well, in the studio with me right now is keisha nzewi. she is the advocacy manager at the alameda county food bank. and thank you for being here with us today. >> thank you so much for having us. >> there is so much that you're gonna talk about today that i am learning for the first time, and i am just in awe of the work that the food bank does. so, first of all, start with who you serve. >> well, the truth is we serve everyone's neighbor. in alameda county, we are serving one in five of our neighbors every year. >> one in five? >> mm-hmm. that's 20%. >> oh, my gosh. >> which is surprising because we're in such an affluent area. >> right. that's incredible. >> mm-hmm. >> so, one of the things that you did -- and i just learned this today, and i don't know why i don't know this -- but you actually eliminated one kind of beverage. >> yeah. in 2005, our executive director, suzan bateson, made the very bold move to stop distributing soda. but by doing that, that eliminated a lot of poundage that our food bank was distributing, and at that tim