Providing access to nutritious food

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John,

As this health crisis quickly took hold and schools and businesses across Washington began to close, hundreds of thousands of our neighbors instantly became vulnerable to food insecurity. In fact, the need in our state nearly doubled from 850,000 in need of food assistance to 1.6 million.

During the last month, COVID-19 has revealed and exacerbated the existing inequities in our communities. And while this pandemic has touched each of our lives, those with no access to or who cannot afford enough food are living on the edge.

Access to healthy, affordable food was a health and environmental issue long before this crisis. As we continue to advocate for policies that tackle climate change, clean up toxic pollution, and restore our forests and shared waters, our environmental work must also model what effective equitable community response looks like in a time of crisis.

Click here to support the COVID-19 Hunger Response Fund for over 375 Washington food banks. [[link removed]]

Our partners at Northwest Harvest have set up a COVID-19 Hunger Response Fund focused on immediate responses across the state to the rapidly increasing need. Northwest Harvest is a nonprofit food bank distributor connected to a network of 375 food banks and is leading the fight for hungry people statewide to have access to nutritious food.

We are most powerful when we come together. We are all affected by this health and environmental crisis. But we know we can weather this together and ensure that we do not just return to normal, but build a better and more sustainable economy that leaves far less of us vulnerable.

Thanks for all you do,

Darcy Nonemacher

Government Affairs Director

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