{"id":3600,"date":"2016-03-24T22:16:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T22:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/farm-to-family-see-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2016-03-24T22:16:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T22:16:05","slug":"farm-to-family-see-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/farm-to-family-see-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Farm To Family: See How It Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California produces over half of the nation\u2019s fruits, nuts, and vegetables yet millions of Californians don\u2019t know where their next meal will come from. Farm to Family connects the state\u2019s growers and packers with food banks to deliver fresh, nutritious food to families in need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Produce is Picked Fresh in the Fields<\/strong><br \/>\nIt all starts in the fields. The California Association of Food Banks\u2019 Farm to Family team is on the ground around the state. They find growers and packers with excess produce that isn\u2019t right for market timing or might not meet marketplace standards for beauty, size or shape. This food is still nutritious and deserves to get out of the field to people who need it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" id=\"picborder\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/field_nectarines.jpg\" style=\"height:426px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fresh Produce is Sorted in the Packing House<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the packinghouses, product is separated into groups for grocery stores, Farm to Family or other secondary markets, like juice, cattlefeed or dollar stores. In many cases, the produce is donated to Farm to Family; in other cases, CAFB purchases the fruit and vegetables for pennies on the pound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" id=\"picborder\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/packing_house_apricots.jpg\" style=\"height:480px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Farm to Family Moves Produce to Food Banks<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Farm to Family program ships about 50 truckloads per week to food banks around the state. Most product is shipped weekly during each season. CAFB organizes the logistics to encourage food banks in the same area to share truckloads of a single product. This allows CAFB to transport produce efficiently and to deliver to food banks that would otherwise not be able to access these fresh fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/tractor_trailer.jpg\" style=\"height:427px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food Banks Repackage the Fruits and Vegetables<\/strong><br \/>\nThe produce often arrives in plastic bins containing several hundred pounds of fruits and vegetables, or in 50-pound sacks. It takes thousands of volunteers at food banks to repackage the product before it is distributed to food pantries, soup kitchens and other community agencies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/Plums_Pallet%20Jack_website.JPG\" style=\"height:480px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Agencies Distribute the Fruits and Vegetables<\/strong><br \/>\nFood banks have many different ways in which they distribute the Farm to Family produce to low-income families. This can include Farmer\u2019s Market-style distributions and mobile food pantries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/produce-distribution.jpg\" style=\"height:480px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u8d44\u6e90\u8d44\u6e90<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"\/zh\/farm-to-family-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u6350\u52a9\u8005\u4fe1\u606f <\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/zh\/f2f-produce-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Produce List <\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/zh\/farm-family-concurrent-harvesting-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Concurrent Harvesting Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/zh\/farm-family-out-door\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Out the Door &#8211; A Guide to Produce Distribution in California<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California produces over half of the nation\u2019s fruits, nuts, and vegetables yet millions of Californians don\u2019t know where their next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3600","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}