Ready to Grow: A Plan for Increasing Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Production - Action Plan and Feasibility Study
Overview
A research, analysis and strategic planning project led by FamilyFarmed.org located in Oak Park, Illinois
New York City Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH)
Overview
FRESH provides zoning and financial incentives to promote the establishment and retention of neighborhood grocery stores in underserved communities throughout the five boroughs.
New York City Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH)
Overview
FRESH provides zoning and financial incentives to promote the establishment and retention of neighborhood grocery stores in underserved communities throughout the five boroughs.
Detroit Fresh Food Access Initiative-Report of Task Force Findings
Overview
Examines the barriers to the Detroit grocery sector’s expansion and recommend methods by which to overcome those obstacles.
Denver Healthy Food Access Initiative
Overview
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.
D.C. Healthy Food Retail Program
Overview
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 Common Market Feasibility Study
Overview
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.
New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative Program
Overview
The City of New Orleans prioritized healthy food retailing in the strategic rebuilding of the city by creating the Fresh Food Retailer Initiative Program (FFRI). The program provides direct financial assistance to retail businesses by awarding forgivable and/or low-interest loans to supermarkets and other fresh food retailers.
A Food Systems Overview
Overview
A primer on the successful financing of healthy food systems. There are five case studies of food system enterprises that work to grow, process, aggregate/distribute, and/or retail healthy food in low-income communities. The primer also includes a sector-by-sector analysis of food sector capital needs and interdependencies and an introduction to Food Policy Councils.