Lexy Smith speaks with Sandra Largaespada Executive Director of the Food Information Network. The Food Information Network is under the umbrella of The Global to Local Health Initiative. Largaespada shares how FIN got started in 2013 from different listening sessions. Largaespada explains how South King County is a food desert. Largaespada details how they assist BIPOC food entrepreneurs get their food businesses off the ground, as well as providing food to the area including hosting a farmers’ market.
(https://foodinnovationnetwork.org/ )
Original airdate: 8/18/2024
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Lexy joined EMF in 2022 and covers Oregon and Washington, portions of NV, ID, and UT, and the major markets of Seattle and Portland.