & Farm Business 
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The DNATL Community Food Council is housed within the Family Resource Center of the Redwoods and is supported by The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities Initiative.