Fill Your Pantry

2025 Impact

 

About

Lane County Fill Your Pantry is a one-of-a-kind fall event that helps our community stock up directly from local farmers, ranchers, and food makers. It’s all about filling your pantry, freezer, and root cellar with nourishing staples for the winter—while putting your food dollars straight into the hands that grow and raise it. This is food sovereignty in action: neighbors supporting neighbors, building resilient local food systems one bulk bag at a time.

Fill Your Pantry 2025 Impact Report

Fill Your Pantry 2025 was our largest, most community-driven event yet. Together, we expanded food access, strengthened local farms, and built a more connected, caring regional food system.

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Event at a Glance

• 47 local vendors (up from 37)

• Live music, community gathering space, sensory zone

• Food preservation education from Master Food Preservers

• First year accepting online SNAP/EBT for pre-orders

• Cider press fundraiser + expanded online accessibility supports like free home delivery

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Community Impact

Economic Strength

• $228,599.82 generated for local farmers and food producers
  (32% increase from 2024)

• Includes pre-orders, day-of sales, EBT/SNAP, Pantry Bucks & vouchers

Food Access Growth

• $35,119.70 in free food distributed to SNAP shoppers

• 409 EBT customers served (up from 167 last year)

• SNAP crisis response: every SNAP shopper received $100 Pantry Bucks, no match required

Regional Reach

Shoppers traveled from Salem and across the Willamette Valley.

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Accessibility & Equity

• Home delivery for 26 households (12 free for mobility or transport barriers)

• First year offering online SNAP payments

• Equity reimbursements for marginalized vendors

• Protected shopping hour with 400+ shoppers seeking low-barrier access

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Emergency Response

High turnout exceeded on-site capacity.
WFFC is funding the distribution of emergency food boxes to ensure no household was left behind.

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Challenges Identified

• Long EBT processing lines, limited POS equipment

• Insufficient staff capacity for high-volume accessibility needs

• Growing demand from beyond Lane County

• Clear need for expanded infrastructure and regional programming

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What Additional Funding Will Support

• More staff & equipment for smooth EBT/SNAP processing

• Expanded accessibility options & delivery capacity

• Increased equity reimbursements for marginalized vendors

• Additional satellite Fill Your Pantry events

• More emergency food distribution

• Stronger culturally responsive outreach

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Economic Impact Over Time

Year	Revenue	Growth
2022	$135,200	–
2023	$152,649	+12.9%
2024	$172,883	+13.3%
2025	$228,600	+32.2%

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In Summary

Fill Your Pantry 2025 showed what’s possible when mutual aid, community care, and local farmers come together.
With expanded investment, WFFC is ready to:
strengthen our region’s food security, support small farms, and grow Fill Your Pantry into a truly regional access network — meeting people where they are, with dignity and abundance.

Thank you to the Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District, Trillium Community Health Plan and Oregon Department of Agriculture, Specialty Crop Block Grant for supporting Fill Your Pantry.

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2024 Fill Your Pantry:
Event Impact Report

Fill Your Pantry 2024 was one for the books! Last year’s event, held at the Lane Events Center Agricultural Pavilion, brought together farmers, food makers, and neighbors to celebrate the bounty of our region and stock up for the winter season—while building a stronger, more connected local food system.

Here’s a look at what we accomplished together:

🌾 A Big Day for Local Food & Farmers

• 37 vendors participated in the pre-order marketplace

• 39 vendors participated in the day-of event

• 927 tons of food distributed into our community

• $172,882.90 in total revenue generated for local farmers, ranchers, and food producers

  • Up from $152,649 in 2023 and $135,200 in 2022

🛒 Community Access & Food Equity

• $15,952 worth of free food distributed at zero cost to families experiencing economic barriers, with full redemption to farmers

  • (Up from $13,500 in 2023!)

• $12,077 distributed through Double Up Food Bucks—nearly double last year—thanks to Farmers Market Fund and Trillium Community Health Plan

• $3,875 distributed through $25 Burrito Brigade Vouchers, made possible by Burrito Brigade and Trillium Community Health Plan

• $23,004.10 in EBT transactions processed for 167 people in a single day, with huge thanks to the Lane County Farmers Market EBT team

🌱 Compost for All

24,000 lbs (that’s 800 bags!) of Love Food Not Waste organic compost was given away, free to the community, thanks to our collaboration with WasteWise Lane County