Facility Barn Warming and Community Celebration

The Yolo Food Hub Network (YFHN) thanks all who attended the Barn Warming in the historic 22,000 sq ft Oakdale Barn, part of a five-acre property New Season Community Development Corporation recently purchased on behalf of YFHN in Esparto

The property will serve as the facility anchor for the Yolo Food Hub Network. The building will provide storage space and other needed support infrastructure and will support regional farms and ranches to diversify their market opportunities across the region. The goal of the facility is to eventually provide distribution, storage, processing, and packing services. The Yolo Food Hub Network’s facility in Esparto will also increase consumer and buyer access to healthy and diverse local foods, improve farmer and market sales, and strengthen relationships between farmers, institutions, and local communities.

​Attendees of the celebration included Yolo Food Hub Network partners, community leaders, elected officials Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Yolo County Supervisors Dan Saylor, Jim Provenza, and Angel Barajas (Chair), and other collaborators who are passionate about local food systems. 

See full article by Valley Vision HERE