food & community

Growing Communities Where All Children Thrive.

Imagine a nation where all children, families and communities have equitable access to good food and opportunities for physical activity. This is the vision of Food & Community, a signature program of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF). The Kellogg Foundation works with national, regional and local partners to transform school food systems, improve community access to good food and physical activity, and shape the national movement for healthy eating and active living.

Food & Community is also about cultivating connections: uniting people to the land, to each other and to their own cultural heritage and traditions. WKKF partners with funders, communities, schools, farmers, students, elders and others to address food systems, physical activity environments and policy barriers to foster healthier generations of kids.

To learn more about our grant guidelines and applying for a grant, go to our online grant application

Priorities

Food & Community is a signature program within Food, Health & Well-Being. Through Food & Community, we are addressing the root causes of health inequities so that all children have the opportunity to thrive in school, work and life. Our approach involves three strategies:

• Transform School Food Systems. WKKF partners with national and local organizations to connect schools with local farms so children can learn where their food comes from, and schools can procure and serve healthier, regionally sourced meals – ultimately giving students an enduring relationship with good food.
• Improve Community Access to Good Food and Physical Activity. WKKF works with community-based groups to strengthen the “value chain” of local food systems from field to fork. Through innovative practices and programs, grantees increase healthy food choices in low-income communities.
• Shape the National Movement for Healthy Eating and Active Living. To catalyze a national healthy eating and active living movement, WKKF invests in organizations that are helping raise awareness, shape the public dialogue, inform policy discussions and increase collaboration among groups working toward a healthier future for all.

Food & Community Team

Contact the Food & Community team

Media Inquiries

All media inquiries will be routed to the appropriate staff person and you will be contacted as soon as possible. Please be sure to include your deadline in all messages.

Please contact:
Rebecca Noricks
269.969.2079 or via email

Conference

On May 22-23, 2012, nearly 500 Food & Community grantees, farmers, policymakers, advocates and academics met in Asheville, N.C, for the 11^th Food & Community Conference. Attendees spent two days envisioning a food systems movement capable of creating, driving, and attaining transformational change locally and nationally. The next Food & Community Conference will be held in Detroit in the spring of 2014.

Check out the conference recaps with tweets, videos and photos from day one, day two and day three.