Living Cities engaged with Jeff Brown and UpLift Solutions to learn more about the mechanics of his business model and the value in creating career pathways for local low-income residents. They conducted a series of interviews with Jeff to kick off this work. In this first installment, Jeff discusses the specifics of the UpLift supermarket business model, including the impetus for its creation and lessons from its successes and challenges.

This study examines the long-term impact of the Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI) on rural grocery stores. The Reinvestment Fund gathered information from store owners on how FFFI financing had affected their ability to access credit, stay in business, carry new lines of products (including fresh foods and produce) and stimulate economic activity in their communities.

DaFresh Seafood and Produce Store has been awarded $117,000 by the New Orleans Fresh Food Retailer Initiative, which in partnership with Hope Enterprise Corp. and The Food Trust is providing loans to existing and startup grocers in underserved New Orleans communities.

This guide serves as a resource for independent retailers who are seeking information on how to merchandise and promote their selection of fresh produce. It provides information about produce storage and display, cross promotion merchandising techniques, and promotional activities to educate low-income consumers on how to purchase, store, and prepare fresh produce.

A group of community organizations transforming a patch of overgrown land on Spartanburg's north side into a complex of buildings dubbed the Northside Healthy Food Hub. When completed, the compound will host a garden, a community kitchen and a cafe that sells nutritious, ready-made meals and fresh produce.

NYFC represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success. They support practices and policies that will sustain young, independent and prosperous farmers now and in the future.

This report examines the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of eight diverse food value chains to glean practical lessons about how they operate, the challenges they face, and how they take advantage of emerging opportunities for marketing differentiated food products.

An online guide with steps to starting a food co-op, which also includes case studies, how to convert private grocery stores into co-ops, what the director should do after hiring a GM, etc.

An article discussing the important implications of quality food sources in low-income and rural neighborhoods. Provides justification on the importance of access to healthy food as a measure of quality of life.