The best gifts are made with love

Desiree Scott, one of our Program Coordinators, puts together an emergency food box for a family of five.

Farm fresh for all

Given the incredible bounty of California agriculture, there’s no reason why farm-fresh food shouldn’t be available to as many people as possible. Thanks to the statewide Farm to Family program, the SF Food Bank has added broccoli and cauliflower to the variety of fresh produce we can distribute consistently. Here’s how it works. Normally, growers  go [...]

We Salute the Word Champion SF Giants – with these SF Food Bank Giants!

What’s up with all these giant veggies in our warehouse? We get tons of fresh produce that is good to eat, but too big or too small for the standards at grocery stores.  Yet, all those misfit fruits and vegetables are real winners when it comes to providing great nutrition for SF Food Bank clients.  [...]

New Hybrid Truck Rolls Out Savings – and a New Look

The San Francisco Food Bank recently celebrated the arrival of our first hybrid truck. Not only will the new truck mean a 38% savings in fuel costs, but it will also cut back on noise and pollution in neighborhood areas when deliveries are made. The new truck’s look is as bold as its fuel savings. [...]

“It’s good. It’s all good.”

Edgar lives in an SRO in the Tenderloin, where he both volunteers at and receives food from the building’s Food Bank pantry. My name is Edgar. I’m 63. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and I used to work for a janitorial service off and on. I worked in kitchens. And a lot of [...]

A Recipe for Good Nutrition

At grocery pantries, we don’t just hand out food – we also hand out advice and information. We give clients recipes and fact sheets to get them acquainted with our many fresh produce items, so they know how to use them in their meals. That’s especially important when clients aren’t culturally familiar with a particular [...]

Giant celery!

Here’s something you won’t see at the supermarket: a thicket of giant celery! Its size may render it unmarketable – but it’s still perfectly fresh, perfectly good and ready to go out to our pantries. Many people still associate canned and dry foods with food banks. And while we still have staple foods like pasta, [...]

Hunger Takes Over the Headlines

This Thanksgiving, the San Francisco Food Bank made sure that 30,000 households enjoyed a fresh, healthy holiday dinner. But shocking news stories about hunger in the Bay Area – and across our country – underscore the fact that more and more people every day are seeking help. In the past two years, San Francisco has [...]

David Arquette, Laila Ali, Nomar Garciaparra, Jay Bilas and Spencer Day Volunteer!

Today our Youth with a Mission grocery pantry was all abuzz. The tables were set up with a big selection of beautiful produce, and slightly nervous volunteers were at the ready… The big difference from a normal Thursday? Today some celebrities who care deeply about hunger were turning out to call attention to the important [...]

Another New Grocery Pantry Opens in the Sunset!

San Francisco Food Bank welcomed a new grocery pantry this past weekend at First United Presbyterian Church in the Sunset District. This community-centered church already offers ESL (English as a Second Language) classes and its parishioners are excited to be able to better serve their community by providing free groceries to those in need. Word [...]