Despite the heat wave Wednesday, hundreds gathered at the 20th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser in Santa Maria to enjoy soup, take home a bowl and, most importantly, help end hunger in the community. For Santa Maria couple Teri and Allan Hansen, who attend both the Santa Maria and Lompoc Empty Bowls events every chance they […]
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Independent.com: Foodbank Holds Splendid Table of Life Gala
With its innovative programs focused on healthy eating, Foodbank Santa Barbara County is not your ordinary foodbank. So it was only fitting that it did not throw the ordinary fundraiser either. Its Table of Life Gala, held at Jim and Stephanie Sokolove’s picturesque Montecito estate, was a lovely, refined, and fun garden party. Click here to […]
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Noozhawk: Community Asked to Consider Menu of Food Action Plan Projects
The Community Environmental Council, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and Santa Barbara Foundation will hold Building Our Resilient Food System: Cultivating Connections, a free discussion to explore the vision, progress and next steps for the Santa Barbara County Food Action Plan. The open community session will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Santa […]
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Noozhawk: Empty Bowls Benefit Helps Foodbank Fill Empty Stomachs
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 […]
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Yes! Magazine: This Isn’t Just Another Urban Farm—It’s a Food Bank
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 […]
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Lompoc Record: Lompoc treatment center to donate more than 1,000 pounds of locally grown produce to Foodbank
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, […]
CoastalView.com: Playa Del Sur 4-H sells livestock at SB County Fair
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. […]
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Santa Maria Sun:Sky’s the limit: The Blue Sky Center works to empower the residents of rural Cuyama Valley with creativity and community
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 […]
The Balance Sheet: Picnic in the Park
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 […]
Independent: Empty Bowls Gail Arnold story
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… […]
