A new book “Sowing the Seeds of Change” focuses on the roots of the Community Food Bank and its growth through the years. Author and anthropologist Seth Schindler shares interviews, photos and perspective on the history of the Community Food Bank since it opened in 1976 with one employee, one volunteer and one delivery truck.
The book traces the work of the Food Bank since its inception to its “root cause” work today in addressing the poverty that often accompanies hunger. Since its start supplying emergency food in the 1970s, the Community Food Bank has grown to serve five counties in Southern Arizona and was awarded 2018 Food Bank of the Year by the Feeding America network of food banks.
The Community Food Bank distributed a record 86 million pounds of food throughout Southern Arizona last year, partners with 400 agencies and works in many ways to fight hunger, including supporting local growers, running a culinary training program and helping people learn to grow their own fruits and vegetables.
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Schindler will donate all proceeds from book sales to the Community Food Bank.
