Mandela Partners is a vital resource for fresh fruit and veggies at their brick and mortar store in West Oakland. They also provide food to residents throughout West and East Oakland at their pop-up farm stands at libraries, corner stores and elementary schools. They are partnering with StopWaste to engage community members on how to get the most out of their food, not only through in-person and neighborhood networks, but also using videos and other creative approaches during COVID. In this time of need, Mandela is a hub for getting food boxes to families and farm workers in need.

Engaged 20 members of the church and community to do their own Fridge Reality Check and share 6 educational tips throughout the year. Funds to support the church's ongoing meal program - serving 300 people weekly and expanding their edible garden.

Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont brings people together to grow healthy, pesticide-free food and to learn about environmentally sustainable gardening and urban farming practices. SWEET graduates initiated this grant with two food waste reduction workshops, reaching over 70 people. Enlisted 20 attendees to do their own Fridge Reality Check and continue to post educational tips on food waste. Funds used to support multi-media tools for LEAF.

Eden Garden provides fresh, organic food for those in need and gives people a hands on opportunity to learn about growing their own food. Engaged 25 Eden Garden, Crosswinds Church, and community members in the first one-week Stop Food Waste Challenge. Plan to hold culminating event with how-to tip stations at harvest celebration. Funds will be used to improve garden infrastructure and grow more food.

Student run collective works to provide groceries and prepared meals for the UC Berkeley community. Project to engage student volunteers in a one-week Stop Food Waste Challenge and ongoing promotion of educational tips. Funds will support prepared meal pop-ups at various campus locations.

Church in Hayward serving neighboring communities. Educating parish committees who serve food on site about food waste prevention tools. Funds to support food and reusables for daily meals for homeless people at the Church.

A-1 Community Housing Services provides programs targeting the issues of homelessness; financial education, first-time home buyer education, relocation assistance, foreclosure prevention, and credit management. Enlisted 20 clients to do their own Fridge Reality Check and shared six educational tips. Working with grantee to provide presentation in Spanish.

18 Reasons empowers community with the confidence and creativity to buy, cook, and eat good food every day. Their Cooking Matters program, which provides training to neighborhood leaders to teach cooking/nutrition to East Bay families, will engage their board, staff, and peer educators (Health Promoters) in a one-week Stop Food Waste Challenge and share those educational tips at their cooking workshops.

A-1 Community Housing Services provides programs targeting the issues of homelessness; financial education, first time home buyer education, relocation assistance, foreclosure prevention and credit management. Enlisted 20 clients to do their own Fridge Reality Check and shared 6 educational tips. Working with grantee to provide presentation in Spanish.

Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont brings people together to grow healthy, pesticide-free food and to learn about environmentally sustainable gardening and urban farming practices SWEET graduates initiated this grant with a food waste reduction workshop attended by 70 people. Enlisted 20 attendees to do their own Fridge Reality Check and continue to post educational tips on food waste. A second workshop will take place fall 2019. Funds used to support multi-media tools for LEAF.