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The Food Trust Mission

Ensuring that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food

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 the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia, the organization began working with communities to develop lasting and stable sources of affordable foods.

What Others Say About Us

Philanthropedia: The Food Trust Among Top Five in Field The Food Trust was recently named among the top five “high-impact” nonprofits working in field of health and childhood nutrition. This survey of more than 100 experts working in the field of health and childhood nutrition was conducted by Philanthropedia.
Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: The Food Trust is a Nonprofit Leader   The Food Trust was the recipient of a 2011 Human Rights Award for a Nonprofit Organiztion.
Philadelphia City Paper: The Food Trust Has a Big Vision The Food Trust took home the 2010 City Paper Choice Big Vision Award in the Food and Drink category.
Philadelphia SmartCEO: The Food Trust Executive Director One of Philadelphia's Top Female Leaders   Executive Director Yael Lehmann was selected as one of Philadelphia SmartCEO magazine's Brava! Women Business Achievement Award recipients this year. The award honors the success of women business leaders.

First Lady Michelle Obama:
The Food Trust Works Towards Solutions
The White House, July 20, 2011

“It’s about organizations like The Food Trust who have been studying this issue [access to healthy, affordable food], and creating models for how to solve it.”

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
The Food Trust Is Transforming the Food Landscape

"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."

Time Magazine:
The Food Trust's Programs Are a Remarkable Success

"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."