Santa Barbara County Food Rescue Network Expands to Offer Critical Support to Those In Need
Santa Barbara County Food Rescue, a program of the Community Environmental Council (CEC), announces multiple collaborations to support county-wide efforts to feed those in need during the COVID-19 crisis.
Santa Barbara County’s Network of Nutrition
Multiagency Pandemic Response Feeds Vulnerable, Saves Chefs, and Protects Food Chain
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Continues to Expand Response to COVID-19 Crisis
“Savings are drying up and even more people are facing food insecurity as the crisis continues. We want everyone to know that we are here to serve the entire community. If anyone needs help finding food safely, that is our main priority.” The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is working hard to ensure our county stays healthy and has enough nutritious food to eat during the COVID-19 situation.
Backyard Baby Chick Boom
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Santa Barbara farm owners, Jeremy and Megan Raff of Dare 2 Dream Farms have seen an exponential boom in baby chick sales, as residents throughout the Coast of California rush to buy and raise backyard chickens. Most recently, the farm sold 950 baby chicks in just ten minutes.
Local fisherman selling directly to public throughout coronavirus crisis
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Once COVID-19 swept across the country, it immediately began affecting fishermen in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
With restaurants experiencing fewer customers, the demand for local seafood significantly dropped.
In order to survive the crisis, longtime local fisherman Stace Cheverez changed his business model.
Santa Ynez Valley businesses, organizations keep locals fed
As part of the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County SAFE Food Net family of food distribution sites, a number of Santa Ynez Valley organizations and businesses are offering food supplies and other household staples to community members in need.
Pacific Grown Organics Donates 500 N95 Masks to Health Workers
As Santa Barbara County issues an order for community members to wear face masks in public to limit coronavirus, hospital and other health-care workers are still in need of N95 masks.
Last week, India Amarina and Collin Dvorak, of locally based Pacific Grown Organics, donated 500 N95 masks to VNA Health of Santa Barbara (formerly Visiting Nurses and Hospice Care) through their nonprofit arm Pacific Grown Impact.
COVID-19: Elks Lodge partners with Santa Barbara County Foodbank to deliver more than 500 food bags to those in need
SANTA MARIA, Calif. – Teresa Kruchas has been struggling since losing her job during the pandemic. “No unemployment has come through we have no other assistance so this means a whole lot.”
Kruchas was one of hundreds of families in need who patiently waited in a long line of cars at elks lodge, to receive a bag of food from the Santa Barbara County Foodbank.
Food pantry drive thru helps Santa Barbara City College students during COVID-19
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Santa Barbara City College has a food pantry that has found a new way to help during the COVID19 pandemic.
The pantry teamed up with Santa Barbara County Foodbank to host a Food Pantry Drive-Thru on Wednesday afternoon.
