Kitsap Harvest

our mission is to create a sustainable and community-based system of moving local produce to food banks in order to alleviate both food waste and food insecurity in the county. the usda states that 40% of food in america and 50% of produce, worth $161 billion, gets discarded. astonishingly however, 50 million americans are food insecure. these polarized issues need to be bridged in order to have a healthier and sustainable future. in kitsap county 30% of adults are food insecure, and 35% of children need free or reduced lunches. visits to food banks have increased 70% since 2006. food banks are serving 48,000 residents a year. kitsap harvest, a program of rotary first’s harvest against hunger, is working to increase local, fresh food access and creating education and awareness through broad community interactions, building relationships with other food security networks, to establish coordination rather than duplication. i am an americorps vista member working with the kitsap publ