Yolo Food Bank Blog

Veggie Street Tacos and Pickled Radishes

Gather your ingredients and your fresh, seasonal produce straight from California’s diverse farmlands. At the start of the year, you’ll often find onions, radishes, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower thriving before the warmer spring months arrive. These nutrient-packed vegetables are perfect for creating flavorful meals beyond just a simple sauté. For this recipe, we’re making street […]

Volunteering Across Generations

Featured Image: Durst Organic Growers has partnered with Yolo Food Bank as a food donor for years, inviting volunteers to come and harvest fresh produce, like tomatoes, to use at distributions. Jim and Deborah Durst believe that farming isn’t just about growing great produce, it’s about nourishing the community around them. Since planting their first […]

Discover the Volunteer Opportunity for You

If you are looking for an opportunity to contribute to Yolo Food Bank’s impact on the community, there are so many ways that you can volunteer with us. Last year there were over 31,465 hours of volunteer service across all aspects of the organization – a contribution valued at $1.1 million based on California nonprofit […]

Great 2024 Memories & 2025 Hopes

What a year it has been for Yolo Food Bank! From building new programs and exciting events to strengthening partnerships within Yolo County, we have been hard at work evolving to better serve our community. As we come to the end of 2024, it is a great time to reflect on all the ways we […]

Yolo Food Bank Makes an Impact

Yolo Food Bank recently released our annual impact report for fiscal year 2023-2024 highlighting all the ways that we are providing support for our neighbors in need. Together with our 68 partner agencies throughout the county, we are serving an average of 30,700 households every month. In order to support that many households, our warehouse […]

Yolo Food Bank Holiday Food Distribution

A huge part of our Yolo Gives & Gathers campaign is fast approaching: multiple holiday food distribution events are taking place across Yolo County from November 19-26!  Proof of local residence is required and a limit of 1 meal kit per household will be enforced at all distributions. Please note that some distributions require pre-registration. […]

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