Wholesome Food

Adelante volunteers pick up donations from Trader Joe’s TO & WLV, Target WLV, Whole Foods TO, and from the Thousand Oaks Farmers Market. Our friends at Food Forward arrange for donations from ranches and backyard orchards in our area. We glean the donations, pack them up, and take them to our free food distributions.

  • High quality, fresh foods are essential to health and well-being.

  • Improving the availability of healthy foods significantly reduces chronic diseases and health disparities.

  • Fresh fruits and vegetables are often the first to be removed from the shopping cart when finances are tight because they have limited life before they must be cooked or eaten.

Two women standing behind tables filled with bread and groceries outdoors, wearing gloves and casual clothing, with houses, cars, and trees in the background.

Two women standing behind tables filled with bread and groceries outdoors, wearing gloves and casual clothing, with houses, cars, and trees in the background.

Multiple boxes of apples on a table at a farmers market, with people wearing face masks shopping in the background.

Multiple boxes of apples on a table at a farmers market, with people wearing face masks shopping in the background.

A collection of various tomatoes, including red, orange, and green heirloom varieties, with some showing signs of imperfections and blemishes.

A collection of various tomatoes, including red, orange, and green heirloom varieties, with some showing signs of imperfections and blemishes.

Close-up of various colorful bell peppers, including orange, yellow, green, black, and cream-colored varieties.

Close-up of various colorful bell peppers, including orange, yellow, green, black, and cream-colored varieties.

PRODUCE

PRODUCE

Boxes of fresh oranges, bananas, cauliflower, zucchini, and eggplants at a farmers' market stand.

Boxes of fresh oranges, bananas, cauliflower, zucchini, and eggplants at a farmers' market stand.

People smiling and working together at a community food processing event, sorting tomatoes into black crates, wearing gloves, in a bright indoor space.

People smiling and working together at a community food processing event, sorting tomatoes into black crates, wearing gloves, in a bright indoor space.

Text urging rescue food and to feed people rather than landfills, with an illustration of hands holding various food items and a silhouette of a family.

Text urging rescue food and to feed people rather than landfills, with an illustration of hands holding various food items and a silhouette of a family.

Wholesome and Healthy Food Partners

  • Assorted fresh fruits and vegetables including tomatoes, oranges, watermelon, Brussels sprouts, celery, leafy greens, and an onion, with the text "Produce for All" overlaid.

    Food Forward

    Provides Southland nonprofits with a bounty of fresh produce. Their specialty is produce rescue from local ranches and homeowners.

    Your group can sign up to participate in a pick. Homeowners with fruit trees can donate their crop.

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  • USDA logo with blue letters and green landscape graphic on white background

    United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

    In close collaboration with partners in the emergency food system, the USDA is helping to keep communities fed, healthy, and strong.

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  • Logo that says 'Food Share Ventura County' with a heart-shaped design resembling a peach and two green leaves on top.

    Food Share

    Ventura County Food Bank

    190 Ventura County pantries collect food for their distributions from the Food Share Oxnard warehouse.

    In addition, Food Share arranges for pantries to pick up donations from food grocery stores.

    Find out more