SFUA is a Southern California nonprofit working to realign the urban food chain with innovative agricultural models. Driven by the goal to bring an end to nutrition insecurity throughout our region, we explore and build new, dynamic collaborations with farms, schools, cities, and distribution partners.
Across our regional network
We work across Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside Counties, building edible landscapes in urban environments where land, resources and access appear constrained and scarce.
Our model brings together farms, schools, cities, food banks and distribution entities together in new partnerships that combine competencies, infrastructure and resources.
This strategy allows us to approach each community project with nimble, creative vision.
Our work connects food production, education, and distribution into a single, practical system.
Farms grow food, students and communities engage with agriculture, and that food moves through trusted distribution partners into communities across the region.
These efforts are interconnected, with each one strengthening the others and expanding access to fresh, locally grown food for communities facing nutrition insecurity.
We work alongside farms across Southern California to strengthen regional food production and expand access for communities facing nutrition insecurity.
We work alongside farms across Southern California to grow food that remains connected to the communities it serves, keeping farmland active and locally rooted.
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Agriculture and education are inherently linked. Our farm sites serve as living classrooms where students, volunteers, and community members engage directly with the land.
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Through trusted distribution partners, locally grown food reaches communities facing nutrition insecurity across the region, connecting production to people in a direct and meaningful way.
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AG Kawamura, Founder
SFUA began with a simple observation: fresh, high-quality produce was largely absent from the systems serving many communities.
Founder AG Kawamura set out to change that by working directly with farms and distribution partners to move locally grown food into existing channels. What started as a focused effort has grown into a broader model that connects production, education, and distribution across Southern California.
We started by making sure farm fresh produce reached people instead of being left in the field or worked back into the soil.
From there, we expanded into farming underused land, restoring productive farmland, and building farm to food bank partnerships.
Reducing food waste and expanding access to nutritious food has always driven our work.
More About SFUA
Our work depends on a network of farms, food banks, schools, public agencies, and institutional partners across Southern California.
Key agricultural partner helping facilitate crop rescue and serving as farmer of record at Harvest Solutions Farm.
Key distribution partner and a central operator in Harvest Solutions Farm.
Key distribution partner and partner in Giving Farm operations.
Home of The Giving Farm and an important site for farm-based student learning.
Key partner at The Giving Farm, supporting hands-on agricultural learning.
Operator of Operation Cornucopia and a key university partner in seedling production.
Home of Harvest Solutions Farm and an important research and agricultural partner.
Partners at The Giving Farm and Farm + Food Lab, supporting education and community growing.
We host farm tours, volunteer days, community education events, and our annual Harvest Moon benefit dinner throughout the year.
There are several ways to be part of what we are building: volunteer at a farm, support our work financially, or bring your organization into the network as a partner.
Work alongside us at partner farms, assist with food distribution, or support education events in your community.
Sign Up to VolunteerYour contribution sustains farm operations, student programs, and the partnerships that move food through our regional network.
Make a DonationAre you a farm, school, food bank, or municipality? Explore how a partnership with SFUA can strengthen your food system work.
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