Grantees

The mission of Community Farmers Markets is to develop a local food infrastructure for long term sustainability and meaningful community impact. Our purpose is to root, grow, and preserve a diverse local food culture by maintaining an authentic space for all people to share community, fair food, and healthy lifestyles while providing a sustainable living for producers who steward the earth.

CFAC's mission is to grow a healthy local food community by preserving farmland, teaching new farmers, and making food accessible for all. CFAC works to grow robust, healthy statewide and regional food systems and a stronger community through the advancement of local, nutritious, culturally appropriate food accessibility for all Montanans, the support and training of beginning farmers and ranchers and farmland conservation efforts.

Community Harvest seeks to alleviate hunger through the full use of donated food and other resources.

• Regional food bank for nine counties in northeast Indiana
• Founded in 1983, Designated 501(c )3
• Member of Feeding America and Indiana’s State Association of Food Banks
• Annual Distribution Amounts: over 17.1 million pounds of food
• Organization’s Annual Budget: $4,408,190 (Current Fiscal Year)
• 98% of total income is allocated directly to programs

Community Kitchens Collaborative strives to end economic inequality, poverty, food waste, and hunger in our communities. Programs and services include hunger relief, food waste prevention, local food aggregation/food hub, and an incubator kitchen.

Compass is a multi-age learning community which fosters a passion for learning in all students so they can reach their full potential. We offer a project-based curriculum integrating academic disciplines, emphasizing social responsibility and environmental sustainability, in small classroom settings to prepare each graduate to be a responsible citizen in the global community. Providing opportunities for students to cultivate agricultural skills is an integral part of our mission.

Cooking with Kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods. We aim to positively change eating behaviors, increase home cooking practices, and support public schools in their efforts to engage students in creative and cross-disciplinary ways. As we tell our students: We take care of ourselves when we cook; we use science and math when we cook; we learn about our world when we cook!

Cornucopia provides hands-on education about nutrition, horticulture, environmentalism, and community. We operate an educational farm with outdoor growing areas, three high tunnels and a pollinator habitat. It is the hub of Farm to Fork, one of three programs we offer. The farm is centrally located in our school district, across from the high school. We have a history of hands-on education that highlights the importance of nutrition, environmental awareness, and community; while delivering solid academic work that satisfies state and federal education goals. Our farm production has expanded into a vibrant, living, outdoor classroom. Students will have opportunities to explore how their food grows, participate in farming, and eat organically-grown vegetables.

Daily Table’s mission is to provide fresh, tasty, convenient and nutritious food to communities most in need at prices everyone can afford. Through a network of nonprofit grocery stores offering affordable and healthy food, we empower people to eat well with the power of their own dollars. We believe that delicious and wholesome food should be available to all. By partnering with growers, manufacturers and other suppliers, we source high-quality food at low costs and make it available to everyone.

DC Central Kitchen’s (DCCK’s) mission is to use food as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities. We train people with high barriers to employment for culinary careers and employ more than 130 of our graduates in our social enterprises, fighting hunger’s immediate effects and root causes through innovative partnerships with local farms, front-line nonprofits, schools, and corner stores.

DUG's mission is to provide access, skills and resources for people to grow healthy food in community and regenerate urban greenspaces. Vision: A sustainable urban future where people are deeply and directly connected to the earth, each other and the food they eat. Established in 1985, DUG supports residents in creating sustainable, food-producing community gardens. With 193 gardens, including 74 at schools, 1 farm and 6 food forests, DUG is now the largest independent network of community gardens in the country.