America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative improves access to healthy food and expands economic opportunity in underserved areas.
All Americans deserve easy access to fresh and healthy food options.
America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) aims to build a more equitable food system that supports the health and economic vibrancy of all Americans.
HFFI provides grants, loans, and technical assistance to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas, create and preserve quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities. HFFI supports the capacity of local and regional Healthy Food Financing Partnerships, and provides financial and technical assistance to eligible healthy food retailers and food enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers entry in areas with inequitable access.
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative Awards Nearly $3 Million Through Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund
Grants Will Provide One-Time Investments to Projects Increasing Food Access in 14 Rural, Urban, and
Tribal Communities
Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Funding Improves Fresh Food Access through a Small Family-Owned Market with Tribal Roots
The Tsabetsaye family improves the food landscape of a small rural desert community in New Mexico through made-from-scratch, chef-prepared meals, baked goods, tailored butcher-cut meat, and other Native American staples. Major Market Inc. – Eat & Go, owned by the Tsabetsaye family, is one of the few Native-owned brick-and-mortar businesses in Zuni Pueblo, NM that provides fresh local food.
Dorchester Food Co-op: Community Power and the Role of Healthy Food Financing
In 2023, the Dorchester Food Co-op opened its doors in Boston’s largest and most diverse neighborhood, fulfilling a vision of more than a decade in the making.
A Fresh Start: How Main Street Mercantile is Reviving Rural Access
In the heart of Lebanon, Kansas, Main Street Mercantile (F.K.A. Ladow’s Market) has long been more than just a grocery store—it has been a lifeline for the community.
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