Grantees

Support for a mobile farmers market approach with streamlined access to federal and state food benefits, providing a market with reduced production costs for local producers and no-cost food shopping for residents in need. 

Support for creating a community-based collaborative coordinating food relief work, developing a sustainability plan to secure future funding for the work, using different approaches to address the stigma associated with food assistance and educating the public about food insecurity.

Support for enhancing food access, nutrition education and sustainable Indigenous agriculture, including through traditional agriculture practices, food distribution, providing nutrition and cooking classes for Native youth and establishing an Indigenous seed library. 

Support for increasing distribution days and farmers markets and outreach to homebound residents, increasing food education programs, establishing a sustainable aquaponic farm and strengthening a coalition working to address food insecurity.

Support for strengthening and building a sustainable food system by identifying community priorities and implementing priority projects to increase access to nutritious foods, increase economic stability for those facing food insecurity and promote healthy eating through a sustainable food system. 

Support for providing a grocery delivery service, food pantry and distribution support, education and community engagement, and farm-to-consumer initiatives. 

Support for creating an urban garden growing 40,000 pounds of food and distributing community-supported agriculture boxes at Denver Health community health centers and the organization’s no-cost grocery.  

Support for delivering boxes of nutritious food to marginalized rural communities through a culturally and linguistically tailored approach, and providing education materials promoting healthy eating in Colorado’s agricultural worker communities.

Support for creating a campaign that aims to change the narrative that there’s not enough food, housing, jobs or access to water in Archuleta County, and engaging community members to grow and eat their own healthy foods and create systems and policies to increase access to nutritious food and increase economic stability.  

Support for addressing food insecurity and improving access to healthy, local and affordable food options in low-income, low-access areas by introducing healthy food in retail sites, increasing access to nutritious foods in institutional food programs, strengthening the middle of the supply chain, empowering underserved communities and strengthening the regional food systems backbone. (Fiscal sponsor: Onward! A Legacy Foundation)