Kent-based nonprofit Project Feast will receive an $86,750 grant from King County to help rescue surplus crops from local farmers to support culinary training for immigrants and refugees and provide free meals to food-insecure residents.

King County Executive Shannon Braddock announced Sept. 3 a combined $2.17 million in grant funding for 14 projects that will reduce waste and keep valuable resources in the economy and out of the landfill.

Nearly half of the projects will reduce food waste by collecting unused crops from local farms for culinary training and free meals, reducing waste generated from events, and converting food waste into organic fertilizer for local farmers, according to a Sept 3 King County Executive Office press release. King County’s Solid Waste Division administers t

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