The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will host its 16th Annual Santa Maria Empty Bowls fundraiser Wednesday, Oct. 25, with seatings at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria Fairpark, 937 S. Thornburg. The annual event raises funds to help the Foodbank address hunger and malnutrition in Santa Maria, along with the rest […]
Read More… from Noozhawk: Empty Bowls Benefit Helps Foodbank Fill Empty Stomachs
Just off the banks of the parched Santa Cruz River in Tucson, Arizona, gardeners at Las Milpitas de Cottonwood Community Farm are harvesting a bounty of produce. They grow hot and sweet peppers, summer squashes, Nichols and Punta Banda cherry tomatoes, basil, okra, beans, corn, and the striped, oval Tohono O’odham watermelon: a desert-adapted watermelon with sweet […]
Read More… from Yes! Magazine: This Isn’t Just Another Urban Farm—It’s a Food Bank
A Lompoc treatment facility that also operates a farm is set to donate more than 1,000 pounds of fresh corn to the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. The food will be harvested on Saturday at the Sunset Farm Men’s Recovery Home, located in south Lompoc. The facility, which is operated by Coast Valley Treatment Centers, […]
Members of the Playa Del Sur 4-H Club spent a week in mid-July in Santa Maria at the 2017 Santa Barbara County Fair exhibiting and auctioning their steers and sheep. The Santa Barbara County Cattlemen’s Association recognized Playa Del Sur Member Jasmyn Arroyo for producing a USDA Prime-graded steer. Click here to read more. […]
Read More… from CoastalView.com: Playa Del Sur 4-H sells livestock at SB County Fair
Things don’t move too fast in rural communities like New Cuyama, and they especially slow down when the midday sun bears down and the heat hits the high 90s. That is, except for Louie, the pit bull/black lab mix who bounded after a small lizard darting for the safety of the nearest desert shrub on […]
Millions of kids across the United States rely on school lunch as their affordable, nutritious daytime meal throughout the school year. But what happens when school is out? For many kids, hunger is a tragic condition associated with summer break. Foodbanks across the country are working to end summer hunger. The coordinated effort of nonprofit staff and volunteers […]
On November 12, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County hosted its 20th annual Santa Barbara Empty Bowls event to raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity in our community and to raise funds for the Foodbank’s programs. Click here to read more… […]
Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham and Golden State Water have partnered for Operation Gobble. They’re on a mission to hand out turkeys to central coast food banks for local families in need. They will hand out 7,700 turkeys in total to Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County, South County S.A.F.E. […]
Read More… from KSBY: Operation Gobble to donate turkeys to orgs inc Foodbank SBC
