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Food Agriculture & Nutrition Network of Solano County 

​Building Healthy Families & Healthy Communities

Growing Food Insecurity in the US

In 2023, the California Association of Food Banks reported more than 3 million households in California alone were considered food insecure, and a continually growing crisis all over the US.  However, Solano County offers ways to navigate the cost of food for many families.  To read more, click here.
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Food Connects Us: National Nutrition Month 2025

Click here to read about how National Nutrition Month came to be and ways to participate yourself.

Farming Champions in Solano 

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Legislation Scorecard Shows Key Food & Farming Champs in California. 
Solano County Food Policy Council, November 16, 2016
​Today, a diverse range of nutrition, worker, farmer and environmental advocates — representing communities up and down the state — released a report detailing critical food and farming issues taken up in the California legislature this year. The report also includes a detailed record of legislators’ votes on those issues. Read more.  

Youth explore cooking, nutrition with Solano County Educators, library staff, parents

"“They are very impressionable,” said Rema El-Mahmoud, who led the workshop with Tatiana Dykes. Both work with the county’s nutrition department. “It’s a good time. They are curious.”
It also brings the county program into the community to help educate families about nutrition, El-Mahmoud said. It may open them up to exploring new foods, she said." Click here to read the rest of the article.
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Solano Food Day 2016

10/2016 Times-Herald- Fall celebrated at annual Harvest Festival in Vallejo 

Healthy Store Makeovers

Daily Republic, September 17, 2016- Fairfield store showcases healthy food makeover​.

Hunger Relief

Daily Republic, September 14, 2016- ​Food bank encourages people to wear orange for hunger relief. 

Reducing Food Deserts in Solano County

Daily Republic, August 28, 2016 ​- ​Solano works to transform food desert into food oasis.

Solano Food Day 2015

8/2015 Daily Republic - Food Day 2015 a time to add some green to your diet
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