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After 25 Years, Seattleites Still Walk For Rice (And Tofu, And Bok Choy)

Walk for Rice helps fill food bank shelves with culture-appropriate staples.
Flick photo/Christina B Castro (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Walk for Rice helps fill food bank shelves with culture-appropriate staples.

Jeannie Yandel speaks with Herb Tsuchiya, an 82-year old retired pharmacist, who founded the Walk For Rice 25 years ago with his wife, Bertha, and their friend Sam Mistui.

Photo: "Jasmine Rice" by Christina B Castro on flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)