Key Points
- The Community Foods Project consists of three grant types
- Training and technical assistance
- Planning projects
- Community food projects
- Help improve access to food as part of a comprehensive service in historically underserved communities
- Work to increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of communities
- Promotes comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and nutrition issues or meet specific state, local, or neighborhood food and agricultural needs related to equipment necessary for efficient operation, planning for long-term solutions, and creation of innovative marketing activities.
FIM Opportunities
Community Food Projects can help support, grow, and sustain Food Is Medicine approaches by bringing local members from the local food system together and fostering collaborative food projects.