The Asian Business Institute and Resource Center helps local families during the coronavirus pandemic with its Micro Farmer Crop Buyback Program, purchasing crops that would likely go fallow due to the slowdown of farmer’s markets and decreased purchasing by restaurants.
FIRM was proud to provide space for volunteers and staff to help bag vegetables for churches and other groups to pick up and distribute in the community.
FIRM staff also provided vegetables to all Summerset residents, and over 100 other families throughout the city. Slavic House of Gospel, a founding partner of FIRM picked up hundreds of bags for their food distribution as did Hmong New Hope Christian Church.