Food

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Education

Free lunch at school is more than just a meal — it's fuel for students' futures

During the pandemic, school lunch became free for all students, regardless of their family’s income. That was thanks to federal government waivers. But those waivers expired on June 30. RadioActive Youth Media’s Colin Yuen spoke to advocates for keeping school lunch free for all.
Colin Yuen
Education

Kent School District moms are keeping students fed as teachers strike continues

The Kent School District teachers strike is now on its fifth day. That means many students who rely on free school lunches don’t have access to meals. But two Kent district moms are making sure students are fed while both sides remain at an impasse.
Ruby de Luna
Business

Changes coming to Seattle food truck rules
Ruby de Luna
Arts & Life

This Tacoma gardener turned his zucchini problem into a community-building effort

David Thompson had a problem that many gardeners can relate to: he had too many vegetables. Even after sharing with neighbors, there was still plenty to go around. But Thompson found a way to spread the bounty. And he hopes it’ll inspire other gardeners to do the same.
Ruby de Luna
Arts & Life

When it comes to managing food costs, flexibility is key

If you’ve changed your grocery shopping habits because of rising food prices, you’re not alone. Businesses are adjusting too. Here’s a look at how everyone is trying to cope.
Ruby de Luna
Crime

Are we victims of a chicken conspiracy?

The average person eats over 100 pounds of chicken every year. That’s more than double what we ate when the USDA first started keeping track in the 70s. And the vast majority of that chicken comes from large poultry producers - think Tyson, Foster Farms, Pilgrim’s Pride.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
World

Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns

The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, a U.N. official warns.
The Associated Press
Arts & Life

The chili dynasty that's lasted a century

Ballard is a neighborhood in transition. There’s always a new townhouse going up, a restaurant calling it quits, a new, hyper-local apothecary moving in next door. But, among all that change, one establishment has remained for the last century.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Arts & Life

The number of Washington residents going hungry has nearly tripled. Some clinics are stepping in

You go to the doctor for health checkups and you’re likely to get screened for high blood pressure or disease. But lately, some clinics are screening for something else: food insecurity. A new program aims to address a problem that’s worsened since the pandemic.
Ruby de Luna
Food

Drop that fork! Why eating at your desk is banned in France

What the French history of the leisurely lunch break can teach us about separating work from rest.
Gregory Warner

Luis Trelles

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