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The Food Trust Mission
Ensuring that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food
RECENT NEWS
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the William Penn Foundation selected The Food Trust as a recipient of a Local Food Economy Leadership award.
Who We Are
The Food Trust strives to make healthy food available to all. Working with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers and policymakers, we've developed a comprehensive approach that combines nutrition education and greater availability of affordable, healthy food.
Learn more: The Food Trust brochure (PDF)
Philadelphia Story: The Food Trust (Video)
Obesity in America: One Community Fights Back (Video)
Our History
The Food Trust, a nonprofit founded in 1992, started out by conducting nutrition education classes for inner-city children at Reading Terminal Market, the century-old farmers' market located in the center of Philadelphia. After the Trust opened its first farmers' market at Tasker Homes, a public housing development in southwest Philadelphia, the organization began working with communities to develop lasting and stable sources of affordable foods.
What Others Say About Us
"The Food Trust is transforming the food landscape one community at a time, by helping families make healthy choices and providing the access to the affordable and nutritious food we all deserve." -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"The [Food Trust's] program has been a remarkable success: one part of it, increasing the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables in elementary schools, along with nutrition education, is credited with helping reduce the incidence of overweight students by 50 percent." -- Time Magazine