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Growing For Good
Celebrating inclusion within the local food system through the BIPOC Farmer Collaboration
Skagit Gleaners and Northwest Agriculture Business Center (NABC) have joined forces to collaborate in a new project: The BIPOC Farmer Collaboration.
Every week, Skagit Gleaners purchases fresh fruits, vegetables, and culturally appropriate foods exclusively from local BIPOC owned farms, largely Mexican-indigenous farms. The farms they purchase from include Pure Nelida, Cabrera Farms, Farias Farm, Verduras Organicas Mexicanas, and Regino Farms.
Food purchases are completed with NABC as a conduit, who have the necessary connections/relationships and ties with thriving local BIPOC owned farms. NABC facilitates the food purchases every week, of which creates an aggregated revenue stream of up to $2,000 every month to local BIPOC owned farms. Starting this year, Skagit Gleaners has budgeted $25,000 each year to purchase food from BIPOC owned farms, with the help from NABC.
Seattle’s King 5 Television recently aired a story about the BIPOC Farmer Collaboration program here.
As an anti-hunger organization, Skagit Gleaners believes they have a responsibility to design intentional programs that work to decolonize harmful food structures and further exacerbate low wages in agricultural jobs, with a special focus on minority owned farms. They believe that this is is a vital step in closing a feedback loop of the industrial food security complex.
Shop GSV is in support of our local agricultural economy and community. This holiday season, a portion of the proceeds made from our online store will be donated to the BIPOC Farmer Collaboration.
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