Food Dignity Project Inc

Connect program food dignity partners with 15 non-profit community direct service providers to distribute locally sourced food to their clients receiving services such as mental health, housing, career fairs, substance use disorder recovery, and other critical services. The community providers continue to report increased participation rates at job fairs, medical visits, counseling visits, and community engagement programs due to on-site produce availability. We served 119,028 pounds of locally sourced produce, beef, pork, chickens, and eggs to over 72,800 individuals in 2024.

Food dignity education food dignity movement impacts a variety of national industry sectors with 26 keynotes, 40,093 food dignity podcast listeners, and 1456 food dignity educational resoures downloaded. We conducted a community wide think tank attended by 30 nepa organizations and 4 local farmers. Fd is a member of google food lab and tufts innovation platform and presented at both events.