INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Food Fund recently announced its first-ever grant awards totaling $49,450 to eleven organizations undertaking transformative food projects across Marion County. The Indy Food Fund supports projects that improve access to healthy food for Indianapolis residents; spur economic development and create jobs through farmer’s markets, urban farms, farm-to-restaurant projects; eradicate food deserts and increase food security by committing to ending hunger in our communities; increase the amount and demand for food grown locally, and create a sustainable metropolitan area.
The Indy Food Fund has committed to fund the following projects: Chase Legacy Center/Growing Places Indy: Urban Farm Education for Middle-schoolers, Fall Creek Gardens: Stone Soup Garden and Community Kitchen, Farm Works Indy: Youth Farming Apprenticeship program, Felege Hiywot: Youth Summer Farming Internship program, Indy East Food Desert Coalition study to address food access in Northeast Indianapolis, Meals on Wheels and Avec Moi: Produce locally-sourced frozen meals for seniors, NapTown Chickens, Pleasant Run Grocer, and the Willard Park/Global Peace Initiatives re-entry Farming Training and Food Delivery program.