WAFOOD 6 Survey Now Open: Share Your Experience to Support Statewide Food Access Research

Northwest Harvest is helping spread the word that WAFOOD 6, the latest round of Washington’s statewide food access and wellbeing survey, is now open for participation. The survey is conducted by the WAFOOD research team, which works to better understand how households across Washington are experiencing food access, economic pressures, and physical and emotional wellbeing.

The survey will remain open until at least April 15, with the possibility of extending through the end of April.

About the WAFOOD Survey

The WAFOOD survey series is a long‑running research effort led by the University of Washington and Washington State University. Together, these institutions have developed and conducted the survey since 2020 to better understand food access, economic security, and household wellbeing across Washington state.

The interdisciplinary research team includes leaders and faculty from the UW Center for Public Health Nutrition, UW School of Public Health, and WSU Food Systems Program, along with community‑based collaborators. Their combined expertise in epidemiology, nutrition, food systems, and community health shapes the design, analysis, and dissemination of each survey wave.

Survey Details

Time to complete: Approximately 15–20 minutes
Languages available: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean, Tagalog, Simplified Chinese, and Somali
Response privacy: All responses are anonymous
Incentive: Participants may opt into a raffle for 1 of 100 $50 gift cards

👉 Take the English survey here: https://redcap.link/WAFOOD6

Participants can select their preferred language at the top of the survey page.

How to Help Share the Survey

Northwest Harvest is encouraging partners, community organizations, and individuals to help the WAFOOD team reach a broad and diverse respondent pool. Any support in sharing the survey through your networks—whether via newsletters, listservs, social media, community meetings, or other communication channels—is greatly appreciated.

To make outreach easy, the WAFOOD team has prepared a full set of recruitment materials, including:

• A template email
• Social media posts
• A printable flyer with QR code
• Project graphics
• Multilingual survey links

👉 Access recruitment materials:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PLN20rKginDgCyxShbUpIeRN57tBcuCU?usp=drive_link

Learn More About WAFOOD

Background information, past reports, and previous findings from the WAFOOD project are available on the project’s website. These resources offer deeper context for how the survey data is used and why community participation is so important.