Blog: Feed Change

A wife, mother and business owner, Glenda Durst lives in the Valencia Park neighborhood of San Diego with her husband and their three special needs foster kids. On top of all of that, Glenda is also a hunger-relief advocate. Earlier in life, Glenda found herself homeless with her eldest daughters. [...]

Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation when school food programs do.  Summer months put a burden on families who rely on these school programs to help provide food. Feeding San Diego puts together programs to try and lift the weight off the shoulders of children and families who are food-insecure. [...]

Volunteer of the Month Ansley Apple has volunteered more than 112 hours with Feeding San Diego since August 2016. As an Office Volunteer, she provides essential administrative support to a small volunteer department staff that engages a high volume of volunteers each week. She helps with data entry, filing support, [...]

Last month, the Mobile Pantry in San Marcos transitioned from a truck hosted distribution to a drop model. Originally our Mobile Pantry trucks would supply the truck and the food to host the distribution. The drop model allows Feeding San Diego to provide twice the amount of fresh fruits and vegetable [...]

While we all love to indulge at our favorite pizza place every now and then; this eggplant pizza recipe allows us to satisfy that craving, but with added nutrition. Not only is this recipe good for you, it is absolutely delicious. Nutrition Nugget: Eggplants are a great source of fiber, [...]

In July 2017, Feeding San Diego was fortunate enough to be the recipient of a large donation of strawberries, blackberries, and tomatoes. Nobody wants to see good food go to waste; so when farmers find themselves with an abundance of produce, we quickly work to get this high quality, time-sensitive [...]