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[KING5 News] Northwest Harvest CEO Thomas Reynolds speaks with KING 5 about the ongoing government shutdown and how local nonprofits are stepping up...
KING 5 needs your help to raise $5 million for Home Team Harvest, to support food access across Washington state Since 2001, Home Team Harvest has...
The shelves at food pantries across the Inland Northwest are bare, and they turn to places like 2nd Harvest and Northwest Harvest to restock them But...
[Cascade PBS] Gov Ferguson announced plans to route $22M weekly to local food banks, as residents stand to lose food stamps on Nov 1 amid the federal...
With no end to the government shutdown in sight, food assistance organizations across western Washington brace for a massive influx of people seeking...
[Yakima Herald] Fears that the Trump administration would cut food assistance programs at the start of the year were well founded when the “One...
[Yakima Herald Republic] About 25 community members attended a town hall meeting about the impact of the Trump administration’s “One Big,...
OLYMPIA — Governor Bob Ferguson held a press conference today to detail the Washington State Office of Financial Management’s stand-alone,...
Washington’s already-squeezed food bank system expects further pressure as an estimated 170,000 residents stand to lose food stamp benefits under...
SEATTLE — As food banks across Washington brace for a possible surge in need, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash, visited the SODO Community...
Anna Nepomuceno (she/her) is the Director of Public Policy at Northwest Harvest. She leads the organization’s advocacy strategy to advance local, state, and federal laws that strengthen food security and uphold food as a basic human right. Anna analyzes public policy through an equity lens and helps shape and draft legislation that centers the needs of communities most affected by hunger. She builds and sustains relationships with lawmakers, state agencies, and nonprofit partners, championing grassroots engagement and uplifting BIPOC and other marginalized voices to ensure public policy is informed by lived experience and community power.
Natasha Dworkin (she/her) is the Director of Communications at Northwest Harvest. She leads statewide communications, storytelling, and public engagement efforts focused on building collective action toward a more just food system. Her work centers lived experience, data‑driven messaging, and values‑aligned narratives that move audiences beyond charity toward solidarity. Natasha oversees integrated campaigns, media strategy, and community engagement initiatives that elevate the impacts of public policy and federal funding on food access across Washington.
