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Phoenix outlines food‑systems grants, urban agriculture fellowship and cooperative training
Summary
City presenters described ARPA‑funded trainings, food‑system transformation grants and local partnerships that supported food forests, composting, restaurant waste pilots and a farms‑to‑food‑banks program, aimed at growing local producers and improving access in food‑insecure neighborhoods.
City presenters told the Community Services and Education Subcommittee that pandemic relief and ARPA funding seeded a suite of programs intended to strengthen Phoenix’s local food economy and support new farmers.
Hannah Layton, director of an Arizona benefit corporation working with entrepreneurs on values‑based business models, described a 10‑week cooperative business development training that targeted sustainable food enterprises and helped entrepreneurs form member‑owned cooperatives. "Over the past 3 years, we've been able to work with the Office of Environmental Programs with this ARPA funding to…
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