Food:Land:Opportunity offers financial support for Chicago-region food projects

Food:Land:Opportunity is a multi-year initiative by Kinship Foundation and The Chicago Community Trust to create a resilient local food economy that protects and conserves land and other natural resources while promoting market innovation and building assets in Chicago-region communities.

While working mostly by invitation, the initiative has reserved funds to respond in real time to new opportunities that align with or support its strategies.

The initiative is focused on the supply side of producing food using sustainable practices. Defining characteristics include:

• Creating a more systemic approach to influencing the Chicago foodshed
• Flexibility to test models and adapt to what works
• Commitment to using data and research to inform activities
• Engagement with many points of the supply chain
• A focus on cultivating a dedicated learning community of grantees and other strategic influencers

Some of our projects include the Food To Market Challenge and the Land Access Pilot Project.

If your work aligns with the goals and strategies of Food:Land:Opportunity, please contact program staff via email.

http://www.foodlandopportunity.org

Kinship Foundation
Lenore Beyer,
Director - Conservation Programs
lenore.beyer@kinshipfoundation.org
225 W Washington St #2800, Chicago, IL 60606
312-803-6200

Chicago Community Trust
Michael Davidson,
Senior Program Officer
mdavidson@cct.org
225 N Michigan Ave #2200, Chicago, IL 60601
312-616-8000