cross-sector. community-centered. action-oriented. place-based.
The SF Food Action Summit is rooted in justice and community power. We do not believe in transactional partnerships. We are here to build deeper, long-term, mutual commitment across sectors. This is where funders, farmers, workers, organizers, policymakers, business owners, distributors, educators, and healthcare professionals come together to imagine and co-create a new food future.
about
A just, connected, and community-led food system that ensures every San Franciscan has access to nutritious, culturally relevant, and sustainably grown food.
vision
Our mission is to cultivate relationships across all parts of the food system, build trust, and develop a shared strategy among community and institutional stakeholders, driving collective action toward food justice, food sovereignty, and food system transformation in San Francisco.
This summit is a place to:
Connect across sectors, roles, and lived experiences
Collaborate through breakout sessions and workshops
Co-create a community-led food system strategy for San Francisco
We know that siloed efforts have long prevented us from solving structural problems. We recognize that our strength is in our diverse ways of thinking, our relationships, and our shared commitment to ensuring every San Franicscan can feed themselves and their families with dignity and joy.
Mission
about faacts
The Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty (FAACTS) came together in May 2022 when more than a dozen representatives from community organizations sprang into action to save $45 million that was being used to feed over 70,000 families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the direct advocacy of this coalition, we have been able to secure $75 million over the last three years.
When the group first convened, it became clear that ensuring consistent and equitable access to food and nutrition services in San Francisco would go well beyond both a one-time advocacy effort and short-term thinking about hunger. Hunger on a grand scale predates the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to redefine food as a priority in SF has only grown. A citywide, broad-based movement is required to realize a more just and sustainable food system that meets the needs of everyone and builds toward food sovereignty. Through a series of mini-retreats, including over 70 participants across 30 local partner organizations, FAACTS was born in 2022.
