Grantees

Support for expanding food security work in southwest Denver by creating an urban garden for local residents, distributing community-supported agriculture boxes at Denver Health community health centers and at Re:Vision’s weekly no-cost grocery store, delivering an intergenerational food security and nutrition curriculum, and enrolling residents into benefits programs.

Support for the Project Protect Promotora Network to deliver boxes of nutritious food and educational materials to rural community members and Colorado’s agricultural worker communities.

Support for implementing a social marketing campaign to shift perceptions of growing and eating more fresh and local foods, engaging the community and creating systems and policies to help increase access to nutritious food, increase economic stability for those experiencing food insecurity, and promote healthy eating.

Support for introducing healthy food options in retail sites, increasing access to nutritious foods in institutional food programs, strengthening the middle of the supply chain, and strengthening the regional food system in southwest Colorado.

Support to maintain subsidized and free community-supported agriculture (CSA) shares for high-need community members; expand no-cost grocery and healing foods programs; offer vocational training to develop skilled farmers who sustainably produce nutritious food and are well-versed in food justice advocacy; deliver classes on topics related to home- and community-scale food cultivation; and coordinate delivery and localized pickup sites to customers and partners including food banks, nonprofits and CSA customers.

Support for operating a mobile app that allows for local growers to donate homegrown produce. The project aims to expand access to fresh, homegrown produce to 50% of all Colorado zip codes.

Support for addressing barriers to fresh food access in four communities in El Paso County through delivery of healthy meal kits, Fresh Move Market, Southeast Soil Cyclers, community fridge, Black Foodways Research Project, food distribution and delivery, compost expansion, and urban farm expansion.

Support for expanding meal delivery, diversifying program offerings (food sponsors of child care centers, family child care homes and afterschool programs), piloting new programs (providing meals to online learners), and delivering meals to those on Medicaid with Home and Community-Based Services waivers.

Support for procuring various fresh, healthy foods for distribution to communities throughout the county with a mobile food pantry.

Support for increasing food access in the Denver metro area via a new mobile food market location, expanded partnerships with nonprofit food recipients, more food donors, and enhanced food education.