More than a dozen shoppers mill around the Trader Joe’s-style shopping floor at Helping Hands Food Bank in Skagit County, filling up their carts with eggs, milk and locally grown produce.

Powered by an about $500,000 grant, the food bank is reimagining the impact it can have in Skagit County, going beyond the traditional role of providing food to the community to also injecting funds into the agriculture sector by buying food directly from farmers.

Video by Finn Wendt

Interviews by Isaac Stone Simonelli