Alimentando al Pueblo launched in July 2020 to bring culturally relevant foods not commonly found in food banks to the Latine Community south of Seattle. Foods include rice, beans, masa, spices, dried chilis, tortillas, sweetened and condensed milk, yuca, plantain, and other produce that is sourced seasonally from Latine-owned Mariposa Farm. Says Executive Director and founding member, Roxana Pardo Garcia, “Nothing like this exists in the country, but what we’re doing is nothing new, it’s an ancestral practice – to feed each other and take care of each other.” Now through June 15, you can donate to their fundraiser La Coperacha, in support of their efforts to nourish their community with joy, cultural belonging, and abundance- https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E358665&id=27 Learn more about their work- https://alimentandoalpueblo.org/ (fb)

Access to food is a human right, but fear is keeping some migrant families away from food banks in Washington. Read more here: https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-05-21/immigration/fear-of-detention-prevents-some-wa-migrants-from-getting-food/a96875-1# Image description: Fruitvale Community Market building in Yakima with people entering and cars parked out front, set against a cloudy sky. (fb)