Margaret Devos News Today

United Natural Foods Inc. has awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to improve food systems in more than 40 communities across the United States and Canada. Food access is a key pillar of UNFI’s Better for All initiative and, for the third consecutive year, the UNFI Foundation has committed over $1 million to non-profit organizations to help create equitable food access in vulnerable communities.

Marks the Third Consecutive Year of Committing $1 Million to Support Non-Profit Organizations Striving to Improve Food Equity and Access Providence, RI based Southside Community Land Trust awarded $100,000 as recipient of UNFI Foundation’s First Ever Food Equity Project Grant

The coronavirus pandemic showed how quickly the global food system can be disrupted. Building a better local food system is vital to feeding the hungry and helping to mitigate the climate crisis.

The Yangs work back-to-back. Phillip sits on an overturned milk crate separating an unruly mob of tomato seedlings from the germination tray. Vue’s busy As urban farming continues to expand in response to neighborhood food woes, Southside Community Land Trust's Good Earth Farm in western Cranston, Rhode Island, is leading the charge.

The building will offer two restaurants, a market stocked with produce and African food and a farm-to-market center.

Southside Community Land Trust just got a multi-million dollar makeover. Southside Community Land Trust in Providence includes a farm-to-market produce processing center, education and office space, community commercial kitchens and retail accommodations for three Black-owned food businesses.