Hunger

Little Free Pantries help the community during COVID crisis

By Angel Russell • Aug 17, 2020
photo by Angel Russell

As food banks across the nation are overwhelmed due to the coronavirus pandemic, neighbors are helping neighbors with the use of Little Free Pantries. There are hundreds of these pantries around the nation in a growing movement, and some are popping up throughout the Central Coast.

Central Coast Voices: Raising Awareness of Hunger

By • May 29, 2019

There are 46,000 residents in San Luis Obispo County who are struggling with hunger. Unfortunately, the majority of them are those who are most vulnerable: children and seniors. Forty percent are children and teens, 18 years and younger, 20% are seniors, often on a fixed income, and many are working parents who are faced with choosing to pay for utility bills or buy groceries for their families.

Alleviating Hunger in Our Community

By • Jun 8, 2017

Broadcast date: 6/8/2017

In San Luis Obispo County more than 46,000 residents are food insecure, meaning they are unable to consistently access or afford adequate food. That means that 1 in 6 people face hunger. Of these at least 40% are children, and 20% are seniors.

Summertime food insecurity is a real issue on the Central Coast

By • Aug 3, 2016
Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County

We often think of helping out local food pantries during the year-end holiday season...but summertime is when children and families rely on them most. Hear how the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County works to make sure children and other food-insecure groups have enough healthy foods to eat this August and why it’s such a critical time of year.

Glean SLO looking for backyard produce to feed families in need

By • Apr 15, 2016
Glean SLO

About one in six people in San Luis Obispo County are considered to be “food insecure.”  Learn how a local program, Glean SLO, harvests produce from farms, farmers markets, and backyards to feed local people in need. Also meet singer-songwriter Ynana Rose, who gleans, and who will be giving a benefit concert for the organization.