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Educational Materials
Low-Income Families
Leading Food Access Change
This article explores how low-income families in Duluth, Minnesota, helped design a community meal-kit program to improve healthy eating. It shows that when families are active participants—not just recipients—they drive more lasting food-system change.
This article explores how low-income families in Duluth, Minnesota, helped design a community meal-kit program to improve healthy eating. It shows that when families are active participants—not just recipients—they drive more lasting food-system change.
Agroecological Transition & Food Insecurity in Regional Systems
How Mid-Chain Organizations Can
Support Farmers & Food Security
This article examines two nonprofit “middle-of-the-chain” organizations in Duluth that link small farmers with food-insecure communities via meal kits and food boxes. It argues that intermediaries who actively engage both producers and consumers can boost farmer incomes and make healthy local foods more accessible.
Food Forward’s Meal Boxes
& Food Security Impact