Advocates bring new food security network to rural Utah communities

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 732

Last Updated: 3 days, 11 hours ago

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West of the Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats, in Wendover, a small city at Utah’s border with Nevada, high schoolers spent their morning packing and giving away food boxes to people facing food insecurity.

It was the first event of a new “community-based food security network” launched on Thursday by Chicanos por la Causa, a community development nonprofit, and Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake …

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