Nutritious Food Resources

Food Insecurity

The state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.

On this page, you'll find resources for:

Food Available Immediately

Aggie Compass Resources:
  • Aggie Compass Satellite Pantry Network, Satellite Pantries assist in addressing food insecurity on our campus by increasing student access to canned-goods and other items via an environment they are familiar and comfortable in. Currently, we have 9 Satellite Pantries spread throughout campus. Check out the list of pantries!
  • AggieEats Pay-What-You-Want style food truck that offers delicious, nutritious, and healthy food. Stop by the truck and pay what you want for a free or low-cost meal.
  • Fruit & Veggie Up! FREE produce for UC Davis students. 
Campus Resources:
  • The Aggie Meal Share Program provides Dining Commons swipes/meals for students in need of assistance. 
  • The ASUCD Pantry is operating on a weekly distribution schedule. Register to pick up free food resources, menstrual products, and toiletries on the Pantry website.
  • Eat Well Yolo In partnership with ASUCD Pantry and Aggie Compass, Yolo Food Bank will do a major weekly food distribution on-campus at the MU South Patio (weather location is at the ASUCD Pantry), Date and Time TBD.
Free Foraging Gardens on Campus:
  • Salad Bowl Garden
    • Price: Free!
    • Situated just outside the Plant and Environmental Sciences building, the Salad Bowl Garden is an interactive edible landscape where you can pick your salad and eat fresh food while at school or work.
In the Community:
  • Davis Community Meals Program offers a free meals prepared and served at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, located at 640 Hawthorn Lane, Davis. Check website for more times and locations.
  • Davis Night Market
  • FRESH TEXT will send you text messages about produce/pantry distributions in Davis by texting TOMATO to 888777.
  • The Freedge Community Refrigerator
    • Freedge @ the MU patio, UC Davis
  • St. Tabitha's Essentials Pantry at The BelFry Located at 216 A Street, across from Young Hall. Taking care of yourself should not have to be one of them. If paying for the essential toiletries you need—deodorant, razors, menstrual products, toothpaste, condoms, dish soap, etc—is a challenge, come by the mini pantry outside our little yellow house any time, day or night, or fill out the request form and we'll package everything up for you. If there is something you need that isn't on our list, please ask for it!
  • WOODLAND VOLUNTEER FOOD CLOSET
    • Provides a basic and direct service. Packs 3 days of food.
    • Monday – Friday: 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
    • 420 Grand Ave. Woodland, CA 95695
    • Open to All
  • Yolo Food Bank Yolo Food Bank is here to help any Yolo County resident in need of food assistance.
  • Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) - is a supplemental food, nutrition education, and breastfeeding support program. It serves low to moderate-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, and infant/children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk. 

Fruit & Veggie Up!

Fruit & Veggie Up! offers FREE produce for UC Davis students. Stop by the Aggie Compass Basic Needs Center and pick up seasonal, fresh, organic produce. This program is made possible by donations from The Student Farm.

Eat Well Yolo

In partnership with ASUCD Pantry and Aggie Compass, Eat Well Yolo is a Yolo Food Bank program that provides free and nutritious food to the UC Davis community. These food distributions occur at the Memorial Union (MU) South Patio (weather location is at the ASUCD Pantry). Date and Time TBD.

Healthy, Low-cost Recipes

Cooking Classes

  • Teaching Kitchens, Free Cooking Classes All cooking classes are designed with the busy student in mind. The classes provide food preparation and cooking skills, nutrition education and meal suggestions.
  • Eatfresh.org Mini Course This course will boost your nutrition, cooking, and healthy living knowledge. Each self-paced topic takes 5-10 minutes to complete.

Nutritional Education

  • Nutrition and Food through Student Health and Counseling Services
  • Seasonal Produce Guide This guide can help you explore different fruits and vegetables throughout the year. Seasonal produce in your area will vary by growing conditions and weather. Fresh, frozen, canned, and dried all counts.
  • My Plate on Alexa MyPlate is now available as an "Alexa skill"! Get MyPlate nutrition information straight to your home on Amazon Alexa or on your smartphone or tablet via the free Amazon Alexa app (available for free in the App Store or Google Play store). To get started, simply say “Alexa, open the MyPlate skill.” The MyPlate Alexa skill provides healthy eating tips.
  • UC Davis Nutrition Services offers appointments with a Registered Dietitian and other resources like, nutrition information, health snack ideas, food/EBT maps, and a lot more.
    • Medical Nutrition Therapy is offered for all registered students. A Registered Dietitian provides assessment and evaluation for nutrition-related concerns and conditions including:
      • Eating concerns, disordered eating, eating disorders
      • Diabetes and pre-diabetes
      • Heart health
      • Gastrointestinal concerns
      • Meeting nutritional needs while food insecure

Food Maps

Other Resources

  • Yolo 211 - 211 Yolo is the information hub for Yolo County, linking residents to vital health and human services, information and resources in the community.