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The Food Trust WHERE WE WORK WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO GET INVOLVED LEARN ABOUT FOOD ACCESS CONSULTING 3 PRESS RELEASES Release date: October 4, 2021 New Education Resource: Introducing The Food Trust's New Online Learning Hub Release date: June 29, 2021 The Food Trust's Farmers Markets are Open for the Season Release date: June 24, 2021 The Food Trust Appoints Industry Veteran Regine Metellus as Vice President of Finance Release date: December 21, 2020 The Food Trust Announces Strategic Planning RFP Release date: December 21, 2020 The Food Trust and Anthem Foundation Sustain Food Access in Communities Release date: October 16, 2020 The Food Trust Names Mark Edwards as Chief Executive Officer Release date: March 19, 2020 The Food Trust's Three Year-Round Farmers Markets to Remain Open During the COVID-19 Outbreak Release date: January 16, 2020 The Food Trust Names Aaron Felder as Interim CEO Release date: November 5, 2019 The Food Trust’s Market at Cherry Street Pier Rounds Out 2019 Season with Tributes to Veterans (11/9) and Four-Legged Friends (11/16) Release date: September 20, 2019 The Food Trust Announces Leadership Transition Release date: June 18, 2019 The Food Trust Expands Food Access Efforts with Support from Anthem Foundation Release date: March 21, 2019 Night Market Philadelphia Announces 2019 Lineup and Website Launch Release date: March 4, 2019 Wednesday Evening at the Flower Show: Free Town Hall Addresses Local Food and Farming Policies Affecting Greater Philadelphia Release date: October 11, 2018 American Ninja Warrior Star Najee Richardson to Give Keynote Address at The Food Trust's HYPE High School Youth Leadership Summit, October 17 Release date: September 6, 2018 This Fall, Night Market Philadelphia Continues East of the Delaware, West of Broad, and at the Heart of the Ben Franklin Parkway Release date: July 24, 2018 22 Local Farmers Markets Open for the Season Release date: June 12, 2018 New Farmers Market Opens in Germantown Release date: May 11, 2018 Freeway to Headline Night Market Philadelphia Release date: April 18, 2018 Night Market Philadelphia Announces 2018 Season Release date: April 3, 2018 Philly Food Bucks Now Available at Five Local Fresh Grocers Release date: March 6, 2018 Tonight at the Flower Show: Town Hall Addresses the Importance of the Farm Bill for Greater Philadelphia Release date: November 17, 2017 Clark Park Farmers Market Celebrates 20 Years This Saturday With Harvest Day Release date: October 19, 2017 Preschools in Salem County, NJ, Celebrate Farm to School Month by Distributing "Good Food Bags" to Families Release date: September 27, 2017 The Food Trust's Dwayne Wharton, Director of External Affairs, Selected for New National Leadership Program to Build Health Equity Release date: June 29, 2017 Get HYPE Philly! Young Leaders Award $74,000 in Mini-Grants to Local Youth-Serving Organizations Release date: June 14, 2017 The Food Trust's Night Market Philadelphia Awarded $150,000 in Support from Knight Foundation to Promote Civic Engagement and Inclusion Release date: June 5, 2017 U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, Hip-Hop Dance Troupe Special EFX and GSK Gather to Celebrate Philadelphia’s Young Leaders for Healthy Change Release date: May 23, 2017 President's Proposed Cuts to SNAP Will Result in More Hunger and Fewer Communities with Access to Healthy Food Release date: March 30, 2017 Night Market Philadelphia's 2017 Season Celebrates Diverse Neighborhoods and Immigrant Communities Across Four Corners of Philadelphia Release date: February 16, 2017 Get HYPE Philly! Recipient of National Healthy Education and Workfroce Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Release date: January 17, 2017 The Food Trust Launches the Center for Healthy Food Access: New collaborative project aims to increase access to and demand for healthy foods and beverages in underserved urban and rural communities Release date: January 11, 2017 USDA-Funded Statewide Expansion of SNAP Healthy Food Incentive Program Now at Three Philadelphia Supermarkets Release date: November 21, 2016 The Food Trust Awards Mini-Grants for Pennsylvania's First Farm to Early Care Awards Release date: November 16, 2016 Headhouse Farmers Market Continues Celebrating 10 Seasons with a Day-Before-Thanksgiving Market and December Holiday Markets Release date: May 19, 2016 Reservations Now Open: Shopping with the Chef Release date: April 28, 2016 Mayor Kenney Joins Youth Leaders for Get HYPE Philly! Celebration Release date: April 13, 2016 10 Years Growing: Headhouse Farmers' Market Celebrates 10th Season Release date: March 10, 2016 The Food Trust, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids and American Heart Association Celebrate Release of New Task Force Report, Supporting Healthy Corner Store Development in New Jersey Release date: February 1, 2016 Healthier Food Trucks, Healthier Consumers: The Food Trust and University of Pennsylvania Students Collaborate on Innovative Certification Program for Philly Food Trucks Release date: October 29, 2015 Let's Move! Executive Director Debra Eschmeyer to Deliver Keynote Speech at Field to Tray, the Inaugural Farm to School Conference for the Mid-Atlantic Region Release date: October 21, 2015 Field to Tray, the Inaugural Farm to School Conference for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Brings Together Innovators in the Field to Connect Communities with Fresh, Healthy Food Release date: October 13, 2015 Chelsea Clinton to Visit The Food Trust's HYPE Youth Leadership Summit, October 20 Release date: June 26, 2015 Common Ground Marketplace to Debut Expanded 2015 Season on Sunday, July 12 Release date: May 20, 2015 Eat Healthy, Give Healthy! Food Drive Returns on June 4 with Fairmount Farmers' Market Community Celebration Release date: May 14, 2015 Celebrate the Unveiling of Congregation Rodeph Shalom’s Major Renovation at The Food Trust’s Common Ground Marketplace on Sunday, May 17 Release date: April 30, 2015 Headhouse Farmers' Market Opens for the Season on Sunday, May 3 Release date: March 19, 2015 Announcing the recipients of the $5 million GSK Impact Grant for a healthier Philadelphia Release date: March 17, 2015 Tickets on sale for EATS Philly: A Street Food Throwdown for Healthy Kids Release date: March 9, 2015 Flight Market @ Lincoln Financial Field: An afternoon of street food, field tours, live music, flea market shopping, special Eagles appearances and more Release date: December 10, 2014 Eat Healthy, Give Healthy! food drive invites holiday shoppers at Clark Park Farmers’ Market to share healthy food with low-income families Release date: December 8, 2014 The Food Trust Receives $900,000 Grant from Newman’s Own Foundation Release date: November 17, 2014 This Giving Tuesday, support healthy food access and eduacation by dining out at local favorites The Farm and Fisherman, Tria Cafe or Pitruco Pizza Release date: November 12, 2014 Eat Healthy, Give Healthy! Food Drive Invites Thanksgiving Shoppers at Fitler Square and Headhouse Farmers' Market to Share Healthy Food with Low-Income Families Release date: September 24, 2014 The Rollins Family Foundation Launches Partnership with The Food Trust to Empower Local Youth Release date: September 4, 2014 The Food Trust and the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA Celebrate Back-to-School Healthy Eating with Harvest Day at the Christian Street YMCA Release date: September 3, 2014 'I Love Food: Making Missouri More Delicious' event to be held at Hilton Garden Inn and Farmers Market of the Ozarks CONTACT For press inquiries, please contact Carolyn Huckabay, Communications Senior Associate, at chuckabay@thefoodtrust.org or 215-383-5408. High-resolution photos may be available upon request. Home / Get Involved / Press Room FOLLOW US © 2012 The Food Trust. 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