Nuestras Raices

TIERRA DE OPORTUNIDADES PROJECT - IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING AND INCUBATION IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (CED)

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** NUESTROS PRODUCTOS (OUR PRODUCTS): A CULTURALLY TAILORED PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HEALTH IN LATINX MEDICAID PATIENTS IN HOLYOKE, MA

"PARATE AQUI MERCADO (STOP HERE MARKET): EXPANDING POINT-OF-SALE AND FRESH-FOOD ACCESS TO LOCALLY-GROWN,CULTURALLY-RELEVANT FOODS IN HOLYOKE,MA" WILL INCREASE ACCESS-TO AND AVAILABILITY-OF LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS,WHILE EXPANDING DIRECT PRODUCER-TO-CONSUMER MARKETS THROUGH LAUNCHING NUESTRAS RAICES' LA TIENDA FARM STORE,CSA PROGRAM,FARM STAND POP-UPS,AND PILOTING NUESTRO SOFRITO (NUESTRAS RAICES' COOPERATIVELY-SOURCED,VALUE-ADDED PRODUCT VENTURE),THROUGH CROSS-COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. SYSTEMIC DISINVESTMENT FROM HOLYOKE'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE,AND THE PANDEMIC,HAVE RESULTED IN 1) LOW-INCOME/LOW-ACCESS HOLYOKE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO FRESH,AFFORDABLE,CULTURALLY-RELEVANT FOODS,AND 2) DISPROPORTIONATELY LIMITED AND SHUT-DOWN MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOLYOKE'S SOCIALLY-DISADVANTAGED AND PREDOMINANTLY LATINO FARMERS AND FOOD ENTREPRENEURS. HOWEVER,NUESTRAS RAICES FARMERS BRING A WEALTH OF AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE AND CULTURE,AND AS A COMMUNITY WE ARE READY TO REBUILD THROUGH "PARATE AQUI MERCADO," A CREATIVE,COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO MEETING THESE NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES. PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE: 1. RESTORE AND IMPROVE DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER OUTLETS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIALLY-DISADVANTAGED,PREDOMINANTLY LATINO FARMERS AND FOOD ENTREPRENEURS 2. INCREASING ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE,LOCALLY-SOURCED,AND CULTURALLY-RELEVANT PRODUCE TO LOW- AND MIDDLE- INCOME RESIDENTS OF HOLYOKE EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR PARATE AQUI MERCADO INCLUDE MOMENTOUS INCREASES TO RESIDENTS' CONSUMPTION OF LOCALLY PRODUCED FOODS,INCREASED DIRECT MARKETS FOR SOCIALLY-DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND ENTREPRENEURS,AND NEW/EXPANDED LOCAL FOOD ENTERPRISES. "PARATE AQUI MERCADO" PROJECT GOALS ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH USDA AMS GOALS,AND POSITION NUESTRAS RAICES AS A LONGTIME,CRITICAL DRIVER OF LOCAL,AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HOLYOKE AND ACROSS THE WIDER PIONEER VALLEY.

NUESTRAS RAICES NUESTROS FINQUEROS TRAINING ENTERPRISES

NUESTRAS RAICES IN HOLYOKE IS IMPLEMENTING ITS LEVEL 1 RISK REDUCTION PRIORITIES: STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND ITS COALITION; IMPROVE INDOOR/OUTDOOR AIR QU

NUESTRA COMIDA (OUR FOOD) PROJECT: INCREASING ACCESS TO CULTURALLY-RELEVANT PRODUCE/PRODUCTS AND CREATING MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME LATINO RESIDENTS, FARMERS, AND FOOD ENTREPRENEURS

HOLYOKE COMMUNITY ENSALADA PROJECT: A FOOD COLLABORATIVE OF BEGINNING FARMERS AND VOCATIONAL STUDENTS

TIERRA DE OPORTUNIDADES

TO CONDUCT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROJECT FOR WOMEN LIMITED RESOURCE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AND OTHER TRADITIONALLY

ESTABLISHING ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER FROM SMALL-SCALE WOOL PROCESSING FACILITIES

TO CONDUCT A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROJECT FOR WOMEN LIMITED RESOURCE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED AND OTHER TRADITIONALLY UN

TO TRAIN AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO EXISTING AND NEW ETHNIC IMMIGRANT REFUGEE FARMERS IN MASSACHUSETTS

RME OUTREACH

SIEMBRADO EN HOLYOKE GROWN: RAISING COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND CULTIVATING FARM RETAIL CUSTOMERS FOR THE LATINO-FAVORED CROPS GROWN BY THE NUESTRAS RAI

TIERRA DE OPORTUNIDADES PROJECT: DIRECT MARKETS FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN W. MASSACHUSETTS

TIERRA DE OPPORTUNIDADES PROJECT

FRESH PRODUCE ACCESS TO FOOD DESERTS AREAS PROJECT-MOBILE FARMERS MARKET

SNAP MATCH FOR LOCAL, ORGANIC, HEALTHY FOOD IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

THIS GRANT SUPPORTS THE COSTS INCURRED TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO RESPOND TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19), WHICH MAY INCLUDE WORKPLACE SAFETY, MARKET PIVOTS, RETROFITTING FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, WORKER HOUSING, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. IT PROVIDES NEEDED RELIEF TO THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS FOR THEIR COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN JANUARY 27, 2020, THE DATE UPON WHICH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE (HHS) UNDER SECTION 319 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AND DECEMBER 31, 2021. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FOOD PROCESSORS, DISTRIBUTORS, FARMERS MARKETS, AND PRODUCERS.

HOLYOKE COMMUNITY ENSALADA PROJECT: A FOOD COLLABORATIVE OF BEGINNING FARMERS AND VOCATIONAL STUDENTS

AINA MO SOIL AMENDMENT PROJECT: ORGANIC COMPOUND FROM BIODIESEL GLYCERIN CO-PRODUCT TO CONTROL APPLE SNAIL (P. CANALICULATA) ON WETLAND TARO

TIERRA DE OPORTUNIDADES PROJECT - IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEES BEGINNING FARMER TRAINING AND INCUBATION IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS