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WSDA reorganizes food‑systems work; state studies rising household food insecurity
Summary
WSDA's new Farm and Food Systems Development Division will combine food assistance, regional markets and specialty crop programs. WSDA highlighted the WA Food Study and reported that in a recent survey one third of households earning $75,000–$150,000 reported food insecurity.
Katie Raines, WSDA director of food systems initiatives, told the Senate committee that the department has reorganized to create a Farm and Food Systems Development Division to better coordinate food‑systems investments and hunger‑relief partnerships.
Raines said the department uses multiple data sources to monitor household food security, including the state’s WA Food Study (run by the University of Washington and partners since 2020). She warned that the USDA's household food…
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