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We just launched a free resource to help schools embed values into their sourcing! Visit bit.ly/tcmschoolfoodr… for: 🍏Real-world experiences of #schoolfood leaders 🍏Contract language that supports #valuesbasedprocurement 🍏Case studies + tips!

@RodneyEllis Here to serve. Thank you for your partnership—we are honored to connect Texans with fresh, healthy food grown, harvested and produced by Texans.

Everyone deserves access to fresh, healthy food. As we continue our season of gratitude, I am especially thankful for our partners in the fight against hunger. A huge thanks to Common Market, Urban Harvest, Small Places, and the Houston Food Bank.

@FVSU Extension collaborated with The Common Market Southeast for their First Annual Town Hall Meeting. More than 40 Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural professionals from Georgia attended the event. #FVSUag @CommonMkt

Meet the #HungerHeroes providing meals to school children via @CommonMkt. 🦸🏾🥘 In honor of May 3rd's School Lunch Hero Day, take a look into what it takes to prepare nutritious food for children! rockefellerfoundation.org/insights/grant… #GoodFood4All #HealthySchoolLunch

🍅🌽 #HCPrecinct4, in partnership with @CommonMkt, is distributing fresh, local produce to Harris County residents in an effort to fight #foodinsecurity—registration required. 📅April 05 ⏰3:30 pm-5:30 pm 📍6000 Chimney Rock Rd ℹ️apps.hcp4.net/med/Event/Deta…

Across the city of Atlanta, Georgia, many organizations are working to build a food system that centers community wellbeing with the health of the planet. These twenty organizations are supporting local food producers and regional economies, offering educational resources and agricultural training, and working to ensure that their neighbors don’t go hungry. Includes: @ACFB @cfmarkets @GeorgiaOrganics @givingkitchen @OpenHandAtlanta @CommonMkt @umifeeds @WholesomeWaveGA and more! On April 14, Food Tank is heading to Atlanta to partner with Spelman College and Emory University for the Summit “Empowering Eaters: Access, Affordability, and Healthy Choices.” Held in support of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the event will celebrate the city’s local food movement and uplift the health and wellbeing of future generations in policy. foodtank.com/news/2024/04/o…

"Sustainable growing has value. It has value to our children, to our children's children, to our planet, to our economy." – Bill Green, @CommonMkt #FoodTank Tune in live: youtube.com/live/MV7PMroTS…

"Farmers not only need markets, they need direct investment." – Bill Green, @CommonMkt #FoodTank Tune in live: youtube.com/live/MV7PMroTS…

Many communities desperately need #healthy food solutions. We recently provided #ProBono representation to @CommonMkt in a strategic merger that extends the nonprofit’s healthy #food hubs to the Greater Chicago area. Learn more: bit.ly/4a1E6Vw

@tahtah777 @AdrianGarciaHTX So happy to hear that our Texas Yellow Sweet Corn found its way to you! That corn would have been sourced from Fredericksburg Peach Company of Spicewood, TX. Please send us a note if you have more questions: texas@thecommonmarket.org.

@CommonMkt We got the most wonderful ears of corn in our boxes during the last month here in Harris County @AdrianGarciaHTX sure would love to know the farm, taxonomy.

"Ain't no party, like a senior party because a senior party don't stop!"🎵 The Alief Neighborhood Center is the busiest senior program in the city! I joined Common Market and Baker Ripley in support of our seniors this morning. They were having a GOOD TIME, yall! #districtf

Dr. Hamlin loves her apples! #GACrunch4Lunch #FuelingGA #GeorgiaGrown #TheCommonMarketSoutheast @eatrightbibb @bibbschools @commonmkt @bjreeceorchards @georgiadeptofed @GaDeptAg @georgiangrown @gadoenutrition

Students in Bibb celebrated Georgia’s Harvest of the Month, APPLES! They tasted various apples from Reece Orchards! #FuelingGA #GeorgiaGrown #TheCommonMarketSoutheast @eatrightbibb @bibbschools @commonmkt @bjreeceorchards @georgiadeptofed @GaDeptAg @georgiangrown @GaDOENutrition

Students in Bibb joined others across the state to celebrate Georgia’s Harvest of the Month – APPLES – today with #Crunch4Lunch. Bibb students tasted Honeycrisp, Granny Smith and Crimson apples from B.J. Reece Orchards, a family owned and operated orchard in Ellijay, Georgia!

The Feeding Georgia team met with Bill Green, Executive Director of @CommonMarketSE at their East Point distribution center this week. Thank you for sharing your vision of building sustainable food systems in the Southeast with us!

Yesterday, when I visited @CommonMarketSE, I was amazed by the incredible artwork of local artist Trinity Harrison. Her work perfectly captures what @USDA is striving to achieve, and she did it all freehand! Thank you, Trinity, for this special gift.

Excited to see Haile join the stage at @IntFreshProduce's #FoodService Conference to discuss advancements in inclusive procurement and #supplierdiversity to meet consumers' increasingly values-based buying behaviors. #FCS2023

Last month, the Urban School Food Alliance brought together leaders from across the #schoolfood system to share the importance of partnerships + collaboration between school districts and local producers. Access the slides + recordings on our website now: bit.ly/3pAMetG

This is what community looks like ❤️ We opened HHA's first community food pantry at Cuney Homes which provides fresh produce, canned/boxed goods, and protein sources to more than 500 Cuney households each month.

#NJ Legislature is considering passing a law that would incentivize schools and school districts to purchase food directly from local farmers and growers to enhance meal offerings for students! Show your support of this Bill #A5459: hungerfreenj.org/action/#/34 #FarmtoSchool

ICYMI: We're live now with @CommonMkt from 3-3:30pm ET talking about how to advance #schoolfood procurement. What does values based purchasing mean to you and your district? Reply with your answer 👇 or join now to learn more: bit.ly/USFA_Local