Food Shift in the news

September 17, 2025 - We’re thrilled to be one of the recipients of Contra Costa’s 2025 Leadership in Sustainability Awards. It’s a great honor to be recognized alongside other esteemed nominees who drive change, support their local communities, and make a difference county-wide in sustainability.

October 31, 2025 - Food Shift Executive Director Yuka Nagashima is quoted about the compounding effects of the immigration raids and the delay of SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown. 

October 5, 2022 - Patty Apple, a manager at Food Shift, is quoted saying, “They read these dates and then they assume that it’s bad, they can’t eat it and they toss it, when these dates don’t actually mean that they’re not edible or they’re not still nutritious or tasty.”

May 31, 2021 - Researchers estimate that some 20 to 40 percent of food in America goes to waste at some point in the span from farm to kitchen. Food Shift's Executive Director Yuka Nagashima talks with the host of KQED's Forum, Priya David Clemens, about how to reduce wasted food.

April 24, 2020 - Terra Verde host and Earth Island Journal Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren discusses the coronavirus pandemic and our food system with Evan Wiig, Director of Membership & Communications with the Community Alliance with Family Farms, and Yuka Nagashima, Executive Director of Food Shift.

June 3, 2020 - Food Shift Operations Manager, Audrey Mei Yi Brown, shares a perspective on how the Covid-19 crisis underscores the flaws in our broken multinational food system and how new, localized food networks are emerging.