A lending program and set of loan and grant products from IFF. It is designed to invest approximately $30 million over the next three to four years in full service grocery stores to increase the availability of fresh food in high need communities throughout Illinois.
Through a range of programs at the USDA and, the Healthy Food Financing Initiative will expand the availability of nutritious food, including developing and equipping grocery stores, small retailers, corner stores, and farmers markets selling healthy food.
A toolkit to help new and emerging healthy food system value chain efforts. It draws heavily from the experience of the Appalachian Sustainable Development and Appalachian Harvest network.
FRESH provides zoning and financial incentives to promote the establishment and retention of neighborhood grocery stores in underserved communities throughout the five boroughs.
FRESH provides zoning and financial incentives to promote the establishment and retention of neighborhood grocery stores in underserved communities throughout the five boroughs.
The Farmers Market Coalition seeks to strengthen farmers' markets' capacity to serve farmers, consumers, and communities by providing the rapidly growing movement with information, tools, and representation at state and federal levels. The Farmers Market Coalition helps build networks, link peers, inspire leadership, and connect farmers markets old and new with resources for success.
Examines the barriers to the Detroit grocery sector’s expansion and recommend methods by which to overcome those obstacles.
The Colorado Health Foundation, The Food Trust and the Denver Department of Environmental Health Denver Healthy People Program have worked to bring together the needed stakeholders to ensure that all Denver residents live in areas that provide access to safe, healthy and affordable food.
FEED DC Act incentivizes grocery store development. The Act builds on the District’s existing Supermarket Tax Exemption to create a package of incentives and assistance for new grocery store developments and for grocery store renovations in lower-income parts of the city.
The study looks a values-driven wholesale distributor of food grown in Philadelphia can fit the needs of consumers and markets, it also develops a model that allows start-ups to grow their distribution enterprise.