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Food Lifeline is on a mission to end hunger in Western Washington. They believe that access to food is a basic human right and that nobody deserves to be hungry. Food Lifeline provides nutritious food to 1.34 million people facing hunger by sourcing nutritious food from a variety of food industry partners. They distribute through a network of 350 food banks, shelters, and meal programs, enabling them to provide the equivalent of more than 282,000 meals every single day.
At the same time FLL is working to end hunger for the future by addressing its root causes, including poverty, racial inequity, and social injustice.
Food Lifeline's Mark Coleman spoke with me about the very cool project happening with local farmers and migrant farm workers in Skagit County: