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WHAT WE DO

We strengthen community health, regional economies, and environmental sustainability by creating equitable, resilient, and more sustainable
food systems
Our work currently focuses on three initiatives
for a more equitable and sustainable food system: 

Equity & Climate Marketplace

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WAVE
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Empowering a more just, resilient, and self-sustaining food system by connecting rural, women, and BIPOC food producers and entrepreneurs to business support, supply chains, and buyers.

Zero Food Waste

ZERO
FOOD
WASTE

Connecting public venues and food service companies to non-profit food distribution organizations - creating a clear and timely path for reusable food to make it to those who need it most, and composting what remains.

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Food & Nutrition Relief

FOOD &
NUTRITION
RELIEF 

Connecting public venues and food service companies to non-profit food distribution organizations, creating a clear and timely path for reusable food to make it to those who need it most.

Our Impact

Our food initiatives serve rural and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, prioritizing sourcing from these providers and supplying healthy, sustainable, and culturally relevant foods to these communities.  

~45,540

Tribal Nation community
members engaged

Over

6,500,000

meal equivalents 
served

100,000+ LBS.

of Tribally caught seafood purchased

More than

8,000,000
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pounds of food items distributed

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~1,000

fishers and fish workers compensated for labor through our Food Program

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bottles of water provided to Tribal Nation Communities

15,000+
6,375

hot meals distributed to those impacted by the Detroit, OR and Southern Oregon wildfires

40

generator and equipment packages provided to the Columbia River Tribal Nation communities

$25,000

grant awarded to develop a Pacific Northwest Intertribal Agriculture and Producer Guide to provide regional access to Tribal foods and increase Tribal food economy
(in partnership with Spring Alaska Schreiner of Sakari Farms)

More than

300

agricultural businesses supported with purchases by The Wave Foundation

(Stats through December, 2022)

Seedlings
We partner with experts all along the food system to ensure healthy and sustainable food gets to the people who need it.   
Interested in partnering with The Wave Foundation to improve broken food systems, develop infrastructure, and elevate the voices of those historically left behind?   
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