Good Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems

A healthy food system takes care of everyone.

Good food helps children grow up healthy and strong, fuels brain power and gets kids ready to learn. Good food practices protect and respect the natural environment.

Good food comes from community – from farmers, markets, grocers, schools and other institutions that work together to ensure children and families can access the nutrition they need.

Yet children and families of color in low-income communities face significant barriers in their access to good food, while discriminatory policies limit access to resources for small farmers, community farmers and entrepreneurs of color across the food system.

We support efforts to address these challenges and transform food systems to better serve communities, farmers, workers, businesses, families, children and our natural environment.

Approaches vary by location, as we listen to communities to identify needed solutions and strategies.

A closer look at the work of our grantees

• Farm to early care programs are wins for Mississippi. Let’s keep growing them.
• Growing the Farm to Early Care and Education Movement.