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Volunteers distribute emergency food and water during severe storm event.

Yolo Food Bank to Provide Disaster Relief Grocery Cards to Vulnerable Residents Experiencing Power Outages During Winter Storm

January 5, 2023

Designed to supply households with emergency and replacement food, the cards will be distributed by local partner agencies, made possible with financial support from PG&E.   *Please Note: A second […]

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2022 Holiday Food Distribution Schedule

November 7, 2022

Full list of 2022 holiday food distributions hosted by Yolo Food Bank or our community partners: Full list of “Eat Well Yolo” food distributions impacted by November holidays or holiday […]

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Announcing Yolo Gives & Gathers

November 1, 2022

YOLO FOOD BANK LAUNCHES NEW FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON   Today, Yolo Food Bank (YFB) has launched “Yolo Gives & Gathers,” its annual fall campaign […]

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Karen Baker is Named New Executive Director

August 23, 2022

New Leader Possesses Proven Expertise and Innovation to Benefit the Food Bank   Yolo Food Bank board of directors has named Karen Baker as its new executive director.  Baker, who […]

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Meet The Avalos Family

August 15, 2022

Meet the Avalos family! Yolo Food Bank Hunger Heroes Juana, Carolina, Vanesa, and Juan have volunteered with Yolo Food Bank for over two years. When the pandemic started, the Avalos […]

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Meet Dana

August 5, 2022

Meet Dana! Long-time Davis resident and Yolo Food Bank Hunger Hero volunteer, Dana Armstrong Hughes is the site lead for our “Eat Well Yolo” free, fresh food distribution at University […]

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USDA Funds to Strengthen Local Food System and Advance Nutrition Security

July 29, 2022

During a tour and press conference at Yolo Food Bank on July 27, United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the signing of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. […]

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Meet Pati

June 30, 2022

Meet Pati! Pati is a Dunnigan resident who first encountered Yolo Food Bank over a decade ago as a food recipient. Now she’s a Hunger Hero volunteer for Yolo Food […]

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Flipping the Food System: Nourishing the Workers Who Nourish Us

April 19, 2022

What is America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital without the people who harvest, process, transport, prepare, and serve our food? Food system workers were designated “essential” by the federal and state government at the […]

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Announcing an Effort to Create a Countywide Food Security Plan

April 15, 2022

Yolo Food Bank has entered into a $75,000 contract with the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at California State University, Sacramento that will set the foundation for a countywide food […]

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