Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center

The Wallace Center has recently launched the Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development Center at the Wallace Center at Winrock International. The HUFED Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s  National Institute for Food and Agriculture (formerly Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service or CSREES), will support greater  access to healthy affordable food in communities across the country. HUFED is unique in that it will provide grants and technical assistance for enterprise development and focus on getting more healthy food—including local food—into communities who have limited access.

The Wallace Center supports entrepreneurs and communities as they build a new, 21st century food system that is healthier for people, the environment, and the economy. HUFED will build on Wallace’s expertise in economic development through local food enterprises (read more about our Community Food Enterprise project), and will work with the National Good Food Network, a partnership of nonprofits, for-profits, researchers, government, funders, and practitioners dedicated to “scaling-up” the aggregation and distribution of local food (read more about the National Good Food Network).

Application Process

Thank you for your interest in applying for funding through the  Wallace Healthy Urban Food Enterprise Development (HUFED) Center. The Letter of Interest submission deadline has now passed. For additional project information and updates, visit www.wallacecenter.org/hufed

Estimated Timeline 

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