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To get a better sense of our food bank partner, I have been helping out on distribution days. Walking into such a small place – the distribution room is probably about 10 ft wide and 40 ft long - I never would have expected it to serve so many people. On a slower day, such as last Wednesday, around 100 clients visited the food bank. A busy day can see up to 300 people in four hours!
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The Rainier Valley Food Bank is located in the 98118 zip code, which is literally the most diverse zip code in the United States (click here to read more). This is obvious at the food bank. I have heard Vietnamese, Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish and Somali spoken there, and those are only the languages I recognized! This mix of languages presents a unique challenge to the food bank volunteers who have to rely on non-verbal communication.
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If you are inspired by the cultural mix of Rainier Valley and want to broaden your culinary horizons, try growing or buying vegetables used in Asian cooking. Or try out one of these East African dishes. And it’s the perfect time of year to cook Borscht, a Ukrainian/Russian dish that uses beets and cabbage
Happy Cooking!
Happy Cooking!
-Mariah, Seattle Community Farm Outreach Coordinator
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