socal impact food fund
The Southern California Impact Food Fund (SCIFF) is a collaborative effort aimed at enhancing access to healthy food in underserved areas of Southern California, building on the groundwork laid by the CA FreshWorks Fund.
The initiative engages small family-owned markets and food retailers in the Southern California region, particularly communities that have traditionally lacked access to capital required for sustaining food enterprises. A strong emphasis will be placed on inclusivity, including business ownership by women and BIPOC. By providing accessible capital within local food systems, SCIFF strives to not only ensure the success of individual businesses but also catalyze a larger community uplift. Read the full press release here for more details.
Program Goals:
The HFFI Partnerships Program is designed to invest in local capacity and capital to establish and grow partnerships between organizations that are working at the local, state, or regional level to provide financing and technical assistance to food retail and food supply chain businesses in underserved communities. These investments help businesses across the food supply chain thrive and deliver fresh, healthy, and affordable products to low-income communities and communities of color. This historic public-private HFFI Partnerships Program will support more than 750 loans and grants over the next five years to support over 1,400 food retail and supply chain projects sustaining over 2,500 local jobs.
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If your organization or agency seeks support with a healthy retailer program, we now offer consulting services.
For more information, please contact: info@goodfoodla.org
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.