‘We’re rescuing a million pounds of food a year.’ Spokane nonprofit works to save produce, meals to battle food insecurity as demand increases

SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 90,000 residents in Spokane alone are struggling with food insecurity, according to Feed Spokane.

Their approach to try to help hungry families is to safely rescue food that is already out there. They say on average, their staff and volunteers save more than 27,000 pounds of food a week.

“Feed Spokane has been around since 2005,” said Chrystal Ortega. “I’ve been the Executive Director the past two years.”…

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