NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In the series, urban and rural grassroots leaders from across the United States share how their communities are developing and implementing strategies—grounded in local places, cultures, and histories—to shift power and achieve systemic change. Over the years, I’ve seen corporate food giants pack up and leave our neighborhoods.

Food 88

Food Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Community Development 88

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image Credit: Oladimeji Odunsi on unsplash.com How do you support development across the food system in a way that builds community ownership and power for Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities? This is a question that a group of food system activists of color have come together to address.

Food 104

Food Finance Community Development Culture 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

After seven years of kitchen-table and Zoom organizing, a multi-stakeholder, cooperative, community-owned grocery store is taking shape in Louisville, KY. In October, the metro council of Louisville’s combined city-county government voted to allocate $3.5 million to help make a co-op grocery a reality. We secured $3.5

Food 102

Food Construction Public and Social Policy Governance 102

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Image credit: TuiPhotoengineer on istock.com This is the fifth and final article in NPQ ’s series titled Building Power, Fighting Displacement: Stories from Asian Pacific America , coproduced with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development ( National CAPACD ).

Community Development 111

Community Development Poverty Retail Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 24, 2023

Coproduced by Partners for Rural Transformation, a coalition of six regional community development financial institutions, and NPQ , authors highlight efforts to address multi-generational poverty in Appalachia, the rural West, Indian Country, South Texas, and the Mississippi Delta. What do you picture when you think of rural?

Poverty 98

Poverty Agriculture Community Development Culture 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This article concludes Black Food Sovereignty: Stories from the Field , a series that has been co-produced by Frontline Solutions and NPQ. This series features stories from a group of Black food sovereignty leaders who are working to transform the food system at the local level.

Food 112

Food Agriculture Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 112

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

“In cities like Richmond, California, and Boston, Massachusetts, which had experienced ‘food apartheid,’ the need for locally grown, healthy food supported the rise of urban farms that employed returning citizens. Two things changed how wealth was managed.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Taxation 108