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Canned Salmon Creates Challenge For Food Banks

Ross Reynolds speaks with KUOW reporter Carolyn Adolph about an unusual problem food banks are facing: too many cans, not enough can openers. The US government is buying five times more canned pink salmon than usual in order keep the price of salmon from falling too low. This helps support the fishing industry and the canned fish is eventually sent to food banks.

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