Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

foodbanksbc.org/

80 Coromar Drive
Goleta, CA 93117
805.967.5741

Chief Executive: Erik R Talkin
Media Contact: Laurel R Alcantar

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Affiliate Food Banks

SLO Food Bank1180 Kendall RoadSan Luis Obispo, CA 93401805.238.4664http://www.slofoodbank.org/

Each year, Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

distributes 17,589,458 pounds of food to people facing hunger.

Counties served by Foodbank of Santa Barbara County:

san luis obispo, santa barbara

Erik Talkin TED talk "Why Giving People More Food Doesn't End Hunger

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In a lively TED talk delivered November 2019, Erik Talkin illustrates why people facing hunger and food insecurity need more than just groceries to be healthy and become more food secure. Watch: tinyurl.com/ErikTalkinTEDTalk (12 min.) Featured are outlines of the Foodbank's award-winning Children's Health Initiative "Feed the Future" and other approaches used to increase food literacy among all residents of the county, in both the daily disaster of hunger as well as in the face of large-scale emergencies.

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CEO of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County leads the organization transforming hunger into health in the county with California's highest rate of child poverty, in the state that's home to the highest rate of child poverty in the country. .

In the area served by
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

1 in 9 people

face hunger.

1 in 7 children face hunger.

Cathy

On Cathy Moore's darkest day, she found hope at a food pantry in Chicago. Now, years later, she's the director of that pantry and a light of hope in her community. This is her story.

Read Cathy