For Immediate Release: 3.8 Million Awarded by the Chicago Region Food System Fund

enero 22nd, 2024

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3.8 MILLION AWARDED BY THE CHICAGO REGION FOOD SYSTEM FUND

***Grants Support Food System Resilience and Adaptability***

The Chicago Region Food System Fund (CRFSF/the Fund) announces grant awards for the “Grow Local and Regional Food System Resources” round of grant funding. $3,800,000 is awarded to 39 organizations for projects that build on previous grantmaking by the Chicago Region Food System Fund to strengthen a resilient food system for the Chicago region. “Grow Local and Regional Food System Resources” is the second of three interconnected rounds of funding through April 2024. Round Three, “Prepare for Future Food System Emergencies,” opens February 12, 2024. The Fund will hold an informational webinar for Round Three on Wednesday, February 14 at 2pm CST.

“Grow Local and Regional Food System Resources” grant recipients announced today are:

65th & Woodlawn and Kumunda Gardens, $100,000
Academy for Global Citizenship, $50,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship, $150,000
Allies for Community Business, $125,000
Chicago Grows Food, $25,000
Chicago Lights, $150,000
The Common Market, $100,000
Community Development Institute, $75,000
The Conservation Fund, $100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation, $100,000
Enlace Chicago, $150,000
Equity and Transformation, $100,000
Evanston Latinos NFP, $100,000
Experimental Station, $50,000
Fair Food Network, $150,000
Farmers Rising, $125,000
The Flow Foundation Inc, $75,000
Gardeneers, $75,000
God’s Farmacy, $100,000
The Good Samaritan Inn, $75,000
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, $50,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network, $150,000
Just Roots, $150,000
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County – Woodstock, IL, $25,000
Little Village Community Foundation, $100,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, $150,000
NeighborSpace, $100,000
NWI Food Council, $100,000
Plant Chicago, $125,000
PS Its Social, $50,000
Real Foods Collective, $100,000
Runaway Buckers Club Inc, $100,000
St Sabina Church, $50,000
Street Vendors Association of Chicago, $150,000
Think Regeneration NFP, $50,000
Urban Growers Collective, $100,000
Wood St. Collective, $75,000
YMEN, $125,000
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, $75,000

Project descriptions follow at the end of this release.

Today’s grant awards are part of $10 million in additional funding announced in January 2023. Including today’s funding announcements, the Chicago Region Food System Fund has distributed a total of $17,923,150 to 183 grantees since June 2020.

“Organizations across the Chicago food system—from Chicago neighborhoods to Joliet communities and from McHenry County farms to northwest Indiana gardens—received funding in this round,” said Chicago Region Food System Fund Steering Committee member Dan Kenney. “What connects all of these projects, which are diverse in scale and geography, is that each of them contributes to a revitalized and reimagined food system, grounded in equity, expertise, and engagement”

Created in the early months of the COVID-19 crisis, the Chicago Region Food System Fund focuses on building resilience in the local food system, an area approximately 200 miles from Chicago. The Fund promotes organizations producing food in, and supplying food to, communities of color. Fresh Taste, fiscally sponsored by Forefront, manages the Fund.

The Chicago Region Food System Fund Steering Committee includes six community representatives and three funder representatives. The Steering Committee comprises Lenore Beyer, Dion Dawson, Dan Kenney, Haven Leeming, Jose Oliva, Gina Roxas, Alexandra Sossa, Janelle St. John, and Jack Westwood.

Major funders of the Chicago Region Food System Fund are Builders Initiative, Food:Land:Opportunity (funded through the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust), Fresh Taste, The Lumpkin Family Foundation, Margot L. Pritzker Fund, and Walder Foundation. The Fund welcomes additional support.

Fresh Taste is a collaborative funder initiative committed to racial and economic equity and focused on changing the way food is grown, processed, distributed, and consumed in the Chicago region to promote healthy land, healthy people, and healthy communities. Fresh Taste’s vision is that residents of the Chicago region eat local fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meat, and dairy products produced through regenerative agriculture and brought to tables by local businesses.

Forefront is Illinois’ membership association for nonprofits, grantmakers, advisors, public agencies, and their allies. They provide education, advocacy, thought leadership, and facilitate collective action around issues that are important to its members and to the sector. Forefront oversees and is responsible for all financial and legal activities of Fresh Taste.

Project Descriptions

65th & Woodlawn and Kumunda Gardens, $100,000
NeighborSpace will install a water line to Kumunda Garden, acquire a small parcel of vacant land north of the garden, and conduct projects and repairs that they are not able to cover with annual plot fees. They will also create a scholarship program.

Academy for Global Citizenship, $50,000
Academy for Global Citizenship will implement and expand a plant-forward institutional food service model in public schools as a highly effective pathway for increasing the purchase and consumption of local, sustainably grown and raised foods in underserved Chicago communities.

Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship, $150,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship will create an alternative local food collection channel for small and mid-sized food producers in the Chicago region. They will then aggregate and distribute products to food pantries, stores, or wholesalers as needed year around.

Allies for Community Business, $125,000
Via The Hatchery, Allies for Community Business and the Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago will provide the space and training that food entrepreneurs and workers need to grow businesses that expand local food sourcing and create wealth and jobs on Chicago’s West Side.

Chicago Grows Food, $25,000
Grow Your Groceries Grow Kit and Home Garden programs address the physical and educational barriers that individuals face to growing food at home by providing the materials, supplies, resources, and support for anyone to garden at home.

Chicago Lights, $150,000
Chicago Lights will work with the Chicago Housing Authority to relocate its Urban Farm and restore its long-standing community programming, which includes direct food distribution to long-time collaborating residents of the Cabrini Green Rowhouses.

The Common Market, $100,000
The Common Market will connect Chicago communities to local food and health services. The Common Market, Chi-Fresh Kitchen, and Rush Hospitals will provide meals made with regional products to RUSH West side neighborhoods.

Community Development Institute, $75,000
Community Development Institute aims to boost their current food supply capacity for students and families, the school, and the community. They will use high-yield, bio-intensive growing methods and season-extension technology to provide healthy food in a sustainable way.

The Conservation Fund, $100,000
The Conservation Fund’s Midwest Farms Fund addresses the land access bottleneck by providing land access and a patient path to affordable land ownership for diverse, next-generation farmers.

Elawa Farm Foundation, $100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation is expanding their food hub operation to include additional aggregation space and equipment, a new commercial kitchen and on-site café, food business incubator space, hoophouse, and additional employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

Enlace Chicago, $150,000
Enlace Chicago’s Community Gardens engage Little Village community residents in the cultivation and harvesting of produce to increase access of healthy food options for their community and engage them in health and wellness services.

Equity and Transformation, $100,000
Equity and Transformation’s United We EAT program aims to improve food security by establishing a community garden in Joliet that will provide fresh food to people living in the area who currently lack access to healthy, affordable food due to systemic disinvestment and food apartheid.

Evanston Latinos NFP, $100,000
Evanston Latinos aims to provide a shared commercial cooperative kitchen in Evanston. Through this project, they will encourage entrepreneurship, create jobs, and improve well-being to enable the Latino community to thrive in Evanston.

Experimental Station, $50,000
Experimental Station’s 61st Street Farmers Market will provide BIPOC growers and community gardeners on Chicago’s South and West Sides with the training and support to be successful with direct-to-consumer markets in Chicago.

Fair Food Network, $150,000
Funds will catalyze site planning to expand meat processing capacity to supply the Chicago foodshed via construction of a new Latinx-owned USDA-inspected facility in Michigan, distributing local meat products via e-commerce, wholesale, and retail.

Farmers Rising, $125,000
Farmers Rising (formerly Angelic Organics Learning Center) aspires to empower the next generation of regenerative agriculture leaders through farmland access and technical assistance, with a special focus on climate change adaptation and regenerative livestock production.

The Flow Foundation Inc, $75,000
The Flow Foundation Inc will create a sustainable urban garden in the low-to-medium income areas of Chicago, specifically targeting survivors of domestic violence and single mothers.

Gardeneers, $75,000
Gardeneers’ school-based garden program increases participation in the food system for the next generation of food justice advocates by providing the knowledge and skills to grow food within their own communities—neighborhoods that historically lack access to fresh fruit and vegetables.

God’s Farmacy, $100,000
God’s Farmacy will scale up farm operations at their new location in Glenwood, expand their food distribution efforts, and build on their partnership with District 205 school. They will also be launching their flagship Restart For Health program.

The Good Samaritan Inn, $75,000
The Good Samaritan Inn’s Mercy Gardens will increase production or distribution of locally grown food to the greater Chicago region through aggregation and distribution, prioritizing historically underserved communities.

Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, $50,000
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage’s West Suburban Latino Garden and Foraging Initiative seeks to empower local Latinx workers economically and culturally and enrich the community through a Mexican garden in Glendale Heights that will include a foraging orchard featuring native edibles.

Inner City Muslim Action Network, $150,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network’s Go Green Fresh Market will increase participation for low-income residents of Englewood in the local food system by subsidizing products from local and BIPOC growers and piloting an in-store credit program for food insecure residents.

Just Roots, $150,000
Just Roots plans to expand the scale of “It Takes A Village Community Farm” in order to produce more food on an annual basis, deepen and enhance their programs and services, and facilitate increased participation in the local food system in south Cook County.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, $25,000
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will expand their nascent food forest to increase their community presence and install infrastructure to ensure the success of the project.

Little Village Community Foundation, $100,000
Little Village Community Foundation will support FoodHero, a community asset food business and wellness incubator that empowers the local food ecosystem through culinary training and food entrepreneurship, a shared kitchen, nutrition, and food rescue and wellness benefits.

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, $150,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization’s La Villita Farm is a 1.3-acre urban farm. Funds will support an off-grid solar irrigation system that is needed to increase the farm’s growing capacity and increase the number of Latine families who receive fresh produce and support.

NeighborSpace, $100,000
NeighborSpace will host 16 workshops with 50 volunteer leaders on community garden/neighborhood farm stewardship and food production. Shared best practices will be documented in printed/digital toolkits to be distributed citywide among garden/farm networks.

NWI Food Council, $100,000
NWI Food Council will overcome emergent bottlenecks in their growth phase as they work to strengthen farm viability and food security with solidarity economies, expanded cold chain, forward contracts with priority farmers, and responsive food access programs.

Plant Chicago, $125,000
Plant Chicago continues their programs, including food access, markets, and indoor victory garden project. Collectively these activities support small food producers and ensure that low income residents have access to locally and sustainably produced food.

PS Its Social, $50,000
PS Its Social is enhancing employment training through nationally recognized credentials, leadership development, and integrating inventory control technology to help BIPOC young adults expand their skills and increase their earning potential and entrepreneurship.

Real Foods Collective, $100,000
Real Foods Collective will purchase and renovate a multi-use building for farmers and food business entrepreneurs to process local foods. The shared space will support 6-12 entrepreneurs to aggregate, produce, store, and sell foods in Maywood and surrounding suburbs.

Runaway Buckers Club Inc, $100,000
Runaway Buckers Club Inc needs infrastructure to distribute meat, vegetables, and dairy to at least 30 families per week, all year, in Pembroke Township through Local Food Purchasing Act, and WIC, and SNAP programs.

St Sabina Church, $50,000
St Sabina Church plans to start a prescription produce program and support local community gardens in Auburn Gresham and Roseland on the Southside of Chicago.

Street Vendors Association of Chicago, $150,000
Street Vendors Association of Chicago will serve North Lawndale and surrounding communities with a resource facility that demonstrates food and employment sovereignty to increase social equity through a collection of cooperatives that sit on top of a community land trust.

Think Regeneration NFP, $50,000
Think Regeneration will purchase a truck engine for Down at the Farms LLC so they can distribute food to two nonprofits in South Chicago feeding about 1,000 families per week, Evanston High School, a senior living facility, and a local grocer.

Urban Growers Collective, $100,000
Urban Growers Collective (UGC) develops individuals to create collective change. UGC’s own operations and technical assistance cultivates growers, increases participation of both producers and consumers in the food system, and addresses barriers to entry in the food system.

Wood St. Collective, $75,000
Wood St. Collective is upsizing from being a small to a medium-sized urban producer. They will construct a commercial-sized greenhouse on their new agricultural site.

YMEN, $125,000
YMEN will equip five G2T food hubs with freezer and food storage space to meet the demand of their growing food system. This will address a bottleneck in distribution capacity and enable them to increase participation by those marginalized in the system.

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, $75,000
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago will work with students ages 5-12 to participate in their local food system through their nutrition program and urban farm in the neighborhood of Woodlawn. The funds will help maintain hydroponics for year-round growing, while distributing harvest to families for free.

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$3.8 MILLONES DE FONDOS OTORGADOS POR EL FONDO DEL SISTEMA ALIMENTARIO REGIONAL DE CHICAGO

***Las subvenciones apoyan la resiliencia y la adaptabilidad de los sistemas alimentarios***

(Chicago, IL – 22 de enero de 2024) El Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago (CRFSF/el Fondo) anuncia la concesión de subvenciones para la ronda de subvenciones “Aumentar los Recursos del Sistema Alimentario Local y Regional.” Se otorgan $3,800,000 a 39 organizaciones para proyectos que se basan en subvenciones anteriores del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago para fortalecer un sistema alimentario resiliente para la región de Chicago. “Aumentar los Recursos del Sistema Alimentario Local y Regional” es la segunda de tres rondas interconectadas de financiación hasta abril de 2024. La tercera ronda, “Prepárese para Futuras Emergencias del Sistema Alimentario”, comienza el 12 de febrero de 2024. El Fondo organizará un seminario web informativo para la Tercera Ronda el miércoles 14 de febrero a las 2 p.m. CST.

Los beneficiarios de la subvención “Aumentar los Recursos del Sistema Alimentario Local y Regional” anunciados hoy son:

65th & Woodlawn and Kumunda Gardens, $100,000
Academy for Global Citizenship, $50,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship, $150,000
Allies for Community Business, $125,000
Chicago Grows Food, $25,000
Chicago Lights, $150,000
The Common Market, $100,000
Community Development Institute, $75,000
The Conservation Fund, $100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation, $100,000
Enlace Chicago, $150,000
Equity and Transformation, $100,000
Evanston Latinos NFP, $100,000
Experimental Station, $50,000
Fair Food Network, $150,000
Farmers Rising, $125,000
The Flow Foundation Inc, $75,000
Gardeneers, $75,000
God’s Farmacy, $100,000
The Good Samaritan Inn, $75,000
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, $50,000
Inner City Muslim Action Network, $150,000
Just Roots, $150,000
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County – Woodstock, IL, $25,000
Little Village Community Foundation, $100,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, $150,000
NeighborSpace, $100,000
NWI Food Council, $100,000
Plant Chicago, $125,000
PS Its Social, $50,000
Real Foods Collective, $100,000
Runaway Buckers Club Inc, $100,000
St Sabina Church, $50,000
Street Vendors Association of Chicago, $150,000
Think Regeneration NFP, $50,000
Urban Growers Collective, $100,000
Wood St. Collective, $75,000
YMEN, $125,000
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, $75,000

Las descripciones de los proyectos siguen al final de esta versión.

Las subvenciones de hoy son parte de $10 millones en fondos adicionales anunciados en enero de 2023. Incluyendo los anuncios de financiamiento de hoy, el Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago ha distribuido un total de $17,923,150 a 183 beneficiarios desde junio de 2020.

“Las organizaciones de todo el sistema alimentario de Chicago, desde los vecindarios de Chicago hasta las comunidades de Joliet y desde las granjas del condado de McHenry hasta los jardines del noroeste de Indiana, recibieron fondos en esta ronda”, dijo Dan Kenney, miembro del Comité Directivo del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago. “Lo que conecta a todos estos proyectos, que son diversos en escala y geografía, es que cada uno de ellos contribuye a un sistema alimentario revitalizado y reinventado, basado en la equidad, la experiencia y el compromiso”

Creado en los primeros meses de la crisis de COVID-19, el Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago se enfoca en desarrollar resiliencia en el sistema alimentario local, un área aproximadamente a 200 millas de Chicago. El Fondo promueve organizaciones que producen alimentos y suministran alimentos a comunidades de color. Fresh Taste, patrocinado fiscalmente por Forefront, administra el Fondo.

El Comité Directivo del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago incluye seis representantes de la comunidad y tres representantes de los financiadores. El Comité Directivo está compuesto por Lenore Beyer, Dion Dawson, Dan Kenney, Haven Leeming, José Oliva, Gina Roxas, Alexandra Sossa, Janelle St. John y Jack Westwood.

Los principales financiadores del Fondo del Sistema Alimentario Regional de Chicago son Builders Initiative, Food:Land:Opportunity (financiado a través del Searle Funds en The Chicago Community Trust), Fresh Taste, The Lumpkin Family Foundation, Margot L. Pritzker Fund y Walder Foundation. El Fondo agradece el apoyo adicional.

Fresh Taste es una iniciativa de financiación colaborativa comprometida con la equidad racial y económica y enfocada en cambiar la forma en que se cultivan, procesan, distribuyen y consumen los alimentos en la región de Chicago para promover tierras saludables, personas saludables y comunidades saludables. La visión de Fresh Taste es que los residentes de la región de Chicago coman frutas, verduras, cereales integrales, carne y productos lácteos locales producidos a través de la agricultura regenerativa y traídos a la mesa por empresas locales.

Forefront es la asociación de membresía de Illinois para organizaciones sin fines de lucro, donantes, asesores, agencias públicas y sus aliados. Brindan educación, defensa, liderazgo intelectual y facilitan la acción colectiva en torno a temas que son importantes para sus miembros y para el sector. Forefront supervisa y es responsable de todas las actividades financieras y legales de Fresh Taste.

Descripciones de proyectos

65th & Woodlawn and Kumunda Gardens, $100,000
NeighborSpace instalará una línea de agua hasta Kumunda Garden, adquirirá una pequeña parcela de terreno baldío al norte del jardín y llevará a cabo proyectos y reparaciones que no pueden cubrir con las tarifas anuales de la parcela. También crearán un programa de becas.

Academy for Global Citizenship, $50,000
Academy for Global Citizenship implementará y ampliará un modelo de servicio de alimentos institucional en las escuelas públicas como una vía para aumentar la compra y el consumo de alimentos locales, cultivados y criados de manera sostenible en las comunidades desatendidas de Chicago.

Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship, $150,000
Adelante Center for Entrepreneurship creará un canal alternativo de recolección de alimentos locales para pequeños y medianos productores de alimentos en la región de Chicago. Luego agregarán y distribuirán productos a despensas de alimentos, tiendas o mayoristas según sea necesario durante todo el año.

Allies for Community Business, $125,000
A través de The Hatchery, Allies for Community Business y el Consejo Industrial del Cercano Oeste de Chicago proporcionarán el espacio y la capacitación que los empresarios y trabajadores de alimentos necesitan para hacer crecer negocios que amplíen el abastecimiento local de alimentos y creen riqueza y empleos en el West Side de Chicago.

Chicago Grows Food, $25,000
Los programas Grow Your Groceries Grow Kit y Home Garden abordan las barreras físicas y educativas que enfrentan las personas para cultivar alimentos en el hogar al proporcionar los materiales, suministros, recursos y apoyo para que cualquier persona cultive en casa.

Chicago Lights, $150,000
Chicago Lights trabajará con la Autoridad de Vivienda de Chicago para reubicar su Granja Urbana y restaurar su programación comunitaria de larga data, que incluye la distribución directa de alimentos a los residentes colaboradores de larga data de Cabrini Green Rowhouses.

The Common Market, $100,000
The Common Market conectará a las comunidades de Chicago con los servicios locales de alimentos y salud. El Mercado Común, Chi-Fresh Kitchen y Rush Hospitals proporcionarán comidas elaboradas con productos regionales a los vecindarios del lado oeste de RUSH.

Community Development Institute, $75,000
Community Development Institute tiene como objetivo aumentar su capacidad actual de suministro de alimentos para los estudiantes y las familias, la escuela y la comunidad. Utilizarán métodos de cultivo biointensivos de alto rendimiento y tecnología de extensión de temporada para proporcionar alimentos saludables de manera sostenible.

The Conservation Fund, $100,000
The Conservation Fund’s Granjas del Medio Oeste del Fondo de Conservación aborda el cuello de botella del acceso a la tierra al proporcionar acceso a la tierra y un camino paciente hacia la propiedad asequible de la tierra para agricultores diversos de la próxima generación.

Elawa Farm Foundation, $100,000
Elawa Farm Foundation está expandiendo su operación de centro de alimentos para incluir espacio y equipos de agregación adicionales, una nueva cocina comercial y una cafetería en el lugar, un espacio para una incubadora de negocios de alimentos, un invernadero y oportunidades de empleo adicionales para personas con discapacidades.

Enlace Chicago, $150,000
Los Jardines Comunitarios de Enlace Chicago involucran a los residentes de la comunidad de Little Village en el cultivo y la cosecha de productos agrícolas para aumentar el acceso a opciones de alimentos saludables para su comunidad y involucrarse en servicios de salud y bienestar.

Equity and Transformation, $100,000
El programa United We EAT de Equity and Transformation tiene como objetivo mejorar la seguridad alimentaria mediante el establecimiento de un huerto comunitario en Joliet que proporcionará alimentos frescos a las personas que viven en el área y que carecen de acceso a alimentos saludables y asequibles debido a la desinversión sistémica y el apartheid alimentario.

Evanston Latinos NFP, $100,000
Evanston Latinos tiene como objetivo proporcionar una cocina cooperativa comercial compartida en Evanston. A través de este proyecto, fomentarán el espíritu empresarial, crearán empleos y mejorarán el bienestar para permitir que la comunidad latina prospere en Evanston.

Experimental Station, $50,000
Experimental Station’s 61st Street Farmers Market brindará a los productores BIPOC y a los jardineros comunitarios de los lados sur y oeste de Chicago la capacitación y el apoyo para tener éxito con los mercados directos al consumidor en Chicago.

Fair Food Network, $150,000
Los fondos catalizan la planificación del sitio para expandir la capacidad de procesamiento de carne para abastecer la cuenca de alimentos de Chicago a través de la construcción de una nueva instalación inspeccionada por el USDA de propiedad latina en Michigan, que distribuye productos de carne local a través del comercio electrónico, venta al por mayor y venta al por menor.

Farmers Rising, $125,000
Farmers Rising (anteriormente Angelic Organics Learning Center) aspira a empoderar a la próxima generación de líderes de la agricultura regenerativa a través del acceso a tierras agrícolas y la asistencia técnica, con un enfoque especial en la adaptación al cambio climático y la producción ganadera regenerativa.

The Flow Foundation Inc, $75,000
The Flow Foundation Inc creará un jardin urbano sostenible en las áreas de ingresos bajos a medios de Chicago, dirigido específicamente a sobrevivientes de violencia doméstica y madres solteras.

Gardeneers, $75,000
El programa de huertos escolares de Gardeneers aumenta la participación en el sistema alimentario de la próxima generación de defensores de la justicia alimentaria al proporcionar el conocimiento y las habilidades para cultivar alimentos dentro de sus propias comunidades, vecindarios que históricamente carecen de acceso a frutas y verduras frescas.

God’s Farmacy, $100,000
God’s Farmacy ampliará las operaciones agrícolas en su nueva ubicación en Glenwood, ampliará sus esfuerzos de distribución de alimentos y ampliará su asociación con la escuela del Distrito 205. También lanzarán su programa insignia Restart For Health.

The Good Samaritan Inn, $75,000
Los Jardines de The Good Samaritan Inn aumentarán la producción o distribución de alimentos cultivados localmente en la región metropolitana de Chicago a través de la agregación y distribución, dando prioridad a las comunidades históricamente desatendidas.

Immigrant Solidarity DuPage, $50,000
Immigrant Solidarity DuPage’s Iniciativa de Jardinería y Forrajeo Latino busca empoderar económica y culturalmente a los trabajadores latinos locales y enriquecer a la comunidad a través de un jardín mexicano en Glendale Heights que incluirá un huerto de forrajeo con comestibles nativos.

Inner City Muslim Action Network, $150,000
El Mercado Go Green Fresh de lnner City Muslim Action Network aumentará la participación de los residentes de bajos ingresos de Englewood en el sistema alimentario local subsidiando productos de productores locales y BIPOC y poniendo a prueba un programa de crédito en la tienda para los residentes con inseguridad alimentaria.

Just Roots, $150,000
Just Roots planea expandir la escala de “It Takes A Village Community Farm” para producir más alimentos anualmente, profundizar y mejorar sus programas y servicios, y facilitar una mayor participación en el sistema alimentario local en el sur del Condado de Cook.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, $25,000
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County ampliará su naciente bosque de alimentos para aumentar su presencia en la comunidad y instalará infraestructura para garantizar el éxito del proyecto.

Little Village Community Foundation, $100,000
Little Village Community Foundation apoyará a FoodHero, una incubadora de bienestar y negocios de alimentos de activos comunitarios que empodera el ecosistema alimentario local a través de capacitación culinaria y emprendimiento alimentario, una cocina compartida, nutrición y rescate de alimentos y beneficios de bienestar.

Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, $150,000
Little Village Environmental Justice Organization’s La Villita Farm es una granja urbana de 1.3 acres. Los fondos apoyarán un sistema de riego solar fuera de la red que se necesita para aumentar la capacidad de crecimiento de la granja y aumentar el número de familias latinas que reciben productos frescos y apoyo.

NeighborSpace, $100,000
NeighborSpace organizará 16 talleres con 50 líderes voluntarios sobre la administración de jardines comunitarios/granjas vecinales y la producción de alimentos. Las mejores prácticas compartidas se documentarán en una guía que se distribuirán en toda la ciudad entre las redes de jardines y granjas.

NWI Food Council, $100,000
NWI Food Council superará los cuellos de botella emergentes en su fase de crecimiento a medida que trabaja para fortalecer la viabilidad agrícola y la seguridad alimentaria con economías solidarias, cadena de frío ampliada, contratos a plazo con agricultores prioritarios y programas de acceso a alimentos receptivos.

Plant Chicago, $125,000
Plant Chicago continúa con sus programas, que incluyen el acceso a alimentos, los mercados y el proyecto de jardín de la victoria en interiores. En conjunto, estas actividades apoyan a los pequeños productores de alimentos y garantizan que los residentes de bajos ingresos tengan acceso a alimentos producidos localmente y de manera sostenible.

PS Its Social, $50,000
PS Its Social está mejorando la capacitación laboral a través de credenciales reconocidas a nivel nacional, desarrollo de liderazgo y integración de tecnología de control de inventario para ayudar a los adultos jóvenes BIPOC a expandir sus habilidades y aumentar su potencial de ingresos y espíritu empresarial.

Real Foods Collective, $100,000
Real Foods Collective comprará y renovará un edificio de usos múltiples para que los agricultores y empresarios de negocios de alimentos procesen alimentos locales. El espacio compartido apoyará 6-12 empresarios para agregar, producir, almacenar y vender alimentos en Maywood y los suburbios circundantes.

Runaway Buckers Club Inc, $100,000
Runaway Buckers Club Inc necesita infraestructura para distribuir carne, verduras y productos lácteos a por lo menos 30 familias por semana, durante todo el año, en el municipio de Pembroke a través de la Ley de Compra Local de Alimentos, los programas WIC y SNAP.

St Sabina Church, $50,000
La Iglesia de Santa Sabina planea iniciar un programa de productos recetados y apoyar los jardines comunitarios locales en Auburn, Gresham y Roseland en el lado sur de Chicago.

Street Vendors Association of Chicago, $150,000
Street Vendors Association of Chicago servirá a North Lawndale y las comunidades circundantes con una instalación de recursos que demuestra soberanía alimentaria y laboral para aumentar la equidad social a través de una colección de cooperativas que se asientan sobre un fideicomiso de tierras comunitarias.

Think Regeneration NFP, $50,000
Think Regeneration comprará un motor de camión para Down at the Farms LLC para que puedan distribuir alimentos a dos organizaciones sin fines de lucro en el sur de Chicago que alimentan a unas 1,000 familias por semana, Evanston High School, un centro de ancianos y una tienda de comestibles local.

Urban Growers Collective, $100,000
Urban Growers Collective (UGC) desarrolla individuos para crear un cambio colectivo. Las propias operaciones y la asistencia técnica de UGC cultivan a los productores, aumentan la participación tanto de los productores como de los consumidores en el sistema alimentario y abordan las barreras de entrada en el sistema alimentario.

Wood St. Collective, $75,000
Wood St. Collective está pasando de ser un pequeño productor urbano a uno mediano. Construirán un invernadero de tamaño comercial en su nuevo sitio agrícola.

YMEN, $125,000
YMEN equipará cinco centros de alimentos G2T con congeladores y espacio de almacenamiento de alimentos para satisfacer la demanda de su creciente sistema alimentario. De este modo se solucionará un cuello de botella en la capacidad de distribución y se podrá aumentar la participación de las personas marginadas en el sistema.

YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, $75,000
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago trabajará con estudiantes de 5 a 12 años para que participen en su sistema alimentario local a través de su programa de nutrición y granja urbana en el vecindario de Woodlawn. Los fondos ayudarán a mantener la hidroponía para el cultivo durante todo el año, mientras se distribuyen las cosechas a las familias de forma gratuita.

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