TC Food Justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis that works with co-ops, grocery stores, and farmers markets to re-distribute their unsalable foods to local hunger relief organizations. We focus on vegetables, fruits, and nutrient rich breads because hunger relief organizations often find it challenging to consistently provide fresh food options for their clients. We seek to improve food insecure individuals’ access to fresh, nutritious food.
Table to Table bridges the gap between abundance and hunger. Our mission is to increase food equity and reduce environmental harm by collecting and redistributing surplus food through partners to people who can use it.
The Regenerative Agriculture Alliance was created in 2018 as the non-profit arm of a larger ecosystem designed to build a regenerative, equitable, and socially just agriculture sector. We are focused on scaling up a systems-level regenerative poultry solution that restores ecological balance, produces nourishing food, and puts money back into the hands of farmers and food chain workers.
REAP Food Group's mission is to transform communities, economies, and lives through the power of good food.
Propeller grows and supports entrepreneurs to tackle social and environmental disparities. Our vision is an inclusive and thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem that responds to community needs and creates the conditions for an equitable future. Propeller puts an emphasis on local, industry-based programming that leverages four strategies for change: access to capital, direct assistance to entrepreneurs, inclusive procurement and advocacy work, and a physical building to serve as a community hub.
The Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) is a membership based non-profit organization created to address the inequity that exist in the food and farming industry for Hmong farmers and their families in the Twin Cities and the surrounding metropolitan area. The mission of the organization is to advance the economic prosperity of Hmong farming families through capacity building, strategic partnerships, cooperative endeavors, community engagement and advocacy.
Ecosystems of Care works to build stronger and more just systems of food, information, and resources, to forge connections across neighbors, and generate community power.
Market Box, the core project of Ecosystems of Care, bulk-buys food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago. In supporting our local food ecosystem and our communities, we seek to reimagine how neighbors can act with accountability towards each other and generate community power in the face of government neglect.
Dion’s Chicago Dream focuses on identifying and combating food insecurity throughout the Chicagoland area, using nutritional philanthropy as a catalyst to build community and transform lives.
RestoreOKC is a community development organization focused on the restoration of health, environment, reconciliation, and equity with neighbors in Northeast Oklahoma City.
The Food Group’s mission is: Fighting hunger. Nourishing our community. Since 2005, The Food Group has offered culturally specific foods and resources to build cultural responsiveness.