Food Distribution

Sharing What We Grow

We distribute free food to Oakland schools through our school garden and culinary programs, free produce to Sobrante Park residents from our nursery and in collaboration with community partners, and historically distributed free green smoothies to low food access places like housing encampments and Fruitvale Bart.

For many years, youth education participants and paid youth interns served 100s of fresh smoothies each week made from food grown in their school gardens and at the Mother Farm. Scaling up the impact of our food access programs has always been a major priority for us, so in 2025 we were able to launch our Mobile Farmer’s Market Truck (see below) that we hope to increase to 15-weekly stops across the East Bay Area to demonstrate our holistic model for building local food systems by and for people living in food apartheid.

Better Neighborhood, Same Neighbors

The community of Sobrante Park, where many of our staff are from, has limited access to organic produce, no public green space, and very few trees. In partnership with the City of Oakland and through the Better Neighborhood Same Neighbors Initiative, we went door to door to plant free fruit trees and design block-by-block planting plans to increase healthy food access and urban canopy cover. Currently this project is on hold, but there is always more to plant!

Planting Justice Mobile Farmers Market

Stocked with fresh organic fruits and vegetables sourced from the Planting Justice Mother Farm and Farmers Market in El Sobrante, we buy from local producers and make their goods accessible to the community. All this local and organic produce is available for purchase at Sliding Scale, which means you pay what you can! We also accept EBT!

Current Truck Locations

We are so excited to partner with Pogo Park and bring the PJ truck to the Iron Triangle neighborhood.

Where: 720 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA

When: Mondays, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Can't make it to this Mobile Farmers Market site? Keep an eye on our calendar page for more upcoming events & locations as we grow!

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