Western Washington organization Modest Family Solutions is cutting waste, supporting farmers, providing fresh foods for purchase to consumers and using the proceeds to promote education and give to those who need it. On a cool day in November, volunteers gathered to smoke turkeys and prepare meals for purchase. The money would go to education about food sovereignty and to giving food to those who need it. "People do these feel good donations once or twice a year when people need food every single day," Adasha Turner said. "When you're talking about food and food justice, [a self-sufficient model is] huge. A lot of this is capitalistic, so if you cannot afford, it, you cannot have it. But that does not mean that it's not needed." Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/modest-family-solutions-reduces-food-waste/281-f4bd08ce-8c9d-49e3-b2fd-a39cba946874