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The California Association of Food Banks is thrilled to announce that Maria Houlne has joined us as the new Director of our Farm to Family program.

What started as a health crisis quickly became an economic and hunger crisis. With schools shuttered, layoffs rippling through your communities, […]

December 22, 2020 — Last night, Congress passed a bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill that makes critical investments in the social […]

Today, Governor Newsom signed landmark legislation that will help to alleviate the drastic increase in hunger for 600,000 Californians, including […]

Yesterday, the State announced another substantial investment in the social safety net committing up to $75 million for emergency food […]

Demand for food assistance has more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 1 in 4 Californians without enough to […]

The term “Food Drive” might elicit a vision of canned food donations filling barrels and boxes to the brim for […]

After leading Farm to Family for seven years, Steve Linkhart is leaving the California Association of Food Banks. During Steve’s time at CAFB, he’s grown the Farm to Family program into a national model that ensures access to high quality produce for food banks across the state, while supporting farmers and preventing food loss.

We send a warm congratulations to Suzan Bateson, Executive Director of Alameda County Community Food Bank (ACCFB) for being acknowledged […]

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a revised HEROES Act – House Resolution 1753. Our organizations support the HEROES […]