San Francisco Supervisor Mar says a recent city analysis shows that hundreds of mom-and-pop shops would close if more big-box chains start selling groceries in San Francisco. To save the small stores Mar wants to give shop owners incentives to sell more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Federal legislation to provide assistance and opportunity for the creation and support of sustainable agriculture activities in America’s cities and to improve access to healthy nutrition in America’s cities.

Explores the goals of HFFI, its modes of financing, and its range of interventions intended to expand the supply and demand for nutritious food and help eliminate food deserts.

 This webinar discusses how to identify and leverage financing mechanisms to create healthier food options in local communities, and heard from people who have experience launching and sustaining successful projects.

A guide describing grants and programs relevant to regional and local food systems development to help people take advantage of them and receive program funding.

The report provides information on funding and financing opportunities in Vermont's food system. It also looks at emerging models that improve the existing food system. This is an excerpt from the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund “Farm to Plate Strategic Plan”.

A panel of funding experts illustrate the many conventional and unconventional ways food hubs can secure needed capital. Three hubs are highlighted and the panel advises on how to best access grants, loans, and other creative financing sources appropriate to that hub.

The Food, Environment, and Economic Development (FEED) Act aims to close the grocery gap and capture those opportunities while also enabling more residents to eat a healthy diet. In creates incentives to draw full-service grocery stores to low-income food deserts and provides funding for a Healthy Food Retail Program.

The Farmers Market Promotion Program offers grants to help improve and expand existing market opportunities. Agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, producer associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers’ market authorities and Tribal governments are among those eligible to apply.

A webinar that examines ways to finance a co-op, modes of achieving sources of capital and strategies to work with primary lenders.