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Collage of FareStart members cooking, packaging and distributing food to the community

April 27, 2021

2021 Strategic Priorities: Pandemic Recovery & Advancing Racial Equity

FareStart’s 2021 Strategic Priorities Dear FareStart Community, From navigating a global pandemic to the continued fight for...

FareStart meals packaged, labeled and ready to be enjoyed

March 25, 2021

Amazon’s longstanding partnership fuels FareStart’s mission

Amazon has supported FareStart in so many ways for so long, it’s hard to list them all. From one year to the next, they’ve stepped up and deepened...

Chef Wayne with his thoughts on racial equity

February 12, 2021

Chef Wayne Johnson: Milestones and BHM Reflections

It has been almost a year since FareStart closed its restaurant and cafes, put in-person programs on hold and pivoted our work to emergency meal...

FareStart meals being packaged during the COVID-19 pandemic

January 28, 2021

2020: Hope Was Not Cancelled

Photo by Joshua Lewis Despite the pandemic, FareStart experienced incredible strength, resiliency and hope in 2020. We witnessed how crisis brings the...

The FareStart Restaurant space being repurposed for meal packaging during the pandemic

November 12, 2020

Virtual Training at FareStart – The Second Pivot

As most supporters likely know, FareStart reoriented its business operations rapidly in March in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We ramped up our...

FareStart students and chefs preparing and delivering a variety of meals

August 31, 2020

What’s Ahead for FareStart

FareStart, along with the rest of the nation, is learning to live with a high degree of uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are mourning...

FareStart Program trainer Ms. Joan in the classroom

August 28, 2020

Self-Empowerment with Ms. Joan

COVID-19 may have put a pause on FareStart’s job training programs, but it also gave staff an opportunity to assess and evolve some of our...

July 7, 2020

On hold during COVID-19, FareStart students find jobs, purpose, hope

FareStart has helped over 60 students and graduates find employment with numerous employers in the Seattle area since COVID-19 put their training or...

FareStart Adult Culinary Program and the Apprenticeship Program graduate Silah

June 22, 2020

Silah’s Story: “FareStart has opened so many doors for me”

Silah (she/her) graduated from FareStart’s Adult Culinary Program in 2015 and the Apprenticeship Program in 2018. Her dream is to open a soup...