Supporting the people and places that are building a movement.

Our goal is to create a resilient and healthy food system in New England by increasing the production and consumption of local, sustainably produced food.

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Kendall Grantees

The map indicates the Foundation’s investments throughout the region, supporting a healthier, more sustainable food system. Zoom in on the clusters to reveal individual partners.

Grant History

We have had the honor of partnering with the farmers, producers, distributors, organizers, advocates, educators, and leaders of business and community that make up the growing movement for a healthy and sustainable food system. We work closely with each of the partners below to ensure that the impact of their work goes well beyond a single grant fund or project.

2024

  • Center for an Agricultural Economy
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To help strengthen and support their farm-to-institution prepared produce program known as Just Cut. This program focuses on negotiating fair prices with farmers, processing local vegetables to the specifications that schools and institutions need, and offering convenient ordering and delivery services for institutions in Vermont and New Hampshire.
  • Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island
    Website
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, the Commercial Fisheries Center of Rhode Island was awarded $200,000 to expand their monkfish slider project and increase product development and promotion of seafood products for schools. With Farm Fresh Rhode Island, Smithfield and Woonsocket Public Schools, Tony’s Seafood, Eating with the Ecosystem, and Rhode Island Farm to School, this project will expand the value chain and market demand for monkfish, increase the amount of local seafood in Rhode Island schools, and improve student and adult knowledge of local seafood.
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    This one-year grant will support CISAs Emergency Farm Fund work in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts. The program responds to critical, time-sensitive needs by helping farms recover from their losses, continue farming, and/or build resilience for future extreme weather events.
  • Connecticut Farm to School
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help support the Collaborative’s impact through increased programming, expanded legislative and advocacy efforts, and long-term sustainability planning.
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $500,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the organization’s non-profit grocery store model in Massachusetts. Daily Table’s five stores, located in some of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods of Greater Boston, offer fresh, convenient, and nutritious food to communities most in need, at affordable prices.
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support the organization’s farm to school sales program currently serving all 36 Rhode Island school districts.
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help FINE strengthen the region’s farm to school movement, support the New England Food Vision Prize, and provide support for strategy work and leadership. 
  • Fork Food Lab
    Website
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $193,369
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Fork Food Lab was awarded $193,369 to develop a line of upcycled broccoli products for 14 colleges serviced by Sodexo including 30,000 students in the University of Maine system. Funds will be used to develop a portfolio of low-cost and nutritious products, such as soup, broccoli-tots, and sauce; procuring Maine grown broccoli byproducts from Harvesting Good and manufacturing upcycled products at Fork Food Lab. This project will support Sodexo and Maine Course’s goal of sourcing 30% of its university dining program ingredients from Maine by 2030.
  • Green Mountain Farm-to-School
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $30,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the Green Mountain Farm Direct food hub which serves over 70 schools in northern and central Vermont. This program strengthens the local food system by building lasting farm to school connections that benefit farmers, students, and communities.
    Award
    $78,774
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Green Mountain Farm-to-School was awarded $78,774 to build on their food hub’s existing Vermont Harvest of the Month production planning program. This program includes targeted and sustainable customer outreach strategies that engage K-12 schools in northern and central Vermont in monthly, seasonal, locally-sourced bulk purchasing. Partnering with the North Country Supervisory Union, Harwood Unified School District, Milton Town School District, and Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network, this project will grow the program’s local food distribution by 25% within the next two school years.
  • Growing Places Garden Project, Inc.
    Website
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $119,885
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Growing Places Garden Project, Inc. was awarded $119,885 to partner with Gardner, Fitchburg, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, and Mount Wachusett Community College in their shared effort to process, source, and serve more locally grown products. The project will create locally produced products through the region’s new food processing center, provide resources and training to school staff, and actively engage farmers, producers, and students in the process to expand and sustain local purchasing.
  • Intervale Center, Inc.
    Website
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Intervale Center, Inc. was awarded $150,000 to increase purchasing by local colleges and universities in the greater Burlington, VT area. Together with the Center for an Agricultural Economy and the University of Vermont, the Intervale Center will invest in improved ordering systems and infrastructure and strengthen pathways for increased local sourcing at several college campuses, benefiting farmers, including socially disadvantaged farmers, students, and staff.
  • Maine Coast Fishermen's Association
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $120,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to develop a value-added fish cake for K-12 lunch menus throughout Maine. This program is designed to support local fisheries while making a healthy, local protein more accessible to kids. In partnership with school nutrition staff and a co-packing company, the project will develop the fish cake recipe that is affordable, fits into requirements for school nutrition programs, and succeeds in taste tests with students from diverse backgrounds.  
  • Maine Farm & Sea to School Network
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    This one-year grant will advance farm and sea to school initiatives across Maine. Specifically, this initiative will focus on six priorities: Policy, Processing, Farm & Sea to School, Institutional Food Match-making, Technical Assistance & Training, and Network Summits.
  • Massachusetts Farm to School
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the Massachusetts Farm to School Institute and a yearlong calendar of professional learning opportunities for Massachusetts schools.
  • New Hampshire Farm to School
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $85,894
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, New Hampshire Farm to School, part of the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute, was awarded $85,894 to develop a partnership with the Manchester School Food Service Department, New Hampshire Food Alliance, Food Connects, and Fresh Start Farms. Together, they will launch a two-year project to develop culturally connected school meals and increase local sourcing through training of school food service staff, engagement with students as meal ambassadors, and relationships with two food hubs, Food Connects and Fresh Start Farms, a program of the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (ORIS).
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support New Hampshire Farm to School’s efforts to advance farm to school programming and procurement across the state, including include implementation of the newly passed state-based Local Food for Schools pilot program in collaboration with the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture.
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $53,012
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Red Tomato was awarded $53,012 to support a supply chain development project that enhances local food access in schools and provides local producers with reliable market access and fair pricing. Working with Brookford Farm and more than ten other small producers in the region, Red Tomato will facilitate expanding the regional sourcing partnerships with Easton and Attleboro Public Schools and food service partner Whitson’s. Through optimized logistics, streamlined ordering, and strengthened community connections, Red Tomato will expand market access for small and mid-sized farms across New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
  • Skowhegan Economic Development Corporation
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, Skowhegan Economic Development Corporation was awarded $200,000 to support their partnership with Maine Grains, the University of Maine (UMS) system, and Sodexo’s Maine Course. The University system and Sodexo are looking for healthy, ready to eat local grain-based foods for their menus. Equipment financed by this Prize will allow Maine Grains to turn local milling, cheesemaking, seaweed, blueberry, and soy byproducts into high fiber, high protein, high value packaged goods for sale to schools. Using byproducts in new products turns waste streams into revenue streams and moves the region closer to the “30% by 2030” goal.
  • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
    Year
    2024
    Award
    $124,420
    Purpose
    A 2024 New England Food Vision Prize recipient, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Inc. was awarded $124,420 to support their partnership with Lakeside Organics of Hadley, Atlas Farm, and Springfield Public Schools. Prize funds will support equipment purchases that will allow farmers to grow, harvest, and process more organic vegetables on the Food Bank Farm in Hadley to sell to Springfield Public Schools. Springfield Public Schools will promote the local and organic food in the cafeteria, classroom, and on field trips to the Food Bank Farm.

2023

  • Addison County Relocalization Network
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $95,782
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Addison County Relocalization Network (VT), was awarded $95,782 to work with six school districts in Vermont’s Addison, Chittenden, and Rutland counties to strengthen local food procurement in K-12 schools as well as with Middlebury College, the largest food purchaser in Addison County. Prize funding will allow the Addison County Relocalization Network to facilitate the aggregation, sales, and distribution of significantly more local food through their growing food hub in Vermont's Champlain Valley.
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $18,600
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the Connecticut Food System Alliance's participation in the New England Feeding New England statewide Local Food Count project.  The Local Food Count project will generate baseline data about the local food supply chain in Connecticut which will in turn inform strategies to strengthen agricultural viability in New England and allow the region to track its progress toward the 30% by 2030 goal.  
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    This one-year grant will support the Connecticut Food System Alliance’s leadership of the statewide food systems network.
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $115,000
    Purpose
    A grant to support the technology and staffing needed for Farm Fresh Rhode Island to connect local and regional growers and processors with all 36 Rhode Island school districts.
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Farm Fresh Rhode Island (RI), in collaboration with Boston Food Hub, Harvesting Good, and Smithfield Public School District, was awarded $200,000 to expand the supply chain linking Maine-grown broccoli with the robust network of K-12 schools, colleges, and institutions in southern New England. The project team will build the partnerships and infrastructure to connect Maine’s supply with New England’s demand and offer lessons learned for future efforts, scaling, and replication.
  • Food Connects
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $199,788
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Food Connects (VT), in partnership with Bennington College, White River Valley Supervisory Union, and Windham Northeast Supervisory Union, was awarded $199,788 to expand the values-driven wholesale distribution system that provides Vermont, Western Massachusetts, and Southern New Hampshire’s educational institutions with access to source-identified New England regional foods. Funding will help increase sales capacity, onboard additional products through new and existing supply chains, and achieve approved vendor status with food service management companies.
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $175,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support Food Solutions New England's (FSNE) efforts to expand and accelerate its regional impact. This funding will support work across all four FSNE impact areas; The Network; Narrative and Communications; Equity Leadership Development and Practice; and Regional Policy Coordination.
  • FoodCorps
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    A grant to support FoodCorps' new partnership in Providence, Rhode Island's K-12 schools.  
  • Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative's participation in the New England Feeding New England statewide Local Food Count project.  The Local Food Count project will generate baseline data about the local food supply chain in Massachusetts which will in turn inform strategies to strengthen agricultural viability in New England and allow the region to track its progress toward the 30% by 2030 goal.  
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    This two-year grant will support the Collaborative’s participation as the Massachusetts state partner in the New England Feeding New England (NEFNE) project, and their work engaging a diverse coalition of food system stakeholders in advocacy efforts that further the vision of the Collaborative and the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan.
  • New Bedford Public Schools
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide important program capacity and consulting support to the Food and Nutrition Services department in their effort to increase access to healthy, fresh, locally-sourced and culturally responsive menu items and build upon multi-year investments in garden education at all 19 elementary schools across the district.
  • New Hampshire Farm to School
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    This one-year grant will support New Hampshire Farm to School’s efforts to increase farm to school programming and procurement across the state.
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $10,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the New Hampshire Food System Alliance's participation in the New England Feeding New England statewide Local Food Count project.  The Local Food Count project will generate baseline data about the local food supply chain in New Hampshire which will in turn inform strategies to strengthen agricultural viability in New England and allow the region to track its progress toward the 30% by 2030 goal.  
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the New Hampshire Food Alliance’s work in building a thriving, sustainable, and local food system in New Hampshire. Over the grant period, they plan to focus on the following objectives: Network Development, Collaborative Action, Communications and Storytelling, and Learning and Leadership.
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    This two-year grant will help the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative advance the strategic priorities of the seven state Collaborative and sustain farm to school efforts across the region through advocating for state policy, developing models and resources for farm to school practitioners across the region, creating stronger and more diverse networks and partnerships, and expanding professional learning and training for educators, food service and farmers.
  • Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $120,300
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust (RI), in collaboration with Open Farms Retreat, Cumberland School District, Roch’s Fresh Foods, and Northeast Organic Farmers Association- MA, was awarded $120,300 to support a two-year program designed to create a direct farm-to-school pathway in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Funding will support new farm infrastructure and required certifications, beginning-farmer technical assistance and training, and school and community engagement efforts.
  • Rhode Island Department of Commerce
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $190,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to the Rhode Island Department of Commerce to develop an updated food strategy, aligned with the New England Food Vision and reflective of new priorities around racial equity and climate change. Relish Rhody 2.0 will be a shared roadmap for food system stakeholders and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Department of Environmental Management, and the Department of Health.
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    This two-year grant will support Rhode Island Food Policy Council’s leadership role in the statewide network that aims to improve food security, increase financial success for local food sector businesses, and create a food system that is more aligned with climate realities for all residents of Rhode Island.
  • Salvation Farms
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $168,874
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Salvation Farms (VT), with partners Lamoille South Supervisory Union, Lamoille North Supervisory Union & School District, and The Abbey Group, has been awarded $168,875 to create a line of cost competitive, frozen foods for K-12 schools utilizing locally grown, surplus crops. The learning, experimentation, and partnership development during this two year project has the potential to shift existing systems, processes, and ways of working that have impacted institutional buyers’ ability to access local food in a cost effective and operationally efficient way.
  • Springfield Public Schools
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $185,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the development of a student-approved, price-competitive, and K-12 compliant pizza shell made with regionally-sourced ingredients. This project will further both Home Grown Springfield’s mission of improving the quality and participation in meal programs while expanding student learning opportunities in partnership with One Mighty Mill, whose mission is to bring back local food systems.
  • The Keney Park Sustainability Project
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient The Keney Park Sustainability Project (CT), in partnership with Hartford Public Schools, was awarded $200,000 to establish and operate a prep kitchen that will streamline the aggregation and processing of locally grown produce specifically for Hartford’s school kitchens and cafeterias. This new facility will meet district needs while providing an important market for local farmers and consistent, fresh locally grown produce for Hartford’s 13,000 students.
  • University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $199,500
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA), along with its partners Mill City Grows, Lowell Public Schools, Aramark, and the Asian American Center for Excellence & Engagement, has been awarded $199,500 to lead the Lowell Eats Local project. Bringing together nonprofits, public K-12 schools, and contract dining providers, the project will significantly increase local food purchases at UMass Lowell, develop culturally connected menu options with specialty ingredients, and coordinate city-wide food purchases to change the food distribution and Greater Lowell food aggregation systems.
  • Vermont Farm to Plate
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    This two-year grant will support Vermont Farm to Plate Network’s effort to create the space for strategic conversations and transformative projects across multiple audiences and perspectives to make systematic food system change that no one organization can do alone.
  • Wayside Food Programs
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $199,950
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Wayside Food Programs (ME) has been awarded $199,950 to support the Maine Immigrant Greens Collaborative; a project involving Westbrook School District, South Portland Public School Department, Farms for Food Equity, Lewiston Public School District, Isuken Co-Op, Maine Farm and Sea Cooperative, and Atlantic Sea Farms. This project increases the use of locally grown, hearty greens (collard greens, kale, and up-cycled brassica leaves) in K-12 schools. By developing a unique partnership between agriculture’s production capacity and aquaculture’s processing facilities, this work will help to meet community-determined needs of immigrant and asylum-seeking families in Maine.
  • Yellow Farmhouse Education Center
    Website
    Year
    2023
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    2023 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Yellow Farmhouse Education Center (CT), in partnership with the Stonington Public School District, Healthy PlanEat, and UConn Extension’s Put Local on Your Tray Program, was awarded $45,000 to research and activate the purchasing power of Family & Consumer Science teachers in Montville, Fitch, and Middletown High School. The project’s goal is to support these teachers in allocating 25% of their culinary program budget to regionally produced food, which could result in an estimated $500,000 flowing to local farms and food producers.

2022

  • Boston Area Gleaners
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help cover unforeseen expenses in their first year of operations at newly acquired Stonefield Farm.
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $125,000
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient the Center for an Agricultural Economy (VT), in collaboration with the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union, the Caledonia Central Supervisory Union, Dartmouth College, and other higher education and healthcare institutional partners, was awarded $125,000 to bridge the market gap between local farms and regional institutions, bringing their “Just Cut” program to full operational capacity and resulting in an additional 30,000 pounds of local produce processed annually and served in regional institutions.
  • CLiCK
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $199,856
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient CLiCK, Inc (CT), in collaboration with EastCONN, was awarded $199,856 to support the expansion of processing infrastructure at CLiCK, the only food hub in Eastern Connecticut. EastCONN, a public, nonprofit, regional education service center will partner with CLiCK to purchase products with no minimum weight requirement from local farmers, to process and package on-site for distribution to their educational sites throughout Connecticut.
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to develop the Connecticut Food Action Plan and build a food system network that is empowered to meet the challenges of an increasingly consolidated, inequitable, and unsustainable food system.
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $500,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help offset negative impacts from the pandemic and help restore organizational strength in the coming year as stores 4 and 5 are opened.
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue to support and grow the FINE network, including promoting and maintaining the newly-launched New England Farm & Sea to Campus Data Center.
  • Good Shepherd Food Bank
    Website
    gsfb.org
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient the Good Shepherd Food Bank (ME), in partnership with Sodexo, Native Maine, WR Allen, and Jasper Wyman & Son, was awarded $200,000 to support the sales and marketing efforts of its Harvesting Good line of products, improving access to nutritious food for people experiencing food insecurity and strengthening regional food systems by strengthening the food processing infrastructure in the Northeast.
  • Healthy Communities of the Capital Area
    Website
    hccame.org
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Healthy Communities of the Capital Area (ME), in collaboration with the Maine Farm & Sea Cooperative, Maine Food Group, and Isuken Cooperative, was awarded $200,000 for the Maine Marinara Collaborative, bringing together local supply chain partners to deliver a regionally-sourced, Maine-processed marinara product for institutional use.
  • Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
    Website
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to fund the “Maine Farm Emergency Grants for PFAS Contamination” program, which is being jointly administered with Maine Farmland Trust (MFT). The fund will provide emergency living and business expense relief for Maine Farmers impacted by PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination.
  • Massachusetts Farm to School
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year gran to support continued growth of the Farm to School Institute and complementary professional development offerings to serve more schools and adapt to evolving school needs.
    Award
    $149,500
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Massachusetts Farm to School (MA), in collaboration with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, was awarded $149,500 to catalyze new purchasing of regionally grown and harvested food, significantly altering the farm to school supply chain landscape across the Commonwealth. Together, they will support a network of regional food hubs and farms to provide all eligible K-12 public schools in Massachusetts with locally grown, caught, and produced foods and build systems to bring lasting impact, leveraging a one-time infusion of USDA federal funds for local food purchases.
  • Migrant Justice
    Website
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to sustain and expand the Milk with Dignity Program, a worker-driven human rights initiative improving labor and housing conditions and supporting farms in the northeast dairy industry.
  • New Hampshire Farm to School
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support and advance regional networks, create professional development opportunities for educators, school food service staff, and producers, and advance state-level policy advocacy to ensure the sustainability of their other work.
  • NOFA-VT (Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont)
    Website
    nofavt.org
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $168,034
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient NOFA-VT (VT), the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, in partnership with Vermont Bean Crafters, the University of Vermont, and Sodexo, was awarded $168,034 to increase institutional purchasing of Vermont-grown, pre-cooked, frozen, organic beans. Prize funding will go towards greater storage and processing capacity and other market developments, allowing Vermont Bean Crafters to aggregate, dry, and store beans from various Vermont producers wishing to enter the institutional market.
  • Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership
    Website
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $15,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to fund the “Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership” campaign aimed at raising consumer demand sufficiently to improve the viability of over 100 dairy farms whose purchase contracts were terminated without warning in the Fall of 2021. In partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, among many others.
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to make measurable progress toward creating a more just, resilient, and sustainable Rhode Island food system. This includes addressing interlinked challenges of food insecurity, climate change, racial injustice, and public health toward increasing the production and consumption of local, sustainably produced food.
  • SUSU CommUNITY Farm
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support establishing and growing operations on the new, 37-acre farm.
  • The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)
    Website
    gmri.org
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $174,140
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (ME), in collaboration with Portland Public Schools and Westbrook Public Schools, was awarded $170,900 to develop a holistic approach to building demand for and increasing consumption of New England seafood in K-12 schools. Utilizing local seafood, project partners will develop shareable, culturally diverse seafood recipes, train staff on how and why to serve local seafood, and develop a seafood- focused curriculum to connect the cafeteria to the classroom.
  • Vermont Farm to Plate
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $350,000
    Purpose
    A grant to the New England State Food Systems Planners Partnership, a project of the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, to begin the implementation of the 10-year New England Feeding New England (NEFNE) project toward the goal of 30% of the food consumed in New England being produced in the region by 2030.
  • Vital Communities
    Year
    2022
    Award
    $199,929
    Purpose
    2022 New England Food Vision Prize recipient Vital Communities (VT), in collaboration with Global Village Foods, the University of Vermont, and the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success, was awarded $199,929 to develop a regional farm ingredient sourcing supply channel that supports the significant growth that Global Village Foods is anticipating for their allergy-friendly, culturally-relevant, ready-to-eat meals into institutional food service channels and beyond.

2021

  • Boston Area Gleaners
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    This grant to the Boston Area Gleaners will support the organization's acquisition of Stonefield Farm in Acton, MA, as the organization continues to grow and expand
  • City of New Haven
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $220,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the New Haven Food System Policy Division's leadership and innovative programming.
  • CommonWealth Kitchen
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $164,048
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to develop and launch a campaign for the acquisition and expansion of its food production facility.
  • Connecticut Farm to School
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the growing work of the Connecticut Farm to School Collaborative
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to provide backbone support for ongoing programming, including the development of a statewide food action plan, ongoing network development, and continued policy and advocacy initiatives
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $400,000
    Purpose
    A two year grant to FSNE will support the network's work in four key areas: The Network, Narrative and Communications, Equity/Values Leadership Development and Practice, and Regional Policy Coordination.
  • FoodCorps
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two year grant to FoodCorps will support farm to school work in Springfield and New Bedford, MA, and New Haven, CT
  • Foundation for Business Equity
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to the Foundation for Business Equity will support seven alumni food businesses through direct grants, advisory support, and advisory board, in addition to funding the inclusion of one new Business Equity Initiative food business.
  • Maine Farm & Sea to School Network
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide continued core support for the work of the Maine Farm to School Network.
  • Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the collaborative, as well as the hiring of an organizer to further build the base or organizations and individuals working toward local food system policy change.
  • New England Grassroots Environment Fund
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to increase the Food System Resilience Fund capital pool to $1 million and, in so doing, send a strong message to other potential fund contributors of its potential
  • New Hampshire Farm to School
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support key functions of the New Hampshire Farm to School Network, including core staff salaries.
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute in its role as the backbone organization for the New Hampshire Food Alliance.
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the collaborative's work in advancing key food system priorities, including advancing state farm to school policy, improving racial equity in the regional food system, and strengthening regional networks.
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant for staff and operations to support the furthering of the Council's active leadership role across the state
  • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $319,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to develop, test, and integrate kelp products from Atlantic Sea Farms into UMass Amherst's dining program, and replicate in other New England campus dining programs.
  • Urban Farming Institute
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support UFI's capital campaign to purchase the property where their operations are centered, the historic Fowler-Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan
  • Vermont Farm to Plate
    Year
    2021
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A grant to the Vermont Farm to Plate Network will support the New England State Food Planners Partnership's New England Feeding New England Project, which will coordinate regional efforts to achieve 30% of the food consumed in the region is grown, produced, and harvested in New England by 2030.

2020

  • Boston Public Market Association
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $350,000
    Purpose
    To provide working capital and some immediate relief during the COVID-19 crisis
    Award
    $400,000
    Purpose
    To provide working capital and continued financial relief for vendors as they work to recover from the COVID-19 crisis
  • Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To provide immediate debt relief to its portfolio of more than 40 farm loans. These funds will provide three months of debt relief to farms and help them address new market realities brought on by the pandemic
  • CommonWealth Kitchen
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    To provide working capital and some immediate relief during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to provide backbone support for ongoing programming, including the development of a statewide food action plan, ongoing network member trainings and community trainings, continued policy and advocacy initiatives, and funding for food system data collection and communications
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue to expand and grow the FINE network, and to engage and support NEFVP applicants and winners during project conception, implementation, communication, and replication
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $175,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support key functions of FSNE's network, with a focus on communications and narrative work in the context of COVID-19
  • Maine Farm & Sea to School Network
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the implementation of existing and new strategic priorities
  • Massachusetts Farm to School
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to to strengthen the Farm to School institute and further develop programming outside of the institute to engage a wider network of schools and districts across the Commonwealth
  • New England Grassroots Environment Fund
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide capacity for the Grassroots Fund to manage the New England Food System Resilience Fund
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to strengthen the network's ability to effectively respond to food system disruptions
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to advance strategic activities and expand and deepen Farm to School in the Northeast through advocacy, policy, and movement building
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to coordinate Rhode Island's Hunger Elimination Task Force in 2021, effectively implement and evaluate key food access and delivery programs, and inform key state plans while strengthening their network's impact
  • Springfield Public Schools
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $162,500
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the third year of Springfield Public Schools Food Service Strategic Plan
  • The John Merck Fund
    Website
    jmfund.org
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    To support the New England Food System Resilience Fund, established together with the 1772 Foundation, Sandy River Charitable Foundation, and others, and designed to reinforce, restore, and promote the resilience of the regional food system in a time of unprecedented disruption
  • Vermont Farm to Plate
    Year
    2020
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    To support the Vermont Farm to Plate Network as they begin implementation of Farm to Plate 2.0

2019

  • Adams Cheshire School District
    Website
    acrsd.net
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support Cornerstone Grown Farm to School program and continue the progress made through the Massachusetts Farm to School Institute.
  • Boston Green Ribbon Commission
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the general work of the Green Ribbon Commission, as well as to explore the intersection of their work with food systems.
  • Brown University
    Website
    brown.edu
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2019 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Hanging by a Shred: Supporting Regional Dairy Farms through increased Shredded Cheese Production". Project partners include Roger Williams University and Smith College. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/hanging-by-a-shred/
  • Codman Academy
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $38,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support Lettuce Grow Codman, their Farm to School initiative and continue the progress made through the Massachusetts Farm to School Institute.
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the development of a statewide food action plan, which will serve as a framework for organizing food and farm work in all sectors towards a goal of a just, sustainable Connecticut Food System
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $1,500,000
    Purpose
    A three-year grant to support the expansion beyond two store locations.
  • FoodCorps
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $30,000
    Purpose
    A six-month planning grant to explore the catalyzing power of Food Corps in New England
  • Groton Public Schools
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $84,174
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the district’s Farm to School program and continue the progress made through the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative Summer Institute.
  • Hawlemont Regional Elementary School
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $36,851
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to further expand their Farm to School program, Hawlemont, Agriculture, and You (HAY) and continue the progress made through the Massachusetts Farm to School Institute.
  • Lamoille North Supervisory Union Public Schools
    Website
    lnsu.org
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $62,152
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the district’s Farm to School program and continue the progress made through the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative Summer Institute.
  • Lamoille South Supervisory Union Public Schools
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to increase the sustainability of their existing Farm to School program and continue the progress made through the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative Summer Institute.
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Website
    mit.edu
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2019 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project "Transforming Surplus into Stability and Scale". Project partners include Lesley University and Emmanuel College. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/transforming-surplus-into-stability-and-scale/
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute in its role as the backbone organization for the New Hampshire Food Alliance.
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to advance strategic priorities of the collaborative, including network building within and across all New England states, and expanded Farm to School programming.
  • Rhode Island Farm to School Network
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the newly-formed group as they work to advance Farm to School efforts throughout the state
  • Sidney Central School District
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $38,370
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to solidify and expand their Farm to School initiatives and continue the progress made through the Northeast Farm to School Collaborative Summer Institute.
  • Springfield Public Schools
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support a comprehensive front-line staff training program at Springfield Public Schools' newly-opened Culinary and Nutrition Center.
  • The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to expand the Food Bank's footprint of local farm ownership in the Pioneer Valley.
  • University of Maine at Farmington
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2019 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project "Bringing Frozen Maine-Grown Produce to New England". Project partners include University of Maine at Presque Isle, Sodexo, Good Shepherd Food Bank, and Wymans. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/produce-processing-maine/
  • University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2019 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Changing Form for Function". Project partners include Norwich University. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/changing-form-for-function/
  • Western New England University
    Website
    wne.edu
    Year
    2019
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2019 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Greenhouse Grown: Supplying Year-Round Local Produce on Campus". Project partners include Springfield College and Elms College. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/greenhouse-grown/

2018

  • Amherst College
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support a Dining Program 'Green Dean' who will work to grow student engagement, capture and track data, and set goals for continued improvement for the college's local food program.
  • Boston Public Schools
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $393,500
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to accelerate and institutionalize the purchasing, preparation, marketing, and student consumption of fresh, local, sustainable foods in conjunction with an on-going city-wide transformation of its food service operations
  • Chicopee Public Schools
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to build on the success of ChicopeeFRESH by developing peer mentoring and training for other schools throughout Massachusetts
  • Connecticut Farm to School
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $225,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support a strategic planning and implementation project that will build momentum around Farm to School programming in Connecticut
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to provide additional support for the recently-opened second Boston location.
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support FINE in their role to support the mobilization of institutions in the transformation of New England's food system
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $325,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support key backbone functions of the Food Solutions New England network
  • FoodCorps
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support FoodCorps Massachusetts in expanding and strengthening the program to transform how schools procure, prepare, and provide food to students throughout the Commonwealth
  • Harvard University
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2018 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Farming More Land & Extending the Season". Project partners include Boston College and Tufts University. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/farming-more-land-extending-the-season/
  • Maine Farm & Sea to School Network
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support a reinvigoration of the statewide network through the hiring of a full-time staff person to lead the implementation of a recently-completed strategic plan
  • Massachusetts Farm to School
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to expand their Farm to School Institute, and increase engagement with MA school districts
  • Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support a part-time staff person to work with their network of farming organizations in Massachusetts to implement advocacy and other support projects
  • Massachusetts Maritime Academy
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2018 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Supporting New England Kelp Farming as a Way to Expand New Locally Produced Food Sources". Project partners include University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Northeastern University, and Eastern Connecticut State University. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/supporting-new-england-kelp-farming-to-expand-new-locally-produced-food-sources/
  • New Hampshire Farm to School
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support capacity-building for New Hampshire Farm to School, including professional development, community coordination, and technical support
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute in its role as the backbone organization for the growing New Hampshire Food Alliance's pursuit of statewide Viability Initiative goals
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help advance strategic activities to expand Farm to School across the Northeast
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to help identify opportunities to improve the statewide policy environment to support farm to school efforts throughout the state
  • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
    Website
    risd.edu
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2018 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "College Harvest". Project partners include Johnson & Wales University and Farm Fresh Rhode Island. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/college-harvest/
  • Smith College
    Website
    smith.edu
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2018 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Whole Animals for the Whole Region". Project partners include Westfield State University, Mount Holyoke College, and Hampshire College. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/whole-animals-for-the-whole-region/
  • Springfield Public Schools
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $275,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to initiate, develop, and sustain meaningful student and community engagement in its new Culinary & Nutrition Center as it is completed and opened
  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    2018 New England Food Vision Prize recipient for their project titled "Supporting Local Fishing and Underutilized Fish Species". Project partners include Northeastern University and Eastern Connecticut State University. Read more: https://www.kendall.org/supporting-local-fishing-and-underutilized-fish-species/
  • Vermont Farm to Plate
    Year
    2018
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the Vermont Farm to Plate statewide network.

2017

  • Boston College
    Website
    bc.edu
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $399,705
    Purpose
    A three-year grant to develop a robust, regional, and sustainable food service program at the college, and to develop an interactive food systems "classroom."
  • Boston Public Schools
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $20,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to cover membership to the Urban School Food Alliance, a nationwide network that unites large urban districts to leverage their purchasing power
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support and strengthen the development of the Connecticut Food System Alliance
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $125,000
    Purpose
    To support planning and capacity-building activities which will help prepare the organization for its capital expansion project, the Rhode Island Food Hub: A Center for Food and Agriculture
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support phase one of the Campus FoodShift initiative, as well as fund a portion of FINE's core operating functions
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $175,000
    Purpose
    A grant to allow the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to support key backbone functions of the Food Solutions New England initiative
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support FSNE's New Narrative strategy project
  • Franklin County Community Development Corporation
    Website
    fccdc.org
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To provide continued support of the operations of the Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center in its mission to bring more Massachusetts grown food to Massachusetts consumers
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To continue the work of GSRI to increase the economic vitality and strength of Rhode Island agriculture
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $55,000
    Purpose
    To provide ongoing support and coordination for statewide food systems as the Maine Food Strategy moves into its second year of implementation
  • Massachusetts Farm to School
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To strengthen farm to school programs in Massachusetts through expanded training and technical assistance for schools and school districts throughout the Commonwealth
  • Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support the implementation of the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan
  • Mount Holyoke College
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    An 18-month grant to help recruit a new Director of Dining Services and develop a short-term road map for the program
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the UNH Sustainability Institute in its role providing coordination and communication for the growing NH Food Alliance
  • Northeast Farm to School Collaborative
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the newly rebranded network and its members in professional and peer-to-peer learning that strengthens Farm to School in each state and throughout the Northeast
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to provide general operating support, and to further expand Red Tomato's farm to institution customer base throughout the region
  • Social Enterprise Greenhouse
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To continue the development of its Food Initiative, providing business support and coaching for entrepreneurs who seek to grow food and agriculture enterprises in Rhode Island
  • Springfield Public Schools
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $35,000
    Purpose
    A grant to allow the school district to hire a consultant to assist in the development of a plan for procurement, processing, and meal guidelines to be incorporated into the launch and operation of the new state of the art Culinary and Nutrition Center for the district, thereby increasing opportunities for local and regional suppliers
  • The Food Voice
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to assist the new nonprofit in their first year of operations
  • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    Year
    2017
    Award
    $275,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support UMASS Dining to continue three interrelated projects focused on transforming its regional food procurement practices

2016

  • American Farmland Trust
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the transition of their new president, John Piotti, who is taking up this role after a decade of success at Maine Farmland Trust.
  • Chicopee Public Schools
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $296,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue growing its local food sourcing efforts and begin helping nearby school districts launch similar programs
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $165,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to expand upon the successes of the past two years, to focus on broadening the funding stream, and to ensure the future success of CISA's efforts in Hampden County.
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    A grant to support the growth and development of the Connecticut Food System Alliance, including a full time coordinator as well as communication and marketing support
  • Conservation Law Foundation
    Website
    clf.org
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $125,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the growth of its Farm and Food Initiative in Rhode Island, through the launch of the Legal Services Food Hub and active leadership in food policy efforts within the state
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $750,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide general operating support for the Dorchester pilot store and capital funds for the expansion to a second site in Boston
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to provide additional support for its expansion to a second Boston site.
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $85,000
    Purpose
    A grant to support general operating costs and funding to grow the segment of FFRI's business that connects institutional purchasers with locally farmed or fished items
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $175,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to support key coordination and leadership functions of the Food Solutions New England initiative
  • Franklin County Community Development Corporation
    Website
    fccdc.org
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the operations of the Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center in its mission to bring more Massachusetts grown food to Massachusetts consumers
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To continue the work of GSRI to increase the economic vitality and strength of Rhode Island agriculture
  • Health Care Without Harm
    Website
    noharm.org
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $120,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue work aggregating the demand and collective voice of the healthcare sector to propel the development of a healthy, sustainable, and transparent food system in New England
  • Maine Farmland Trust
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one year grant to support its incoming president at CEO, Amanda Beal, as she steps into her new leadership role
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To publicize and implement the Maine Food Strategy statewide food systems strategy in partnership with other key Maine food systems organizations
  • Massachusetts Food System Collaborative
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative's first year of operation in promoting and facilitating the implementation of the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to support the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute in its role as the backbone coordinator for the New Hampshire Food Alliance network
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $15,000
    Purpose
    A grant to support the 2016 "It Takes a Region" conference as well as organizational strategic planning
  • Real Food Challenge
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the Get Real, New England program, which aims to expand the work of Real Food Challenge in increasing local, ecologically sound, fair, and humane (i.e. "real food") at the region's colleges and universities
  • Rhode Island Agricultural Partnership
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $28,000
    Purpose
    To provide general operating support and to hire a consultant to assist with the implementation of a marketing strategy
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide general support for the Food Policy Council, and to support the RI Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA) Grant funds
  • Rhode Island Governor's Office
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the establishment of a Director of Food Strategy position, reporting to the Rhode Island Governor
  • Shelburne Farms
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant to enable the Northeast Regional Steering Committee of National Farm to School to build region-wide capacity to make a compelling case for investing in farm to school efforts
  • Smith College
    Website
    smith.edu
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $348,736
    Purpose
    A three-year grant to hire an Executive Chef and accelerate the development of a sustainable food program emphasizing health, wellness, and local sourcing at the College
  • Social Enterprise Greenhouse
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To provide business support and coaching for entrepreneurs who seek to grow food and agriculture enterprises in Rhode Island
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    Website
    vsjf.org
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide general support for critical network functions as the Vermont Farm to Plate Network begins its sixth year of implementation of its ten-year strategic plan.
  • Westfield State University
    Year
    2016
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to help the University transition away from its contract food service provider and develop an independent food service program, which will result in increased procurement, consumption of, and education about locally and sustainably sourced food.

2015

  • Amherst College
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To develop a vision and action plan for the growth and sustainability of its farm enterprise, the Book & Plow Farm, as well as a plan for optimizing locally-sourced food in its dining operations, and for increasing student engagement in local food systems
  • Aquidneck Community Table
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A one-year, unrestricted grant to build strong action around a new understanding of healthy food access for all, sustainable agricultural practices, and community health on Aquidneck Island.
  • City of New Haven
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $115,000
    Purpose
    To support the policy and programs of the new Food System Director, who will coordinate efforts to improve the city/local food system by working in partnership with the New Haven Food Policy Council and key city departments to support the implementation of the New Haven Food Action Plan.
  • CommonWealth Kitchen
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to provide general operating support during its start-up years as a nonprofit food business incubator and shared-use kitchen in Dorchester, MA
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    To support the growth and development of the Connecticut Food System Alliance, a state-wide network of diverse stakeholders committed to advancing a sustainable food system in Connecticut
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To provide working capital during the critical startup phase of its pilot retail store in Dorchester, MA
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To support their work in enhancing the local food system. $60,000 of the grant would support their efforts to expand the institutional market for locally grown food
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to increase their capacity as a network organization and to support the Shared Metrics Project, tracking the impact of farm-to-institution efforts on the overall regional food system
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $160,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to support key backbone functions of the Food Solutions New England initiative
  • Franklin County Community Development Corporation
    Website
    fccdc.org
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A three-year grant and a program-related investment to launch and administer the new PVGrows Investment Fund, an investment vehicle for individuals, institutions and foundations to invest in building a healthier food system
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To continue their work to increase the economic vitality of Rhode Island agriculture and strengthen Rhode Island's food system
  • Hartford Food System
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    To support and strengthen the growth of the Connecticut Food System Alliance
  • Island Commons Project
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to build strong action around a new understanding of healthy food access for all, sustainable agricultural practices, and community health on Aquidneck Island.
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To finalize its statewide plan and begin implementation of the priority activities to support sustainable production and accessibility of healthy, local food
  • Massachusetts Convergence Partnership
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $10,000
    Purpose
    To support the work of the Massachusetts Convergence Partnership, a multi-funder, cross-sector collaboration working to increase the number of healthy people living in healthy places
  • National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To carry out their ongoing work to ensure thriving and sustainable food and farm systems in New England and nationwide by monitoring, evaluating, and engaging in the implementation of new federal food safety rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to continue serving as the backbone organization for the New Hampshire Food Alliance
  • New Venture Fund
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $10,000
    Purpose
    To support the Food Waste Reduction Project, which involves the development of a strategic roadmap to prioritize solutions that merge strong economic returns with the optimal social and environmental management of food waste
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue its leadership as a convenor, educator, and facilitator of the many stakeholders involved in the effort to create a more sustainable, secure and just food system in the Northeast
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant for general operating support to deliver on its core mission of supplying regionally grown food to consumers in the northeast through its network of growers
  • Rhode Island Agricultural Partnership
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $65,000
    Purpose
    To support its work leading agriculture and food systems development and making plans to implement the New England Food Vision in Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $120,000
    Purpose
    To support the RI Food Policy Council's critical involvement in State Food Plan Development, their core work on outreach and communications, and their efforts to grow the network of Work Group partnerships and collaborations. $50,000 of the grant will be allocated to the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA) Grant fund for a third round of grant-making in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
  • Social Enterprise Greenhouse
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $28,500
    Purpose
    To provide business support and coaching for entrepreneurs in order to grow food and agriculture enterprises in Rhode Island
  • Southside Community Land Trust
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue providing access to land, education and other resources so people in Greater Providence can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all
  • Thundermist Health Center
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support its mission to improve the health of their patients and communities by strengthening and expanding its healthy food access program
  • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $500,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to leverage broader institutional change and achieve their goal of sourcing more than 20% local and sustainable foods campus-wide by 2020
  • University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension
    Website
    uri.edu
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $15,000
    Purpose
    To support the development of their strategic plan, which will continue to inform their work for the next five years
  • Westfield State University
    Year
    2015
    Award
    $43,000
    Purpose
    To support a planning phase to increase the procurement, consumption of and education about locally, sustainably sourced food

2014

  • American Farmland Trust
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $65,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the New England Director in their leadership role in building a more sustainable and just food system throughout New England and to conduct outreach around the publication, New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System
  • Bornstein and Pearl Food Production Center
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $275,000
    Purpose
    To help finish the $15 million campaign for the shared-use commercial kitchen facility that meets the needs of local food production businesses and improves access to locally produced, healthy food in Boston
  • Boston Public Market Association
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $1,250,000
    Purpose
    To help complete funding requirements for 2014 and opening in 2015 of a year-round public market that will showcase locally grown and produced food and provide producers with unique access to millions of customers
  • Chicopee Public Schools
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $115,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to develop and implement a plan for increasing the purchase of locally grown food to 15% of the annual food budget
  • City of Boston
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    To deepen the understanding of Boston’s place in the regional food system and to increase the resilience of that system
  • CitySeed
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $8,686
    Purpose
    For the Community Food Systems Coordinator to build support for a Food System Director position for the City of New Haven
  • Codman Square Health Center
    Website
    codman.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To support the continued collaboration on healthy food service between Codman Academy Charter Public School and Codman Square Health Center to expand and fully integrate the food service program at Codman Academy to serve health center and school staff
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to expand their efforts in Hampden County and make it possible for residents with less purchasing power to access local food
  • Connecticut Food System Alliance
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $38,000
    Purpose
    To support the growth and development of the Alliance, a state-wide network of diverse stakeholders committed to advancing a sustainable food system in Connecticut
  • Conservation Law Foundation
    Website
    clf.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To conduct outreach and education around the newly-released publication, New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System
  • ecoRI
    Website
    ecori.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $20,000
    Purpose
    To increase its residential compost customer base and bring awareness to the issue of composting as an integral part of the local food system in Southern New England
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue connecting local growers to new markets and strengthening Rhode Island's food system and local economy
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to support key backbone functions of the Food Solutions New England initiative
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To continue their work to increase the economic vitality of Rhode Island agriculture and strengthen Rhode Island's food system
  • Hampshire College
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to structure and strengthen their local procurement effort, the 100% Local Food Challenge, whose focus is to source all possible food within 150 miles and position it as a leader in higher education dining
  • Hartford Food System
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $48,000
    Purpose
    For continued support of the Policy Analyst position to strengthen HFS's relationship with the City of Hartford Advisory Commission on Food Policy
    Award
    $38,000
    Purpose
    To support the growth and development of the Connecticut Food System Alliance, a statewide network of diverse stakeholders committed to advancing a sustainable food system in Connecticut
  • Health Care Without Harm
    Website
    noharm.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $120,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue their work in aggregating the demand and collective voice of the healthcare sector to propel the development of a healthy, sustainable, and transparent food system in New England
  • Maine Association of Nonprofits
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the Sustainable Food Systems Leadership Institute to develop a strong and diverse pipeline of leadership for sustainable agriculture and food systems in Maine
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For continued support of Phase Two of the Maine Food Strategy Initiative, which will create a state-wide plan of activities to support sustainable production and accessibility of healthy, local food
  • Massachusetts Convergence Partnership
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $10,000
    Purpose
    To support the work of the Massachusetts Convergence Partnership as it begins to implement a two-year strategic plan to promote equitable access to healthy foods
  • Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to increase the capacity for their Farm Conservation Program, support work collaboratively with the Western MA Food Processing Center, and help other land trusts in MA and throughout New England engage in food systems work
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to continue serving as the backbone organization for the emerging New Hampshire Food Alliance
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $80,000
    Purpose
    To strengthen NESAWG's communications capacity and support outreach and education activities associated with the publication, New England Food Policy: Building a Sustainable Food System
  • Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue their work with key regional networks that are envisioning a way for New Englanders to feed themselves mostly locally caught, raised and grown food while also addressing racial inequity and food injustice in the food system
  • Partners for a Healthier Community
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $250,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to continue support of the Springfield Food Policy Council and capitalize on opportunities for advancing work on urban agriculture, institutional food procurement practices, and expanding a Buy-Local campaign in Springfield
  • Project Bread
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support a strategic planning process for Massachusetts Farm to School
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support and to generate their next strategic plan
  • Rhode Island Agricultural Partnership
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $51,435
    Purpose
    For general operating and market strategy support to continue facilitating the evolution of systems that enable development of agriculture and food systems in the state
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $105,000
    Purpose
    To support the RI FPC's network of work groups, partnerships and collaborations. $50,000 of the grant will be allocated to the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act grant fund for a second round of grant-making in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
  • Smith College
    Website
    smith.edu
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $168,751
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to further develop sustainable food practices and create a dining program that emphasizes health and wellness while relying on local products
  • Southeastern MA Livestock Association
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To help build a new, state of the art, USDA certified craft slaughtering and meat processing facility in Westport, Massachusetts that will primarily service Southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut
  • Southside Community Land Trust
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue providing access to land, education and other resources so people in Greater Providence can grow food in safe and sustainable ways
  • Urban Greens Food Coop
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    To support the project manager staff position which will enable the project to continue progressing at its current pace
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    Website
    vsjf.org
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the leadership of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network's Working Group and to support the critical network coordination functions that are being managed by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • YMCA of Greater Boston
    Year
    2014
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    To continue their efforts in addressing issues of food insecurity and access to healthy foods in East Boston by supporting the cooking programs and staffing of the community/teaching kitchen at the East Boston YMCA

2013

  • Boston Natural Areas Network
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support gardener education, particularly around soil practices
  • Boston Public Market Association
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $777,000
    Purpose
    To help secure a $4 million match from the State and leverage other contributions to the year-round public market that will showcase locally grown and produced food and provide producers with unique access to millions of customers
  • Clean Air-Cool Planet
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support five Summer Climate Fellows working on New England food systems through their new Ted Smith Fund for the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders
  • Codman Academy
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To transition the school to a model food service program serving fresh and local food to students, staff, and community partners, and help all who are engaged better understand the role of food in maintaining health
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $105,000
    Purpose
    To build greater local food systems awareness and engagement in Hampden County, MA
  • Daily Table
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    To help launch the pilot store of a new retail grocery concept that will offer food items at a fraction of standard prices, be located in a Boston neighborhood that lacks access to good food, help reduce food waste in the retailing process, and source locally where possible
  • Dorchester Community Food Coop
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $21,000
    Purpose
    To help support the feasibility and planning of a local food cooperative to serve the Dorchester area of Boston
  • Fair Food Network
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $150,000
    Purpose
    A one-year grant and a program-related investment to support the Fair Food Fund – Northeast, a program designed to invest in the local and regional food system infrastructure businesses that support the long term financial viability of small and mid-scale farms in the Northeastern United States
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general support to enact their integrated programs of nutrition education, new markets creation and local food distribution
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $140,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the development and implementation of a three-year strategic plan, including the necessary staff coordination and capacity building to carry out the plan
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to support key backbone functions of the Food Solutions New England initiative
  • Franklin County Community Development Corporation
    Website
    fccdc.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the hiring of a Food Business Development Specialist for the Western MA Food Processing Center that will increase the aggregation, processing, storage, distribution, and sales of regionally, grown food
  • Franklin Regional Council of Governments
    Website
    frcog.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $74,025
    Purpose
    To develop a robust, local food system plan for Franklin County that is inspired by and linked to the 2060 New England Food Vision
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To continue their work to increase the economic vitality of Rhode Island agriculture and strengthen Rhode Island's food system
  • Hampshire College
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support its Healthy Food Transition program, whose focus is to source all possible food within 150 miles and position it as a leader in higher education dining
  • Health Care Without Harm
    Website
    noharm.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To advance their Healthy Food in Health Care program with hospitals across the six New England states
  • Island Commons Project
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $30,000
    Purpose
    To help with planning and fundraising costs in the development of a visionary sustainable living center for Aquidneck Island.
  • Maine Farmland Trust
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To support its efforts to strengthen farmland viability in the state of Maine
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To support Phase Two of the Maine Food Strategy Initiative, which will create a state-wide plan of activities to support sustainable production and accessibility of healthy, local food
  • Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To launch a comprehensive state-wide strategic food security planning effort in Massachusetts
  • New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
    Website
    nesfp.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To allow it to expand and upgrade its farm equipment and web services to meet expanding demand for its farmer training programs in Greater Boston
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to continue serving as the backbone organization for the emerging New Hampshire Food Alliance
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue its leadership as a convenor, educator, and facilitator of the many stakeholders involved in the effort to create a more sustainable, secure and just food system in the Northeast
  • Real Food Challenge
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $240,000
    Purpose
    A three-year grant to support the Get Real, New England program, which aims to expand their work in increasing local, ecologically sound, fair and humane food, i.e. "real food", at the region's colleges and universities
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue to coordinate and lead local food system improvement initiatives in Rhode Island
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support partnering with RIDEM's Division of Agriculture in the administration and distribution of matching funds for the Local Agriculture and Seafood Act
  • Southside Community Land Trust
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to continue providing access to land, education and other resources so people in Greater Providence can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all
  • University of Massachusetts - Amherst
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $485,000
    Purpose
    To transform their food service program into a model for sustainability and regional procurement, to establish and strengthen regional sources of supply, and to inspire peer institutions to pursue similar goals
  • Urban Farming Institute
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To continue their start-up activities, including recruiting strong leadership, as a new nonprofit in Boston that will support the development of urban agriculture in the City of Boston
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    Website
    vsjf.org
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $78,500
    Purpose
    To support the leadership of the Vermont Farm to Plate Network's Working Group and to support the critical Network Coordination functions which are being managed by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
  • Wholesome Wave
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $140,650
    Purpose
    To continue its multi-year effort focused on strengthening the regional food distribution infrastructure Ñ or food hubs Ñ in New England
  • YMCA of Greater Boston
    Year
    2013
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    To continue their partnership with The Trustees of Reservations' City Harvest Youth Corps to involve Boston teens in local agriculture and to support the development of a community/teaching kitchen and garden in East Boston

2012

  • Alternatives for Community & Environment
    Website
    ace-ej.org
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To help launch a youth organizing project, "Grow or Die: A campaign for food justice and a sustainable Roxbury"
  • American Farmland Trust
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To support two projects that employ a regional-scale approach to enhancing New England's farm and food security
    Award
    $66,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to enable the collaboration between the Conservation Law Foundation, American Farmland Trust, and Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group to fill a critical need for policy analysis and strategy that will serve the whole field of food systems in New England
  • Boston Public Market Association
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $233,000
    Purpose
    To finance the hiring of a development director and administrative assistant and their attendant support services for up to one year
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To allocate the funds across several priority programs in their strategic plan
  • Conservation Law Foundation
    Website
    clf.org
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $66,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to enable the collaboration between the Conservation Law Foundation, American Farmland Trust, and Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group to fill a critical need for policy analysis and strategy that will serve the whole field of food systems in New England
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To support their core operations as they continue on a bold new path of growth and expansion of their programs of nutrition education, new markets creation and local food distribution
  • Food Solutions New England
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $185,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to serve as the coordinating body of Food Solutions New England as it embarks on a design process to strengthen a learning/action network to advance a sustainable food system in New England
  • Gardening through Refugee Organizations (GRO) Project
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $52,250
    Purpose
    To begin the implementation of its strategic planning efforts
  • Grow Smart Rhode Island
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To enable them to bring their unique perspective and expertise to the areas of promoting agricultural vitality and strengthening Rhode Island's food system
  • Hartford Food System
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $48,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to fund a half-time policy researcher/analyst that will support and greatly broaden Hartford Food System's policy activities and the work and reach of the City of Hartford Advisory Commission on Food Policy for two years
  • Maine Association of Nonprofits
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support the development of the MANP Sustainable Food System Leadership Institute, an ongoing leadership development program that expands the professional, organizational and network capacity of up to 20 young and emerging leaders who are driving Maine's local food movement
  • Maine Food Strategy
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $30,000
    Purpose
    For the University of Southern Maine to play the facilitation and coordination role in the creation of a food plan and supporting implementation network for the state of Maine
  • New England Farmers Union
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $100,000
    Purpose
    To build its membership base of farms and farmers across New England and build a strong organization that will be a voice for New England food systems at the national level
  • New England Grassroots Environment Fund
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To build on the work that they began last year, inspiring and supporting community-level initiatives that connect people to local food and to a larger regional food system movement
  • New Hampshire Food Alliance
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $36,000
    Purpose
    For the University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute to continue serving as the backbone organization for the emerging New Hampshire Food Alliance
  • New Haven Food Policy Council
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $14,800
    Purpose
    To assist with building support for the New Haven Food Action Plan through community outreach efforts culminating in a Food Summit in October 2012 at City Hall
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $68,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to enable the collaboration between the Conservation Law Foundation, American Farmland Trust, and Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group to fill a critical need for policy analysis and strategy that will serve the whole field of food systems in New England
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To build on its twenty years of leadership as a convenor, educator, and facilitator of the many stakeholders involved in the effort to create a more sustainable, secure and just food system in the northeast
  • Nuestras Raices
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $55,000
    Purpose
    To carry out a year-long strategic planning and board development process
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $200,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to support their core operations as they continue to implement their strategic plan for growth between 2012 and 2015
  • Rhode Island Agricultural Partnership
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To address state planning and policy issues that inform local land use planning and controls which directly affect the ability to sustain and increase the level of agricultural production in Rhode Island
  • Rhode Island Food Policy Council
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $60,000
    Purpose
    To support several priority initiatives designed to improve their effectiveness as a coordinating body for food systems in the state
  • Shelburne Farms
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To fulfill the role of facilitator and convenor in region-wide networks focused on sustainable food systems and education
  • Southside Community Land Trust
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to carry out the final year of its three-year strategic plan
  • Springfield Food Policy Council
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $270,000
    Purpose
    A two-year grant to finance the hiring of a Springfield Food Policy Council coordinator at the Springfield Partners for Community Action and a policy analyst at Partners for a Healthier Community, and support a community visioning process led by a consultant and staff at PHC for two years
  • The Food Project
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To provide unrestricted support of the organization during a time of leadership transition
  • The Trustees of Reservations
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $750,000
    Purpose
    A three-year grant to launch a major agricultural program at Moose Hill Farm in Sharon, MA
  • Urban Farming Institute
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To establish the Urban Farming Institute (UFI) as a new nonprofit in Boston that will support the development of urban agriculture in the City of Boston
  • Urban Greens Food Coop
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $45,000
    Purpose
    To support their first paid staff position to help them launch the store in 2013
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    Website
    vsjf.org
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    To continue their implementation of the Vermont Farm to Plate Strategic Plan
  • Wholesome Wave
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $140,650
    Purpose
    To launch a multi-year effort focused on strengthening the regional food distribution infrastructure - or food hubs - in New England.
  • YMCA of Greater Boston
    Year
    2012
    Award
    $27,000
    Purpose
    To hire five youth from the Dorchester Y to work in the City Harvest Youth Corps program, run by the Trustees of Reservations, during the summer months of 2012

2011

  • Boston Natural Areas Network
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $300,000
    Purpose
    To permanently protect the 16 community gardens and parks in the South End and Lower Roxbury that are currently owned and/or managed by the South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust
  • Center for an Agricultural Economy
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    To help support program development and strategic planning in 2012 that will position the organization to build on the momentum it has created and focus its next stage of growth
  • David Freudberg
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $75,000
    Purpose
    To initiate the first year of an in-depth radio documentary project called 'The Diet-Climate Connection'
  • Fair Food Network
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To provide support to complete the business planning phase of establishing the Fair Food Fund, which aims to help small and medium-sized New England farms achieve long-term financial viability and environmental sustainability
  • Farm Fresh Rhode Island
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support their core operations as they prepare for their next stage of growth to meet the rapidly growing demand for their services
  • Farm to Institution New England
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $67,200
    Purpose
    To support coordination of the regional partnership and communication efforts that will advance ongoing projects across the region
  • Gardening through Refugee Organizations (GRO) Project
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $30,000
    Purpose
    For strategic planning with GRO Project partners and others and to plan a pathway forward
  • New England Farmers Union
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To coordinate the advocacy and educational efforts among four New England organizations who share the goal of sustaining and growing New England agriculture and small-scale fisheries and to support NEFU's core operations
  • New England Grassroots Environment Fund
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To continue support of its core operations and to experiment with grantmaking that will inspire and support community-level initiatives that connect people to local food and to a larger regional food system movement
  • Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
    Website
    nesawg.org
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    For general operating support to build on its twenty years of leadership as a convenor, educator, and facilitator of the many stakeholders involved in the effort to create a more sustainable, secure and just food system in the northeast
  • Real Food Challenge
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $25,000
    Purpose
    To continue the work shifting institutional purchasing on university and college campuses and training young leaders in New England
  • Red Tomato
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support their core operations as they implement a four-year plan for growth
  • Southside Community Land Trust
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To lead the Rhode Island Food Policy Council's first 12-month implementation phase and for $25,000 of general operating support for Southside Community Land Trust's core programs
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    Website
    vsjf.org
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $50,000
    Purpose
    To support the first year of implementation of the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan
  • Wholesome Wave
    Year
    2011
    Award
    $40,000
    Purpose
    To support a combination of policy and program initiatives that aim to transform local food systems in New England

1957

Prior to the New England Food System Program, the Henry P. Kendall Foundation focused its efforts on land, water and wildlife conservation, nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, and climate change.