Before food shelves were a standard neighborhood resource, Joyce Uptown Food Shelf made its mark as a safe place for families to access food when they needed it most. As a founding partner of The Food Group, fifty-three years later, Joyce is busy as ever.
A Note from Sophia
Our commitment to uniting communities and healing injustices is powerful and an equitable food system is possible. Let’s do this together.
Donor Story
Kathy Cooney and Bob LaBombard have been active supporters of The Food Group for over thirty years. They have created an estate plan that continues their legacy of supporting food access and food systems change
A Note from Sophia
Inflation is soaring and we haven’t seen food and gas prices this high in decades. Moments like this are when our work at home is even more important.
From Community Gardener to Entrepreneurial Farmer
Samuel and a friend delivering maize. I met Samuel Siso, owner of Gesima Obwororo Organic Vegetable Farm, several years ago in The Food Group’s community garden in front of our building in New Hope. Ever friendly and always smiling, Samuel is a gardener who I saw daily during the gardening season. Samuel was often washing […] Read more
