Food Summit Events 2026

APRIL 1 - 5 EVENTS, 2026

Spend a week moving through Long Beach’s food system—from farms to kitchens, meeting makers, feeling nature, and sharing our stories.

A series of events to connect local food in Long Beach, California

Imagining Long Beach’s diversity as living pavilions shaped by food, plants, and culture from our city's international community.

Cooking Together with the Long Beach Food Coalition

Share a meal, hear the story behind a new Long Beach food effort, and help cook rescued ingredients into dinners for neighbors in need.

Long Beach County Fair at First Fridays Friday
Sign-up for the Urban Growers Blue Ribbon Competition

A festival of the land — celebrating ancient crops, living traditions, and the makers who carry them forward.

A horticultural therapy session where we'll turn fallen leaves and broken branches into reflection, art, and renewal.

The Way We Cook, The Way We Live

A deep afternoon of tea, spices, and shared cooking in a Rose Park cottage—exploring what food reveals about how we live.

A premium five-course communal dinner in a licensed home restaurant in Lomita brings together Latin American warmth and Middle Eastern spice.

Taste what’s peaking and explore the market through good food and good conversation.

An evening on the pier—stories, fishing traditions, and what it means to eat from these waters.