Do you know an individual, business, or nonprofit/public sector agency that is doing great work to promote food security for Hartford residents? Please consider nominating them for the Hartford Community Food Security Awards! The Food Security Awards are an annual event held in recognition of efforts to strengthen local food systems, improve nutrition, and empowerRead more
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POSITION POSTING: Hartford Mobile Market Driver/Assistant Operator Hartford Mobile Market Overview The Hartford Mobile Market is a produce market on wheels that brings fresh fruits and vegetables to various Hartford neighborhoods. A program of Hartford Food System and Hispanic Health Council, the mobile market began operating in December 2014. The mobile market makes several marketRead more
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Angela G. Colantonio, Angela@hartfordfood.org, (860) 296-9325 HARTFORD, CT – Hartford Food System has received a grant for $1000 from Connecticut Humanities on behalf of the City of Hartford Advisory Commission on Food Policy to invite Tanya Fields to speak at the 2013 Community Food Security Awards.Read more
We had the amazing opportunity to talk about the work we do on WFSB Channel 3’s Better Connecticut. Grow Hartford’s Rodger Phillips and Whole Food’s Drew McLachlan do a cooking demo to talk about our up coming Urban Farm Dinner. Check it out here.Read more
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The report calls for a campaign to improve nutrition in Hartford. How_Hartford_Is_Eating_7-18-13Read more
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By Rex Fowler | COMMENTARY via The Hartford Courant, October 19, 2012 It came as no surprise when a recent national study ranked Hartford as the country’s eighth worst city — among cities with 100,000 to 250,000 residents — for providing access to healthy foods for its low-income residents. New Haven was fifth in theRead more