Past, Present & Future: Our Solution To Food Apartheid

2014: HOW IT STARTED
Rescuing Food From Restaurants At End Of Business Day; Distribute Food To Residents of Tent City
2020: THEN IT GREW DUE TO URGENCY CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Using Personal Cars Then U-Haul To Pick-up Grocery Items From Food Distributors & Wholesalers; Distribute Groceries At Pop-ups On Corners In Greater Grand Crossing, Auburn Gresham & Englewood
2021: THEN IT GREW EVEN MORE THROUGH COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Purchase 16’ Refrigerated Box Truck, Expanding Capacity of Food Rescue. Transition From “Pop-ups” To Fresh Foods Markets.
2022: MORE GROWTH THAT CHANGED HOW NEIGHBORHOOD NUTRITION PROJECTS OPERATE
Weekly 75th St Fresh Foods Markets Plus Fresh Foods Markets In Other Communities. Shoppers Select From A Wide Selection, Offering A Community Market Experience.
2024: OUR SOLUTION TO FOOD APARTHEID
Purchase, Re-imaging & Repurpose The Site of A Vacant, Former Liquor Store To A Community Centered Grocery Market + Café.
2025 (And Beyond): K FRESH FOODS
K Fresh Foods Shows Everyone That Fresh Foods Markets and Cafes Can Survive On The Southside; That The Community Want Access To Fresh Food.