Welcome to the
FOOD BANK OF YOLO COUNTY

Our Mission: To alleviate hunger and malnutrition in Yolo County.

imageFounded and incorporated in 1971, the Food Bank of Yolo County in Northern California has grown from a backyard gleaning program providing a few thousand pounds of food a year, to an organization staffed by 10 full-time and part-time employees and hundreds of volunteers that distributes millions of pounds of food annually.

The face of hunger will surprise you!

It will continue to change if our economy worsens, unemployment grows, foreclosures increase, and people's retirement nest eggs dwindle.

To learn more about hunger and how you can help us help those less fortunate, visit our Make a Difference page.

The Food Stamp Challenge: Could You Live on $4.00 a day?

The “The Food Stamp Challenge" seeks to do three things:

1. Highlight what it is like to eat on the average food stamp benefit (approximately $1.33 per meal)
2. Help raise money for the Food Bank to assist in its efforts to feed the hungry and alleviate malnutrition in Yolo County
3. Offer an easy do-it-yourself opportunity to get involved in a virtual fund raiser for the Food Bank, and share your experience with others on the Food Bank's blog.

Sign up for The Food Stamp Challenge here!

The Food Stamp Challenge Media Coverage

Daily Democrat Articles:

  • Food Stamp Challenge issued
  • Living on $4 a day would mean no doughnuts

    • Capital Public Radio Insight Interview:
    (4/22/09, Jeffrey Callison and Jose Martinez)

  • Food Stamp Challenge on Capital Public Radio's Insight, April 2009

    • Listen Now



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