In the News

Yesterday, Governor Newsom released his proposed 2024-25 state budget. At a time when hunger is on the rise and similar to devastating pre-pandemic levels, we are very grateful for proposals to protect progress made to strengthen anti-hunger and anti-poverty programs that are critical for millions of Californians. 

We are especially grateful to Senator Skinner, who has made expanding access to school meals a pillar of her work […]

This morning Governor Newsom released his May Revise of the 2023-24 state budget plan, which outlines his priorities and vision […]

The weight of international conflict is heavy. In acknowledging the violence in Ukraine, it should not be overlooked that hunger is a weapon of war.

Legislation would recognize that nutritious food is fundamental to learning, increase access to freshly prepared school meals for six million […]

This week, we are highlighting the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. Like all food banks over the past year, the SF-Marin […]

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 […]

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.