Mostly food safety
Agency Partners, Direct Distributions, and Farmers Markets... oh my!
My favorite handbook!
Faculty, know thy facility
SLO County Fun Facts
100
Refrigerated eggs should not be left outside of a refrigerated environment for this amount of time or longer.
What is 2 hours?
100
The form of ID you need to show in order to receive food at one of our monthly Neighborhood Food Distributions.
What is no ID?
100
Thinking green? Our environmental philosophy is now codified in this new section of the Employee Handbook.
What is the SLO Food Bank's Environmental Care section?
100
Wanna chill, step into the walk-in refrigerator that is this many square feet (+/- 200 sq ft).
What is 1,660?
100
This group of people was one of the first to live in the area that is now San Luis Obispo County.
Who are the Chumash?
200
It is recommended that you don't eat raw cookie dough because of these two commonly used ingredients (must list both high-risk ingredients.)
What are eggs (may contain Salmonella) and flour (may contain Salmonella or E. coli)?
200
The place you would check on our website to find a food distribution, pantry, or meal site in your geographical area.
What is the Food Locator?
200
Taking a workplace relationship to a more personal level, be sure to fill out this form before your second date!
What is the SLO Food Bank Consensual Relationship Form?
200
From our lobby to the second floor there are this many steps, hint: baker's dozen can I lend you a hand.
What is 18?
200
Two of the three top cash crops in SLO County for 2020 are these delicious local treats.
What are strawberries, wine grapes, and avocados.
300
Woohoo! If you're vaccinated, you are 18 times as less likely to die from COVID, 6 times as less likely to end up hospitalized, and this many times less likely to even contract it if exposed.
What is 4?
300
The full name of the agency partner we refer internally to as ALF.
What is Atascadero Loaves & Fishes?
300
Gotta side job, please make sure you fill out this easy-to-complete form?
What is the Outside Employment Application form?
300
Brrrrr, our freezer measures this many square feet (+/- 100 sq ft).
What is 1,080 square feet?
300
Up until the 1990's high school students who lived in this remote area stayed in dorms in Atascadero while attending school during weekdays.
What is California Valley?
400
The CDC estimates that 1 in 6, or this many Americans, get sick with a foodborne illness each year.
What is 48 million?
400
The names of six (out of twelve) school sites where we operate monthly Neighborhood Food Distributions.
What are Bauer Speck Elementary, Baywood Elementary, C.L. Smith Elementary, Dana Elementary, Del Mar Elementary, Lillian Larsen Elementary, Nipomo Elementary, Santa Rosa Elementary, Shandon High School, Cal Poly, Cuesta (SLO Campus), Cuesta (North Campus)?
400
When taking vacation, this is who is responsible for creating the calendar event for your Outlook calendar (hint: this person also enters your approved leave in QuickBooks Time).
Who is your supervisor (upon approving the request)?
400
Thanks to a recent grant, there are now this many hardwired high definition security cameras watching over our facility day and night.
What is 16?
400
This notable actor, who got his start in movies like The Goonies, was raised in on a ranch in Templeton.
Who is Josh Brolin?
500
Wanna pasteurize raw milk, heat it to and hold it at this temperature for 30 minutes.
What is 150 degrees?
500
The full names for these acronyms, which are commonly used in the food bank world: TEFAP, CDSS, USDA, SNAP, PDO, CBO, CAFB.
What is The Emergency Food Assistance Program, California Department of Social Services, United States Department of Agriculture, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Partner Distribution Organization, Community Based Organization, California Association of Food Banks?
500
The number of annual vacation days earned by an employee who has been with the Food Bank for 10 or more years.
What is 20? (0-5 years is 12; 6-10 years is 15).
500
What is the name and purpose of the below-grade landscaping between our warehouse and Kendall Road sidewalk?
Bioswales capture and absorb rainfall on our property, preventing water from entering the storm drain system.
500
This famous photo (Migrant Mother by Dorothea Lang) depicting some of the trials of the Great depression, was taken where?
What is Nipomo?