PNV RECEIVES EFOD FUNDING
GOOD NEWS! PNV Good Food District HUB was chosen for the First Round of Equitable Food Oriented Development (EFOD) Funding. The EFOD Fund is modeling an alternative form of finance for community-led, justice-first, food-based community economic development and prioritizes the expertise of BIPOC practitioner-leaders as designers and decision-makers.
The EFOD Collaborative is honored to announce the first round of grants made by the EFOD Fund, supported by The Kresge Foundation. Over $1,000,000 in grant funding will support the work of 8 organizations building Equitable Food Oriented Development (EFOD) projects in their communities. These projects will provide critical infrastructure to create access to healthy foods, support new and existing businesses owned by Black, Indigenous, and people of color entrepreneurs, and build a strong pathway for crisis-resistant community-driven revitalization.
“While grounded in their communities, each of these projects contributes to the amplification and expansion of the EFOD vision,” says Mariela Cedeño, EFOD Collaborative Executive Committee member. “These grants reinforce our goal to uplift a development narrative that uses the food system and prioritizes community ownership and asset-building, for long-term generational wealth.”
These grants are an investment in the justice-first, community-led economic development work that is led by communities of color across the United States. The EFOD approach creates assets and ownership opportunities, celebrates neighborhood identity and resilience, and nurtures self-determination and social capital development by and for people of color in low-income communities – all while using a local food system as a locus for intervention.
EFOD Fund grants were awarded to the following organizations: Black Food Sovereignty Coalition; Boston Farms Community Land Trust; Detroit Black Community Food Security Network; Dreaming Out Loud; El Departamento de la Comida; Fresh Future Farms; Oakland Bloom; and Project New Village San Diego, California.
Source: The EFOD Steering Committee
