Puget Sound Food Hub delivers 19,000 produce boxes to families

“From June through mid-September, the food hub distributed nearly 19,000 boxes to families in need as part of a federal program that began this spring to address hunger and support farmers, said Andrew Yokom, general manager at the food hub, located on Best Road west of Mount Vernon…

The food hub, a member-owned cooperative of about 50 farmers in Skagit and Whatcom counties, helps small farms connect with large commercial buyers by providing a website to list products, cold storage and distribution.

Yokom said the food hub had the perfect model for the food box program because it already had ties with local farmers and the infrastructure to put the boxes together.”