Green apples sit in a tub.
Apples are available for lunch at Grace Hudson Elementary School in Ukiah, Calif., on Thursday, July 3, 2025. A great deal of the fruits in the Free Summer Meals program are sourced from the Sacramento Valley. (Sydney Fishman/Bay City News)

WILLITS, CA., 11/17/25 – Amid the uncertainty of funding that will be available to food programs in the country and here in Mendocino County, the Little Lake Grange in Willits will be holding an “emergency town hall” meeting Saturday about local food security and to answer questions from community members. 

Local organizations, county representatives and other community members will hold a town hall meeting on the resources available in Mendocino County for families experiencing food insecurity.  

The event is sponsored by the Little Lake Grange and the National Grange Rural Life Initiative. The event flier reads, “Come to ask questions, find out what is happening locally to feed our community in these uncertain times!”  

Organizations and county representatives speaking at the event will include Supervisor John Haschak, the nonprofits Nuestra Alianza de Willits, Willits Daily Bread, Food Not Bombs, and many others. 

The emergency town hall will be held at the Little Lake Grange at 291 School St. in Willits and will begin at 11 a.m. A food bank collection bin will be available for community members who would like to donate to local food banks. 

Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.

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