Food Systems Programs

Food Systems Programs is sponsored by Reinvestment Fund. Reinvestment Fund uses capital and technical assistance resources to increase food access, reduce food insecurity, and improve opportunities for all communities to lead healthy, vibrant lives. This includes programs focused on food justice.

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We use capital and technical assistance resources to increase food access, reduce food insecurity and improve opportunities for all communities to lead healthy, vibrant lives.

America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative Created by the 2014 Farm Bill, America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative is a public-private partnership administered by Reinvestment Fund on behalf of USDA Rural Development to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas. HFFI provides resources to eligible fresh, healthy food retailers and enterprises to overcome the higher costs and initial barriers to entry in underserved areas.

Learn more at investinginfood. com Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative A partnership with The Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Philadelphia Food Justice Initiative supports community-driven projects advancing food justice and insuring communities can exercise their right to grow, sell and eat healthy food.

The initiative supports a variety of food justice projects including urban agriculture, cultural culinary heritage, and start-up food enterprises in the city of Philadelphia.

New Jersey Innovative Healthy Food Retail Initiative The New Jersey Innovative Healthy Food Retail Initiative (“the Initiative”) supports community-led, innovative food retail projects that improve access to healthy food and promote economic growth in low-income, underserved areas of New Jersey. The Initiative is co-administered by Reinvestment Fund and The Food Trust and is funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation .

Southeast Food Forward (SFF) supports community-driven food enterprises increasing healthy food access in underserved communities across the Southeastern United States. Through this program, approximately $1 million will be funded in competitive awards to entities implementing and operating community-driven business models along the food supply chain.

Funding for SFF is made possible through Reinvestment Fund’s Equitable Food System – Southeast Initiative (EFS-SI), a project funded by Walmart Foundation.