Nuevo program busca combatir la inseguridad alimentaria entre trabajadores agrícolas en el Condado de Yolo

WORKERS NEED THIS HELP. YOLO COUNTY IS KNOWN FOR ITS LARGE AND DIVERSE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. SO MUCH OF THE FOOD THAT WE’RE KNOWN FOR IN THE FARM TO FORK REGION IS GROWN HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, AND MORE THAN 7000 FARM WORKERS LIKE JUAN CARLOS RIVERA HELP GROW THE FOOD THAT FEEDS PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION. MANDARINA LIMON THEY HARVEST EVERYTHING FROM MANDARINS TO LIMES AND TOMATOES. ALARMINGLY, MORE THAN 50% OF THESE WORKERS DEAL WITH FOOD INSECURITY, ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE YOLO FOOD BANK. IT’S AN INJUSTICE, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY BEING THAT OUR COUNTY IS SO AGRICULTURALLY RICH. THERE’S SO MANY FARMS HERE. AMONG THE BARRIERS, LIMITED ACCESS TO FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULES, RURAL LOCATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES. TO ADDRESS THAT, THE YOLO FOOD BANK AND SUTTER HEALTH CREATED THE CULTIVO PROGRAM, WHICH BRINGS MONTHLY POP UP FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS, FARMS, AND THE FARMWORKERS NEIGHBORHOODS. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE JUST HOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE WAITING. AND WE’RE WE’RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THE FOOD. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MORE THAN 100 FARMWORKERS RECEIVED FOOD ASSISTANCE AT A WOODLAND SITE. ENOUGH TO LAST AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, DEPENDING ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE. IT LASTS ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 WEEKS, AND FOR SUTTER HEALTH, FOOD IS MEDICINE. BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO FRESH AND HEALTHY FOODS HELPS TO PREVENT CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES AND HEART FAILURE. RIVERA, WHO STOPPED BY A DISTRIBUTION SITE, SAYS THIS HELPS WITH THE RISING COST OF FOOD. TAHOE NOSOTROS COMO CINCO DOLARES Y. APOYO CULTIVO IS SPANISH FOR CROP. FOR A MAN WHO WORKS TO BRING CROPS TO OTHERS. RIVERA IS GRATEFUL FOR A PROGRAM THAT BRINGS THAT SAME FOOD TO HIS FAMILY, AND THESE POP UP FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS WILL HAPPEN ONCE A MONTH FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. CATALINA ESTRADA, KCRA THREE NEWS. IT’S GREAT TO SEE THAT EFFORT IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE