New grant funding will bolster food assistance and community resilience by significantly expanding cold storage capacity across fourteen organizations.
Montgomery County’s Office of Food Systems Resilience (OFSR), Manna Food Center (Manna) and the Morningstar Foundation have awarded more than $350,000 in funding to 14 nonprofit food assistance organizations and Montgomery County-based farm partners. Funding is to support the purchase and installation of cold storage infrastructure that will build the capacity of the local food system and food security network. The county provided $200,00 towards this grant through a special County Council appropriation.
From the press release:
“These grants represent the power of collaboration between the public and private sectors to fortify our community’s resilience,” said County Executive Marc Elrich. “Ensuring that nutritious food reaches those in need while championing local food production and sustainability is key to ensuring our community capacity.”
The organizations that received funding and their associated projects:
- AfriThrive, Inc
- Beauty Blooms Farm
- Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming
- Chicken of the Woods Permaculture Farm
- Chirandu Farm, LLC
- Community FarmShare
- KPC Buddhist Relief
- Meals on Wheels of Takoma Park/Silver Spring
- One Acre Farm, LLC
- Sandy Spring Gardens
- Shepherd’s Table
- So What Else, Inc
- The Salvation Army Montgomery County Corps
- The UpCounty Hub, Inc.
