🍽️  FEDERAL  ·  Nutrition learning

RealFood.gov

The current official U.S. Dietary Guidelines (2025–2030). Replaced MyPlate.gov in January 2026 with a new pyramid-shaped nutrition model built around minimally processed foods. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

📚  FEDERAL  ·  Nutrition learning

Nutrition.gov

USDA's hub for nutrition basics, budget-friendly recipes, and food-safety guidance — a good first stop when you want a straight answer without the noise. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

🛒  CALIFORNIA  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

CalFresh (California SNAP)

Monthly grocery benefits loaded onto an EBT card. GetCalFresh.org is a free, plain-language tool for applying online in about 10 minutes; you can also apply through LA County directly. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

☎️  NATIONWIDE  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

USDA National Hunger Hotline

Call 1-866-3-HUNGRY (1-866-348-6479) or 1-877-8-HAMBRE for Spanish. A real person helps connect you to food banks, meal programs, and benefits wherever you're calling from. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

🥫  LA COUNTY  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

LA Regional Food Bank

Pantry locator tool for free groceries at partner sites across the county — search by ZIP code to find the closest one. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

🏛️  LA COUNTY  ·  Food justice & advocacy

LA Food Policy Council

A coalition pushing for healthier, more sustainable, more equitable food policy across Los Angeles County — good background reading if you want to understand the systems side. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

🌱  SOUTH LA  ·  Food justice & advocacy

Community Services Unlimited

A South LA food-justice organization running urban farms, a mobile market, and youth programs, with roots tracing back to the Black Panther Party's free food programs. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

🍏  OUR PAGE  ·  From Biting Back

Nutrition

Macros vs. micros, digestion, gut health, reading labels, and more — the core of what we teach in workshops, written out for anyone to read anytime.

🗺️  OUR PAGE  ·  From Biting Back

LA Food Justice Map

Coming soon. We're re-checking every listing before the map goes up, so nobody gets sent somewhere that has moved or closed. Need food now? Call 2-1-1.

📅  OUR PAGE  ·  From Biting Back

Events

Upcoming workshops and where to find them, plus our recording policy and how to reach us with general questions.

🥑  EXPERT-REVIEWED  ·  Nutrition learning

EatRight.org

Run by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Plain-language articles on real questions, plus a "Find a Nutrition Expert" tool to locate a registered dietitian near you. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

🔍  TOOL  ·  Nutrition learning

USDA FoodData Central

A free, searchable database of the nutrient content of thousands of foods — handy for checking a label claim or looking up something that doesn't have one. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

🍼  CALIFORNIA  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

WIC California

Free healthy food, nutrition education, and breastfeeding support for pregnant people, new parents, and kids under 5 — income limits are higher than most people expect. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

📞  LA COUNTY  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

211 LA County

Dial 2-1-1 or search online for emergency food, pantries, and meal programs anywhere in LA County, updated more often than most directories. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

🗺️  NATIONWIDE  ·  Food assistance & hotlines

Feeding America Food Bank Locator

For anyone outside LA County — find the food bank network covering your own area, anywhere in the U.S. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

🧺  LA COUNTY  ·  Food justice & advocacy

Food Access LA

Formerly SEE-LA. Runs farmers' markets across LA — including Central Ave, Crenshaw, Watts, and Compton College — many with EBT-matching programs that stretch food dollars further. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026. Confirm hours and eligibility before you go.

📖  INGLEWOOD  ·  Food justice & advocacy

Social Justice Learning Institute

Works on food access, health equity, and youth leadership in Inglewood and South LA — a close peer to what Biting Back is trying to build. ✓ Link checked Oct 20, 2026.

✊  OUR PAGE  ·  From Biting Back

Food Injustice

What food injustice is, who it affects, its health impact, and how to navigate food insecurity — the context behind why Biting Back exists.

🤝  OUR PAGE  ·  From Biting Back

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