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VISTA logo    Food Roots Welcomes New Americorps VISTA:

Expanding capacity to serve Latinos and Veterans

In February of this year, Food Roots welcomed Americorps VISTA member, Katie Gardner, and a partnership with MercyCorps Northwest. Katie joins us for a one-year service project to help expand our micro-enterprise and healthy food access programming to underserved Latinos and veterans in Tillamook County.

Katie will be working to develop and strengthen partnerships with local, regional and state agencies, community partners, volunteers and community leaders who work to serve Latinos and Veterans and increase economic and healthy future opportunities. 

Through this project, we will also be working to identify and address barriers in developing food system micro-enterprises and healthy food access opportunities for low income Veterans and Latinos in Tillamook County. 

To learn more about Katie, visit our About page. 

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  • About Food Roots

    Food Roots mission is to cultivate a healthy food system for our North Coast of Oregon communities. Our purpose is to serve as a catalyst and advocate for change in our food system. We do this by forging strong and fruitful partnerships and by empowering communities and individuals to be more food self-reliant. Food Roots supports a northwest Oregon network of partners and individuals working to grow food and farm businesses and to improve access to healthy local food.

  • Contact Us

    Suite B, 1906 3rd St,
    Tillamook, OR 97141

    (503) 815-2800

    office@foodrootsnw.org

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