New Yolo Food Bank Mission and Vision Prioritize Nutrition, Food Equity, and Resilience as Pandemic Lingers in New Year
Special To the Vanguard In a quest to further contribute to the health, prosperity, and enhanced quality…
‘Hungry For Heroes’ – The Frontlines of Food Equity
Special to the Vanguard Yolo Food Bank has delivered a terrific holiday gift to the community: an…
Guest Commentary: Feeding All Residents, Especially Vulnerable Children, Highest Priority
by Jim Durst Food – growing and providing enough to those who work for us and those…
Yolo Food Bank Expands Fresh Food Capacity to Nourish More at Harvest Season, Thanks to CalFoods Logistics’ Donation
By Maria Segoviano and Joy Cohan During a time of continued extraordinary demand for food assistance in…
Guest Commentary: Empowering Families with Healthy Choices
Dear Davis Vanguard Readers: I had the great pleasure of attending the grand opening of the Center…
Local Leaders Call for Action on Food Recovery and Distribution Plan for Food Insecure, Climate Change Impacts
Special To the Vanguard Woodland, CA – More than 160 stakeholders in the Yolo County social safety net…
Guest Commentary: Food Assistance Has Tripled in Yolo County in the Past Year – Here’s How We Can Continue to Meet These Critical Needs
By Josue Monroy In the last year-and-a-half, the global pandemic and the ensuing economic shutdown have disproportionately…
Guest Commentary: Feeding People, Not the Landfill
By Michael Bisch The Yolo County Board of Supervisors a couple of weeks ago took a bold…
Robb Davis, Former Davis Mayor, Joins Yolo Food Bank As Impact and Innovation Officer
By Joy Cohan Bringing with him a unique background in community-based health and nutrition, program development, and…
Emergency Food Assistance Option for Yolo County Low-Income Seniors Begins Monday
(From Press Release, Yolo Food Bank) – To address coronavirus mitigation-related barriers to food access for low-income…
Thanksgiving For All
With nearly 20% of Yolo County residents living in poverty and even more who are food insecure,…
Sutter Health Invests $1 Million To “Nourish Yolo“ In Programmatic and Capacity Expansion Partnership with Yolo Food Bank
Yolo Food Bank’s Grand Opening and Open House event this Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., will…
Nourish Yolo: The Yolo Food Bank Grand Opening and Open House
(From Press Release) – A dream five years and $9.5 million in the making will come to…
Food As Medicine
Yolo Grown Produce Improving Diabetes Management In West Sacramento (Submitted from Yolo Food Bank) – On a…
Food and Economic Development in Davis: Yolo Food Bank, Part 3 of 3
“The City of Davis has an opportunity to address food insecurity in an innovative and systemic way….
Food and Economic Development in Davis: Yolo Food Bank, Part 2 of 3
“…there exist many disconnects in our food system. Sadly, very little of the food grown in the…
My “BigDOG” Bear sent $15 to fight hunger, it cost him nothing, you can do it too!
by Michael Bisch For several weeks now, I have been sharing short stories about the work of…
Big Day of Giving: Philanthropy on Steroids
by Michael Bisch “Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all…
Nourish Yolo: Michael Bisch’s Inspirational Challenge
by Michael Bisch When Executive Director Michael Bisch joined Yolo Food Bank 16 months ago, he knew…
Nourish Families in Crises: Yolo Food Bank’s Partnership with Empower Yolo
by Michael Bisch Yolo County families in crisis due to domestic abuse, child abuse or sexual assault…
