2017–2018: Community First Grant
The Community First Grant (CFG) supports nonprofits focused on long-term fresh, healthy food access and nutrition education that are engaged with Team Members. This includes community gardens, mobile markets, healthy cooking classes and more.
Meet the 2017-2018 Community Partners and Team Members below.
Team Member | Community Partner (Grant Partner Type) | Location
Jump to an Operational Area // Florida // Mid-Atlantic // Midwest // North Atlantic // Northern California // Pacific Northwest // Rocky Mountain // South // Southern Pacific // Southwest
Florida
Vicky Santamaria | Hebni Nutritionist Consultants (Mobile Market) | Orlando, FL
Brenna Bertram | Memory Trees Corporation (Urban Farm) | West Palm Beach, FL
Lea Mewa | The Local Food Project (Urban Farm) | Tampa, FL
Mid-Atlantic
Jeanne Ludwig | Arcadia Food Inc. (SNAP Incentive) | Alexandria, VA
Madeleine Loney | Louisville Grows (Community Garden) | Louisville, KY
Anthony Aquilino | Urban Tree Connection (Urban Farm) | Philadelphia, PA
Carol Shapcott | Virtua Health (Mobile Market) | Camden, NJ
Midwest
Cassandra Zywiec | City Sprouts (Mobile Market) | Omaha, NE
Amanda John | Fondy Food Center (Urban Farm) | Milwaukee, WI
Heather Smith | Michigan 4-H Foundation (Community Garden) | Warren, MI
Amada Pena | Peterson Garden Project (Community Garden) | Chicago, IL
Rachel Bush | Reroot Pontiac (Urban Farm) | Pontiac, MI
North Atlantic
Backyard Growers (Community Garden) | Gloucester, MA
Tom Neal | Charter Oak Cultural Center (Community Garden) | Hartford, CT
Dena Cherenson | Groundwork Somerville (Urban Farm) | Somerville, MA
Meaghan Murphy | Mill City Grows (Community Garden) | Salem, MA
Robert Williams | Southside Community Land Trust (Community Garden) | Providence, RI
Meaghan Murphy | YMCA of the North Shore (Community Garden) | Salem, MA
Northern California
Quintana Kardel | Mandela Marketplace (Farmers Market or Co-op) | Oakland, CA
Erika Dimmler | Oak Park Sol (Healthy Cooking Class) | Sacramento, CA
Pacific Northwest
Stephanie Raasch | Common Threads Farm (Healthy Cooking Class) | Bellingham, WA
Olivia Yates | Foundation for Sustainable Community dba Farmer Frog (Community Garden) | University Place, WA
Mary Crowe | Growing Gardens (Agricultural Skills Development) | Portland, OR
Rebecca Burda | High Desert Food Farm Alliance (Healthy Cooking Class) | Bend, OR
Jonathan Sue | Pike Place Market Foundation (SNAP Incentive) | Bellevue, WA
Rocky Mountain
Jacob Warner | Buy Extension (Agricultural Skills Development) | Boise, ID
M’Lissa Baker | Hunger Free Colorado (SNAP Incentive) | Denver, CO
Beth Follmer | Kansas City Community Gardens (SNAP Incentive) | Overland Park, KS
Jeremiah Ryan | The Growhaus (Farmers Market or Co-Op) | Denver, CO
South
Kellodie Tassa | Communities in Partnership (Farmers Market or Co-Op) | Durham, NC
Mark Zielke | Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga, Inc (Urban Farm) | Chattanooga, TN
Matt Birdsong | Faith Family Medical Center (Healthy Cooking Class) | Franklin, TN
Chelsea Thornhill | Feast Down East (Mobile Market) | Wilmington, NC
Scott Cook | Pure Artistry CommUNITY Outreach (Urban Farm) | Montgomery, AL
Scott Sherman | Truly Living Well (Urban Farm) | Atlanta, GA
Tina Spaulding-Pilgrim | Rev Birmingham (Urban Farm) | Birmingham, AL
Southern Pacific
Marci Frumkin | Community Services Unlimited (Agricultural Skills Development) | Los Angeles, CA
Saadeh Johnny | Social Justice Learning Institute (Pop-Up Market or CSA) | Los Angeles, CA
Southwest
Sara Fulton-Koerbling | Dunbar Garden (Healthy Cooking Class) | Little Rock, AR
Steffany Villalobos | Healthy Tarrant County Collab. (Urban Farm) | Fort Worth, TX
Tobias Markey | SixTwelve (Healthy Cooking Class) | Oklahoma City, OK
Mallory Broussard | SPROUT NOLA (Community Garden) | New Orleans, LA
Sophia Gross | Townfolk (Community Garden) | Lafayette, LA
Allison Chilcote | Tri Cycle Farms (Urban Farm) | Fayetteville, AR