Madison Northside Planning Council Inc

The feed bakery training program provides vocational training for underemployed, low-income residents. In 2024 we were able to continue offering paid bakery internship/training and proceeded with four class session cohorts each including 4 interns. Students receive hands-on training and experience by producing feed bakery products, which are sold retail and wholesale around madison. We provide students with life skills training as well as sales, marketing and customer service skills. Training also includes culinary techniques, knife skills, commercial kitchen equipment use, food safety, baking practices, product packaging and baking math. At program completion, students take their servsafe test to help make them a more valuable employee to prospective employers. Students receive job placement support and are offered a mentor to assist them in navigating the employment world.

Healthy food for all (hffa) has been a program of madison northside planning council since 2016 and specializes in the recovery and distribution of excess prepared food from events and cafeterias as well as produce from area farms. With the second year of an equitable recovery grant from the state of wi department of administration, hffa was able to continue expanded services to recover and distribute food. In 2024, hffa recovered and distributed 297,000 pounds of prepared food and 169,500 pounds of produce to food pantries and other local partners. Besides food recovery and distribution, hffa works to educate the public about food waste and food recovery issues as it relates to both food insecurity and climate change mitigation efforts.