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Night Market Philadelphia, a recurring event by The Food Trust.

Making Healthy Food Available to All

Since 1992, The Food Trust has been working to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food and information to make healthy decisions.

The Food Trust's comprehensive approach includes improving food environments and teaching nutrition education in schools; working with corner store owners to increase healthy offerings and helping customers make healthier choices; managing farmers markets in communities that lack access to affordable produce; and encouraging grocery store development in underserved communities.

Note: The above description came from the organization's home page. The Food Trust is a national organization founded in Philadelphia.

In The News

Night Markets to end as Philly’s Food Trust makes layoffs amid financial crisis, Billy Penn, September 27, 2019.
West Philadelphia Orchestra Teams Up With The Food Trust, NBC-10, February 19, 2018.

Info

Recurring Event: Night Market Philadelphia
Locations: Where We Work

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+{{toplink|url=http://thefoodtrust.org/|name=thefoodtrust.org}}[[File:TheFoodTrust.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Night Market Philadelphia, a recurring event by The Food Trust.]]<blockquote>''Making Healthy Food Available to All''</blockquote>
+Since 1992, '''The Food Trust''' has been working to ensure that everyone has '''access to affordable, nutritious food and information to make healthy decisions'''.
+The Food Trust's comprehensive approach includes improving food environments and teaching nutrition education in schools; working with corner store owners to increase healthy offerings and helping customers make healthier choices; managing farmers markets in communities that lack access to affordable produce; and encouraging grocery store development in underserved communities.
-Our Approach
+''Note:''&nbsp;&nbsp;The above description came from the organization's [http://thefoodtrust.org home page]. The Food Trust is a national organization founded in Philadelphia.
-Since its founding in 1992, The Food Trust has worked with partners to develop a comprehensive approach to improve food environments and teach nutrition education in schools; work with corner store owners to increase healthy offerings and help customers make healthier choices; bring farmers' markets to communities that lack access to affordable produce; and encourage other fresh food retail development in underserved communities.
+==In The News==
+*[http://billypenn.com/2019/09/27/night-markets-to-end-as-phillys-food-trust-makes-layoffs-amid-financial-crisis/ Night Markets to end as Philly’s Food Trust makes layoffs amid financial crisis], Billy Penn, September 27, 2019.
+*[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Benefit-Concert_-The-Food-Trust_Philadelphia-474485753.html West Philadelphia Orchestra Teams Up With The Food Trust], NBC-10, February 19, 2018.
-The success of this approach is evident in Philadelphia, where The Food Trust is a key partner of Get Healthy Philly, a groundbreaking public health initiative led by Mayor Michael Nutter and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. The Food Trust works with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to make the healthy choice the easy choice by increasing the access and affordability of healthy foods.
+== Info ==
+*Recurring Event:&nbsp;[http://thefoodtrust.org/night-market Night Market Philadelphia]
+*Locations:&nbsp;[http://thefoodtrust.org/where-we-work Where We Work]
+== See Also ==
+*[[Clark Park Farmers Market]]
+*[[Philly Food Bucks]]
+*[[Get Healthy Philly]]
+[[Category:About-Food]] [[Category:Issue-Food]][[Category:Is-Advocacy_Organization]][[Category:Does-Community_Based_Programs]][[Category:Does-Community_Economic_Development]][[Category:Does-Food_Advocacy]]
+[[Category:Is-Nonprofit_Organization]][[Category:Where-USA]][[Category:Where-Philadelphia]]
+[[Category:Is-Stan's Headline Page]][[Category:Issue-Community]]