Who Gets to Eat? Co-ops Addressing Food Justice
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This presentation covers how food co-ops are partnering with anti-hunger organizations to better meet the needs of all community members by increasing access to healthy, local food and member-ownership. Learn about how food co-ops are leveraging community ownership of their grocery stores to make healthy, local food more accessible. Presenters: Bonnie Hudspeth: Membership & Outreach Manager, Neighboring Food Co-op Association; Dorian Gregory : Loan & Outreach Officer, Cooperative Fund of New England; Jon Megas-Russell: Marketing & Community Relations Manager, Brattleboro Food Co-op; Maria E. Infante: Director of Community Outreach, Project Bread
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- 8. CO-OPS TODAY Are more common than we think • 1 billion members worldwide (1 in 4 in the US) • More people than own stock in publically traded corporations • Majority of US farmers are co-op members Are innovative • Healthy food, organic agriculture, Fair Trade, re-localization, regional aggregation & distribution Are successful • 30,000 co-ops in all sectors of US economy Are resilient • Survived and grew during the global recession NOFA Summer Conference 2017
- 10. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 NEIGHBORING FOOD CO-OP ASSOCIATION A Co-op of 35 food co-ops and start-up projects across the Northeast with: § 130,000 memberships § 2000+ employees § $315+ million revenue § $60+ million in local purchases *2016 NFCA Member Statistics
- 11. ¡ Increase access to healthy food and co-op ownership for low- income families in New England. ¡ Facilitate information sharing among co-ops. ¡ Highlight the role co-ops play in healthy food access. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 FOOD CO-OPS & HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS
- 15. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 FOOD INSECURITY IN NEW ENGLAND 2015 Rates Food insecure households Child food insecurity Very low food secure households Connecticut 13.1% 18.1% 6.3% Maine 15.8% 23.3% 7.4% Massachusetts 9.7% 15.1% 4.5% New Hampshire 10.1% 15.5% 4.3% Vermont 11.14% 19.1% 5.1% USDA Economic Research Service https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/ and Feeding America http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/our-research/map-the-meal-gap/2014/map-the-meal-gap-2014-exec-summ.pdf
- 16. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 IMPACT OF FOOD INSECURITY ¡ When children struggle with food insecurity: § they are more susceptible to iron deficiency, § asthma, § ear infections and § cardiovascular disease. ¡ Children in food insecure households are: § tardy and absent from school more often and § have more behavior problems. ¡ Food insecure children and elders have a greater chance of being hospitalized and have longer hospital stays. ¡ Patients from food insecure households often have to choose between buying food or medicine. ¡ Food insecurity is associated to childhood obesity and overweight.
- 18. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 OUR PROGRAMS § Community investments § FoodSource Hotline § SNAP Outreach § Food for Seniors § Community Health Center Initiatives Children & Schools Community Solutions § School Breakfast Outreach § Summer Food Service Program § Chefs in Schools
- 19. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 OUR PROGRAMS ¡ Community Supported Agriculture (CSA’s) ¡ Healthy Incentive Program (HIP) ¡ Community Gardens ¡ Urban Agriculture ¡ Farmer Markets Informing Public Policy Building the Food System § Supporting federal nutrition programs § NERAHN (Northeast Regional Anti-Hunger Network
- 20. § Expansion of the Healthy Incentives Pilot = Healthy Incentives Program § Builds upon established HIP (Pilot) infrastructure and lessons learned § Massachusetts statewide coalition § Provides incentive benefit at following statewide POS: § Seasonal, winter and year-round Farmers’ Markets § Farm Stands § Mobile Markets § Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) § April 1st began gradual roll out NOFA Summer Conference 2017 FINI: HEALTHY INCENTIVES PROGRAM (HIP)
- 21. § SNAP Recipients: 758,144 § SNAP Households: 441,807 § SNAP Enrollment: 1 in 9 MA Residents § Average SNAP HH benefit: $214.52/m or $6.99/d § 36% SNAP Recipients Age 18 or under § 19% SNAP Recipients Age 60+ § 35% SNAP Recipients with a disability § SNAP clients live in every city & town across the Commonwealth Note: DTA, July 2017 NOFA Summer Conference 2017 MA SNAP ENROLLMENT: SUMMARY
- 22. § Dollar for dollar match on fruit & veggie purchases § $40/$60/$80 cap per month based on household size § Available to SNAP clients statewide – automatically enrolled (once HIP, always HIP) § Incentive instantly applied to SNAP EBT card § Available immediately for any future SNAP purchase § Clients will need to spend SNAP to earn HIP § HIP benefit available for a 3-year period, starting April 1st § Expungement at 365 days (following SNAP rules) or 90 days after FINI program ends NOFA Summer Conference 2017 HOW DOES HIP WORK?
- 23. Project goals: § Reduce barriers to SNAP client and retailer participation § Increase availability of locally grown fruits and vegetables for SNAP clients § Assess the impact of the new incentive program on participants’ purchase of fruits and vegetables to inform future expansion Intended project outcomes: § Increased purchase of fruits and vegetables by SNAP clients § Increased usage of SNAP benefits for purchasing locally grown fruits and vegetables at the four points of sale § Established sustainable statewide matching/incentive program NOFA Summer Conference 2017 HIP GOALS & OUTCOMES
- 24. Co-op: noun ˈkō-ˌäp, kō-ˈäp A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically- controlled enterprise. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 CO-OPERATE TO MEET A NEED
- 25. NOFA Summer Conference 2017 COOPERATIVE FUND OF NEW ENGLAND § Founded in 1975 § Finance co-ops and non-profits § Loaned over $40 million § 99.2% repayment rate § 100% repayment rate to investors § Created/saved over 11,000 jobs and 5,600 housing units
- 30. § Launched in 2014 – 10% discount for WIC, SSI, SNAP, 3SquareVT + BADIC referrals, EBT, Food Stamps. § Brattleboro Area Drop in Center Collaboration § Senior Centers, BADIC, WIC office, SSI office § 30% of initial enrollments already BFC Shareholders § 393 Total, 290 Active Food for All Shareholders § Yearly Re-certification § $17,000 in discounts quarterly BRATTLEBORO FOOD CO-OP CASE STUDY: FOOD FOR ALL IMPACT NOFA Summer Conference 2017