The San Diego Foundation has awarded $5,563,500 in grants to 43 community-based organizations to help residents experiencing food insecurity.
The funding will support "localized, sustainable food production and distribution throughout the region," the foundation said in a statement.
The projects selected "represent a wide breadth of nonprofit organizations in San Diego County, from grassroots, volunteer-led efforts to established countywide institutions," according to the foundation.
Target groups include food-insecure seniors, students, tribal communities, unsheltered, and refugee and immigrant residents of San Diego County.
"Our partnership with the county of San Diego invests in long-term solutions that benefit community health and our environment while empowering community choice and food sovereignty in low-income communities and communities with limited access to healthy foods," Foundation President and CEO Mark Stuart says.
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