In conversation with Sayrah Namaste, AFCS's New Mexico Program Co-Director, this video introduces the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) Farmers to Foodbanks program. This video further highlights how the program was able to address the needs of the community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and simultaneously leverage the situation to re-imagine a better food distribution system for all, especially post the pandemic. Through this program, high quality, good food was accessible to all, including those who most needed it, regardless of income levels.

Demonstrative of the success of the program, they were contacted by policy groups to learn how this approach could inform food policy, by other cities to see how this program could be replicated in other locations, and by FEMA to explore collaborative opportunities to amplify this work. Watch this video to learn more about how the food distribution system could sustain livelihoods, address emerging needs in communities, while also tackling key issues such a climate change.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, changing landscapes and virtual realities are challenges that we all are encountering, not only on a personal but also on an organizational level. Join AfP as we highlight innovative approaches to tackle these implications, highlighting the methodology used, results obtained, limitations faced, and lessons learned.

America Friends Service Committee (AFSC): https://www.afsc.org/

This project was realized through the use of the following software:

1. iMovie

2. Adobe Software – Adobe After Effects; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop

3. Zoom

4. QGIS (used for visuals)

Websites mentioned and highlighted in the video:

1. Farmers to Foodbanks Program

Royalty free audio for this project were procured from:

1. Simple by iMovie Audio

Images for this project were procured from American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

Royalty free icons used for visuals for this project were procured from:

1. Money by ✦ Shmidt Sergey ✦ from the Noun Project

2. User by Mooyai Khomsun Chaiwong from the noun project

3. vegetables by Maria Kislitsina from the Noun Project

4. warehouse by Phonlaphat Thongsriphong from the Noun Project

5. crops by Irman Firmansyah from the Noun Project

6. Village by fajar hasyim from the Noun Project

7. Village by Komkrit Noenpoempisut from the Noun Project

#CreativityInCrisis logo created by designer Shreya Chhabria