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'''The Food Trust''' is a [[nonprofit organization]] ▲'''The Food Trust''' is a [[nonprofit organization]] that helps make healthy food accessible to the underprivileged. It was founded in 1992 by Duane Perry in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The goal of the organization is to improve the health of children and adults by providing better nutrition. The organization is a response to the [[Obesity epidemic]] and the rampancy of [[malnutrition]] among low-income people in the [[United States]]. The Food Trust supports local farms and advocates sustaining the environment. It is currently operating over 30 [[farmer's markets]] in the Philadelphia region. The markets accept SNAP/[[food stamps]] (EBT/Access cards), Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program vouchers and Philly Food Bucks. The Food Trust is funded by private foundations, government grants, and individual donors. ==History== In 1992, The Food Trust – then known as The Farmers' Market Trust – began directing nutrition education classes for inner-city children at [[Reading Terminal Market]], a Philadelphia farmer's market. The organization proceeded to open its first farmer's market at Tasker Homes, a public housing development in the [[Grays Ferry]] neighborhood of Philadelphia. Once a week, with the help of the Tasker Homes Tenant Council, the organization's small staff set up one long table of produce. "People hadn't seen that kind of quality produce in their neighborhood before," The Food Trust founder Duane Perry recalls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefoodtrust.org/about/mission|title=The Food Trust {{!}} Our Mission|website=thefoodtrust.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-30}}</ref> In the two decades since the opening of the Tasker Homes market, The Food Trust has worked with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers and policymakers in Philadelphia and across the country to change public understanding of healthy food and to increase its availability. ==Partners==
The Food Trust has a In 2013, the three organizations launched the Healthy Food Access Portal to bring together the rapidly growing body of research, tools, and resources for healthy food access advocates, practitioners, and food system entrepreneurs. This site harnesses data and resources to equip communities with the tools and information needed to successfully plan and implement equitable policies, programs, and projects, as well as to launch innovative food system businesses that improve access to healthy food in low-income communities and communities of color.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://healthyfoodaccess.org/about-portal/partnership|title=Our Partnership {{!}} Healthy Food Access Portal|website=healthyfoodaccess.org|language=en|access-date=2017-09-30}}</ref>
The organization also hosts events alongside the [[Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger]] and [[Philabundance]].<ref name="gene_HowG">{{Cite web| title = How Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger finds corporate sponsors for its fundraising events| author = Hong, Albert| work = Generocity Philly| date = 2017-04-03| access-date = 31 January 2019| url = https://generocity.org/philly/2017/04/03/greater-philadelphia-coalition-hunger-corporate-sponsors/}}</ref><ref name="news_Temp">{{Cite web| title = Temple is taking charge in the fight against hunger| author = Burton, Jazmyn| work = Temple Now| date = 2015-09-24| access-date = 2 February 2019| url = https://news.temple.edu/news/2015-09-24/temple-taking-charge-fight-against-hunger}}</ref>
==Markets== * 10th & Germantown * Schuylkill River Park * Frankford Transportation Center * Kingsessing * Haddington Friday * Strawberry Mansion * Palmer Park * Norris Square * Schuylkill River Park * Point Breeze * Oxford Circle * Broad & Ritner * Grays Ferry * Fairmount * Broad & South * Cecil B. Moore * Overbrook Farms * Germantown * Clark Park Thursday * Hunting Park * Haddington Wednesday * Olney Transportation Center * West Oak Lane * Cliveden Park * Headhouse ==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org | title=The Food Trust | accessdate=May 13, 2012}}▼ *{{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/press/news_detail.php?id=141 | title=The New York Times-Go Philly! | date=April 6, 2011 | accessdate=May 13, 2012 | author=Bittman, Mark}}▼ ==Further reading== *{{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/TeamUp/go/ | title=Team Up | date=May 9, 2012 | accessdate=May 13, 2012 | author=Lidge, Lindsay}}▼ {{refbegin}} ▲* {{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org | title=The Food Trust | accessdate=May 13, 2012}} ▲* {{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/press/news_detail.php?id=141 | title=The New York Times-Go Philly! | date=April 6, 2011 | accessdate=May 13, 2012 | author=Bittman, Mark}} ▲* {{cite web | url=http://www.thefoodtrust.org/php/TeamUp/go/ | title=Team Up | date=May 9, 2012 | accessdate=May 13, 2012 | author=Lidge, Lindsay}} {{refend}} == External links == * [https://thefoodtrust.org/ Official website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Food Trust}} [[Category:Food security in the United States]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Organizations established in 1992]] [[Category: [[Category:Hunger relief organizations]] [[Category:501(c)(3) organizations]] |