Transforming the health of Santa Barbara County through fresh produce and essential foods, nutrition knowledge, and education for children, families and seniors.
1 in 4 Need You
1 in 4 local people received food support through our 300 programs and partners annually.
The 41% Opportunity
41% of those we serve are children. A new generation of food literacy starts here.
$1 = 8 Meals
Our program model, logistics and efficiency multiplies the impact of every dollar contributed.
Outreach to Those Most in Need
Our expanded Healthy School Pantries program and our new Food Access for Farmworkers program support the most vulnerable in our community.
Current Events
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Santa Barbara Empty Bowls will be an outside, in-person event on December 5 at our Santa Barbara Warehouse (next to Ben Page Youth Center). This year, the traditional Empty Bowls soup luncheon will be transformed into an outdoor holiday market, where guests can explore a range of holiday gift opportunities, all benefiting the Foodbank of Santa […]
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 – Wednesday, August 3, 2022
We are Jacob and Joseph Mansbach, 17 and 15 year old brothers from Santa Barbara. In 2012, we founded a fundraising and triathlon team to raise awareness of hunger issues facing children across our county. Since then, we have partnered with our friends and community to raise funds to provide food to food insecure […]
Contact info
Phone: (805) 937-3422
Fax: (805) 937-8750
M-F: 7am – 4pm
Phone:(805) 967-5741
Fax:(805) 683-4951
M-F: 7am – 3:30pm
Phone: (805) 967-5741
Fax: (805) 683-4951
M-F: 8am – 5pm
Children
Feed the Future is our series of sequential, innovative programs fostering nutritional independence and health in children, from birth to high school graduation.
Families
We are transforming health through teaching an appreciation of fresh, nutritious food and getting families “back to the table.”
Seniors
We provide fresh produce, dairy, and other supplemental age-appropriate foods to low-income seniors countywide.