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At Fair Food Network, we believe that food can be a powerful starting point—for collaboration, strong communities, and innovative solutions. Together, we can build a more inclusive and resilient food economy.
How we’re supporting families, farmers, and local economies
First piloted in Michigan in 2009, our Double Up Food Bucks program has grown into a national model for nutrition incentives. Double Up matches SNAP purchases of fruits and vegetables, helping families stretch their food budgets while supporting farmers and local food businesses.
How we’re investing in food businesses creating positive change
We support food and farm businesses with catalytic capital and wrap-around business services. Our investments focus on entrepreneurs who are nourishing their neighbors and contributing to vibrant, livable communities, with a special emphasis on those facing barriers to access. Together, we are building a stronger, more inclusive food economy.
How we’re partnering with the Nutrition Incentive Hub
Leveraging our experience and lessons learned from building and scaling programs like Double Up Food Bucks, we lead technical assistance and innovation for the Nutrition Incentive Hub, a USDA-supported center launched in partnership with Center for Nutrition and Health Impact. The Hub strengthens nutrition incentive and produce prescription projects across the country.
Change Is Happening Right Now
From advancing our nutrition incentives work to investing in food and farm businesses, our approach is designed to create an immediate impact and long-term systems change.
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Total dollars we invested into communities in 2023.
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Combined SNAP and Double Up sales since 2009.
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Pounds of healthy food purchased with SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks in Michigan since 2009.
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Fair Food Network’s Founder and Resident Champion Oran Hesterman leads an insightful conversation with Keith Schneider, Senior Editor at Circle of Blue and contributor to The New York Times and Jon Henry, Owner of Jon Henry General Store.
Stories From the Field
Continuing to meet the need
Despite the good intentions and creative strategies of impact investors, extreme wealth inequity persists. The climate crisis will only deepen the divide, unless we change quickly. Many impact investors are investing and giving more to meet the challenges of our world. But entrenched relational norms that prioritize capital and transactions over community and relationships are much slower to change.
Reshaping investment norms to fight wealth inequity
Despite the good intentions and creative strategies of impact investors, extreme wealth inequity persists. The climate crisis will only deepen the divide, unless we change quickly. Many impact investors are investing and giving more to meet the challenges of our world. But entrenched relational norms that prioritize capital and transactions over community and relationships are much slower to change.
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