Thank you to everyone who submitted an application!
We look forward to announcing our recipients in April.
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I am thrilled to see greater funding for
food policy councils. Thank you for all
your hard work to this point!Mike Bulger , Common Ground Health, Rochester Food Policy Council, December 2023 Survey -
This is headed in the right direction;
I’ll be interested to see what this actually looks like in practice.
Glad to have been a part of the process!Anonymous Stakeholder, February 2023 Survey -
Motivated and hopeful.
Lots of work
ahead!Alison M. Cohen , Director and General Coordination, National Right to Food Community of Practice -
I love this approach and the intentional way criteria
have been generated and evaluated!
Excited to see what comes of it in the new year.Beth Spitler, California Food and Farm Network, December 2023 Survey -
It’s been really helpful as a funder to learn about
new ways to review and select awardees with an
abundance mindset. Thanks for all your thoughtfulness.Cassidy Beamer, Staff Liaison, Johnson County (IA) Food Policy Council -
Thanks for getting
input before a
Request for ProposalsAnonymous Stakeholder, December 2023 Survey -
It is so wonderful that you are looking at ways
to increase impact and meet needs
for food policy councils!Anonymous Stakeholder, February 2023 Survey -
I’m excited to
see this fund launched.
Good luck!Craig Willingham , CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, December 2023 Survey -
There is a definite need for unrestricted funding for food policy councils.
As staff at a food policy council, we often have to squeeze support
for our basic organizational functioning into other grants.Anonymous Stakeholder, February 2023 Survey -
You’ve made this
so simple, it feels
silly not to apply!Ali Jensen, Whatcom County Food System Committee