NOTABLE SUCCESSES
- “When the Food Action Plan came out we were excited because this is exactly in line with what we want to do. We’ve wanted to activate our commercial kitchen for community use for a long time.”
- “With a shared vision to bring volunteer cooks into this new food hub to prepare meals with rescued food, we are providing prepared meals to those in our community that may not otherwise have access to nutritious, locally grown produce.”
- “This project has created a countywide hub for teaching, training, nutrition, and distribution.”
- “This is a partnership that is building, nurturing, and feeding the community.”
- “It has been a 10 year project to get to where we are now – we are grateful that we can serve as a community kitchen for organizations like Veggie Rescue and a place for the community to come together.”
- “SYV Community Kitchen is bridging access to food and making use of rescued produce that would have otherwise gone to a landfill.”
Photo Credits: Santa Ynez Valley Community Kitchen at St. Mark’s
Future plans for activation:
Santa Ynez Valley Community Kitchen at St. Mark’s hopes to partner with more organizations like Veggie Rescue so that the meal program can be scaled up to serve as a countywide resource.
KEY METRICS
Recovered2000pounds
(and counting) of fresh, local food
50volunteers
(and counting)
240quarts
of red Kuri squash soup
140quarts
of spaghetti squash ready to eat side dish
