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Food Stamps: Here’s What You Need to Know about CalFresh
Life in San Diego has many amazing benefits, but the rising cost of living can make buying healthy food difficult. Food stamps, known locally as CalFresh, can help boost the grocery budget of eligible families and individuals. What Are Food Stamps? The federal government launched the original food stamps program [...]
Feeding San Diego Distributing Locally Grown Produce as Part of National Program
It's an incredible sight to see tiny, bright orange carrots being pulled from the ground. To detect the distinct smell of cilantro wafting in the breeze. To see row after row of verdant green curly lettuce leaves popping out above the dark soil. Touring a farm makes you understand it's [...]
How Donating a Car Can Help San Diegans Facing Hunger
Have an unwanted vehicle that you don't know what to do with? You can donate it to help support San Diegans facing hunger! Donating a car or other vehicle is an easy way to support Feeding San Diego while removing clutter from your life. And your donation is tax-deductible! [...]
Black History Month 2024: Elevating Black Voices in the Feeding San Diego Network
Black History Month 2024 is a time to tell the stories of people in the Feeding San Diego network that exemplify Black excellence and leadership. It's also a time to reflect on food insecurity in the Black community. Our network of Black leaders, growers, change makers, volunteers, and neighbors shines [...]
Feeding San Diego’s Emergency Flood Response
On Monday, January 22, as much rain fell in San Diego in just six hours as it normally would in three months. This torrential rainfall caused devastation in our county that hadn't been seen in decades. Homes and roads flooded. Cars were carried by water miles away from where they [...]
A Healthy Partnership: Creating Food Sovereignty with Healthy Day Partners
For Mim Michelove, CEO & president of the non-profit Healthy Day Partners, hunger relief is about more than simply distributing food. Michelove believes that food sovereignty is the solution to food insecurity. Her non-profit empowers food-insecure populations to grow their own food and be less reliant on outside resources. Because [...]