Alaska is sending over $300,000 worth of Alaskan seafood, or about 3,600 cases of canned pink salmon, to Ukraine.
Bruce Schactler, the institute’s food aid program and development director, said ASMI doesn’t own any of the seafood but has helped manage the state’s aid programs.
“We do things on behalf of the Legislature, the State of Alaska,” he said. “Most recently, at the request of the Legislature, we sent three containers of canned salmon over to Ukraine.” The state has aided in several disasters over the years. Through ASMI, it has sent food to the Philippines after devastating typhoons and areas suffering food insecurity in Africa and the Middle East as well.“ASMI’s been facilitating humanitarian aid for last 20 years,” he said.
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