Food Resources – Northern California
Free food access, mutual aid, and meal programs serving trans, queer, and marginalized communities across Northern California.
✦ Pacifica Resource Center: (650) 359-2053 • pacresourcecenter.org/services
Make an appointment to shop privately at our pantry. If it’s an emergency, we’ll get you in ASAP! We offer a wide selection of canned goods along with a variety of both perishable and nonperishable items, including fresh produce, dairy products, frozen meals, pantry staples, shelf-stable snacks, and occasionally cat and dog food, as supplies are available.
✦ Castro Mission Health Center: (628) 217-5700 • sf.gov
CMHC is a warm and welcoming clinic whether you are a new immigrant or a life-long San Franciscan. Most of our staff are bilingual in Spanish and bicultural, and many of us identify as LGBT. (Urgent care, TGI surgical referrals, crisis support, recovery, housing assistance, food, transportation, TGI youth care, and more)
✦ FREEDGE: freedge.org
Freedge is a sharing mechanism aiming to reduce food insecurity and food waste, building a stronger community. We promote equal access to healthy food through the installation of community fridges (public refrigerators) that are used to share food and ideas at the neighborhood level.
✦ Townfridge: instagram.com/townfridge
A network of FREE FOOD FRIDGES in Oakland
✦ Freedom Store: (510) 729-2072 • homiesempowerment.com
Every Tuesday and Wednesday Homies Empowerment opens a storefront called the FREEdom Store, open from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
✦ SF Community Fridge: (510) 729-2072 • instagram.com/sfcommunityfridge
Partners with @mission.meals.
✦ The Tiny Free Farmstand: (510) 729-2072 • thetiny.org
The Tiny Free Farmstand builds community in the Excelsior District of San Francisco through sharing food, plants, and books.
✦ Booker T Washington Community Service Center: (415) 928-6596 • btwcsc.org
Booker T. is a beacon of Black joy and self-determination. We uplift and serve our community, build intergenerational bonds, and work in solidarity with allied communities to reform and reimagine San Francisco.
✦ Free Farm Stand: (415) 684-8493 • freefarmstand.org
Help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets. Help empower people who have the space to grow their own food and become more self-reliant. Promote good nutrition and health
✦ Lyon Martin Community Health: (415) 565-7667 • lyon-martin.org
‣Community Fridge in the Lobby – Available for all, no sign-up required. Please drop by and take what you need.
‣Grocery Boxes (Thursdays) – Clients who have enrolled can pick up food boxes from the outreach office next to the waiting room. To sign up, talk with our Outreach team.
✦ Food Not Bombs: (575) 770-3377 • foodnotbombs.net
Food Not Bombs shares free, nutritious meals made from donated food to support anyone in need. The group promotes community care and mutual aid while taking a stand against hunger and injustice.
✦ East Bay Food Not Bombs: eastbayfoodnotbombs.org
We are primarily focused in Berkeley & Oakland as our main sites of sharing food & other mutual aid resources. We previously shared food & other resources in People’s Park since the beginning, and have a long connection to that land, which is occupied Ohlone land.
✦ Understory-Worker Owned Restaurant & Community Space: understoryoakland.com
We offer a pay-what-you-can dish on all of our menus for all to enjoy regardless of ability to pay. NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS.
✦ Martin de Porres House of Hospitality (415) 552-0240 • martindeporres.org
All are welcome. Martin's is a free restaurant, serving lunch Monday through Saturday. Our mission is to serve the spirit of compassion understanding and love.
✦ Punks with Lunch, Oakland: (510) 371-4465 • punkswithlunch.org
A nonprofit, nonreligious, DIY org handing out lunch, harm reduction supplies, & more to our neighbors on Ohlone land.
✦ Punks with Lunch, Sacramento: sacpwl.wordpress.com
Mutual aid collective. Channeling food, clothes, supplies and HR!
✦ Alameda County Community Food Bank: (510) 635-3663 • accfb.org
Since 1985, we have stood by our unwavering belief that food is a basic human right. We distribute millions of healthy meals every year, and are on the forefront of new approaches to ending hunger and poverty. Serving Alameda County.
✦ SF Marin Food Bank: (415) 282-1900 • sfmfoodbank.org
We believe food is a human right. The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is committed to serving residents regardless of their immigration status or identity. We are not a government agency, and we do not collect the immigration status of participants.
✦ FreeFood.org: freefood.org
Free Food is not associated with any government agency or nonprofit organization. We list Free Food centers throughout the US. Search for free food resources in your area.
✦ El/La Para TransLatinas: (415) 864-7278 • ellaparatranslatinas.org
Provides culturally responsive support for trans Latinas, including housing assistance, food access, health services, and community-based programs focused on safety, empowerment, and wellness.
