{"id":3377,"date":"2015-10-05T16:34:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T16:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/2015\/10\/05\/past-achievements-current-initiatives-future-goals-a-sneak-peek-inside-our-annual-member-meeting\/"},"modified":"2015-10-05T16:34:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T16:34:39","slug":"past-achievements-current-initiatives-future-goals-a-sneak-peek-inside-our-annual-member-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/blog\/past-achievements-current-initiatives-future-goals-a-sneak-peek-inside-our-annual-member-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Achievements, Current Initiatives &#038; Future Goals: A Sneak Peek Inside Our Annual Member Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CAFB 20th logo-1024x319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1715\"\/><\/figure>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>By Terry Garner<br \/>\r\nMember Services Director<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>CAFB\u2019s Annual Member Meeting, held at the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland on September 17<sup>\u65e5<\/sup>, offered the perfect opportunity to reflect on our past accomplishments, our current strategic planning process, and our future goals. The gathering came at a time when many were already discussing the September release of the <a href=\"\/zh\/blog\/numbers-closer-look-california%E2%80%99s-food-insecurity-and-povertyhttp:\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/blog\/numbers-closer-look-california%E2%80%99s-food-insecurity-and-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most recent Census and USDA data around food insecurity and poverty<\/a> \u2014 data points that reinforce how critical this work continues to be.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There was an additional, special milestone for this Annual Meeting \u2014 it allowed us, as a group, to celebrate what a special year it is for CAFB. We celebrate 20 years of fighting hunger this year, and we are extremely proud of what our CAFB team and our members throughout the state have achieved \u2014 individually and collectively \u2014 over the past two decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter rteindent2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/1-Suzan%20Bateson%20CAFB%20Board%20Chair%20ED%20ACCFB%20thanks%20Paul%20Ash%20ED%20SF%20Marin%20Food%20Bank%20for%20his%20service%20to%20CAFB.jpg\" style=\"height:328px; width:500px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<em>Suzan Bateson, CAFB Board Chair and Executive Director of the Alameda County Community Food Bank, thanks Paul Ash, Executive Director of the SF-Marin Food Bank, for his service to CAFB.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Our ongoing efforts are fueled by the tremendous commitment of our partners throughout the state. This year, we\u2019ve grown \u2014 and achieved more than in any past year:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Distributed 150 million pounds of produce through the expanded Farm to Family program by increasing in-state and out-of-state vendor relationships, providing members better access to low-cost food.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Assisted with over 21,000 CalFresh applications across the state, helping to connect hungry Californians with much-needed food resources.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Advocated for an additional $17 million in drought relief food assistance for affected counties.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Crafted an important expansion of the state tax credit for agricultural donations to food banks. &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Facilitated regional disaster planning for Central Coast food banks.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Raised $1.3 million in funding for projects and programs benefiting CAFB and our member food banks.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter rteindent2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/3-Group%20shot%20member%20meeting%202.jpg\" style=\"height:756px; width:500px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<em>There was so much&nbsp;ground to cover during our Annual Meeting!<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Member Initiatives to Check Out<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While we could have spent the whole day discussing the outstanding work that our members are doing, we highlighted these two member initiatives during our Annual Meeting:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wastenotoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waste Not OC Coalition<\/a>, Orange County Food Bank&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accfb.org\/advocacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Californians for SSI<\/a>, Alameda County Community Food Bank<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Looking Ahead<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>We look forward to working with current and future partners to achieve a hunger-free California by increasing access to nutritious food, building and mobilizing advocacy efforts, and supporting our members in deepening their community impact.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>These are the types of goals, by the way, that CAFB has been examining as we develop our strategic plan, which will take us through 2018. We\u2019re eager to share this blueprint for the future as soon as it is finalized.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Thinking Expansively and Ending Food Waste<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As part of this work, we need to think expansively, so at the Annual Meeting, we focused on a trend that is gaining momentum nationally: ending food waste. Dana Gunders, a Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and our keynote presenter, discussed how food banks can collaborate to end food waste. Dana works on promoting market- and policy -oriented initiatives to promote sustainability throughout food systems and supply chains.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"rtecenter rteindent2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/2-Dana%20Gunders.jpg\" style=\"height:331px; line-height:20.8px; opacity:0.9; width:500px\" \/><br \/>\r\n<em>Dana Gunders, a Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), was the keynote presenter at CAFB\u2019s Annual Meeting. She shared data and offered tips about how food banks can collaborate to end food waste.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Find out more about food waste reduction initiatives by checking out these resources:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/food\/wasted-food.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasted: How America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/food\/expiration-dates.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Dating Game<\/a>, a report on how confusing food dates lead to food waste<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Thanks once again to the 32 CAFB members who joined us for this year\u2019s meeting. We are already looking forward to sharing even more accomplishments at next year\u2019s Annual Meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Terry Garner Member Services Director CAFB\u2019s Annual Member Meeting, held at the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cafoodbanks.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}