Thanks for making the Grand Opening of the DDF Regenerative Project at Ardenwood a Success!

Thank you to all the farmers, volunteers, staff, Sheriff’s deputies, and everyone who helped make the Dig Deep Farms Grand Opening event a tremendous success.
 

The 90-acre Dig Deep Farms Regenerative Farming Project at Ardenwood Historic Farm will advance the County’s local, circular food economy. The farm will accelerate the production of nutrient-dense produce for Recipe4Health, the County’s food-as-medicine program.
 

The Dig Deep Farms expansion is also a critical element of the Sheriff’s Community Capitals Policing (CCP) initiative. The CCP initiative breaks down silos and builds new collaborations to support a community-driven model of community policing.  Through strategic “capital” investments to reduce crime, we are helping residents in the County’s unincorporated communities thrive. Access to healthy food, strengthening community, and creating living wage jobs are only some of the benefits of the CCP initiative.
 

We are grateful to the many partners who helped us achieve this milestone, including:

• The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
• The Alameda County Board of Supervisors
• The Alameda County Health Care Services Agency
• The East Bay Regional Park District
• Pay Now Direct
• WellNest
• All In Alameda County
   

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to the late Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan for her visionary work to eliminate poverty and improve public health and safety in Alameda County.
 

Thank you and credit to Joy Liu for the photos of DDF @ Ardenwood!


Did you attend the Grand Opening of DDF at Ardenwood with us, and have photos to share? We would love to see them and may even feature them in a newsletter or blog article!  

Just launched!
ShopAllInEats.com online EBT food portal!

DSAL and Dig Deep Farms have launched ShopAllInEats.com – an online food purchasing portal where Alameda County residents can order fresh, healthy Dig Deep Farms produce and pay using all forms of payment, which soon will include CalFresh. Residents can purchase healthy, regeneratively grown, community-supported agriculture (CSA) produce bags with a rotating selection of seasonal fruits and vegetables for pick up at the Dig Deep Farms Food Hub.

This week’s bag contains:

Lemons: 3 per bag
Beets: 1 bunch
Carrots: 1 bunch
Collards: 1 bunch
Swiss Chard: 1 bunch
Green Onions: 2 bunches

You can also use the ShopAllInEats online portal to enroll in Recipe4Health, Alameda County’s food-as-medicine program, which is provided through the County’s network of community-based health clinics. Just visit ShopAllInEats.com, click on the “enroll” button, complete the form, click “submit,” and you will be contacted by a participating health clinic.

Recipe4Health (R4H) lets your health care provider prescribe healthy, locally grown food along with exercise, stress reduction, and social support as part of your regular medical care. The healthy food and group medical visits work together to treat, prevent, and reverse high blood pressure, depression, diabetes, and other food-responsive conditions.
 

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