Today Reinvestment Fund announced $16.5 million in financial assistance awards to 62 food retail and food retail supply chain projects through the 2024-25 funding rounds of America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund.
With support from Reinvestment Fund, Manna Food Cooperative is building a sustainable, community-owned grocery and meeting critical food access needs.
For more than 17 years, City Greens Market has been a trusted neighborhood resource in St. Louis, Missouri.
Grants Will Provide One-Time Investments to Projects Increasing Food Access in 14 Rural, Urban, and
Tribal Communities
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.
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.
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.
In the heart of Bend, Oregon, a movement is thriving—one that is dedicated to strengthening the local food system and ensuring that fresh, nutritious, and sustainably produced food is accessible to the booming region.
In the heart of Duluth, Minnesota, Ecolibrium3 (Eco3) has been a driving force behind neighborhood-based development, fostering sustainability and economic strength in the Lincoln Park (LNPK) community.
Farm Link Hawai’i, an O’ahu-based company, was founded in 2015 by once software engineer, Rob Barreca. Rob made a career pivot driven by his passion to address the nation’s inadequate food system under the training of GoFarm Hawai’i, which helps people pivot towards farming mid-career.