The Board of Directors of the Fondy Food Center announced that Venice R. Williams, widely-known for her visionary leadership of Alice’s Garden Urban Farm on the Northside of Milwaukee, will become the Interim Executive Director of the Fondy Food Center, beginning Monday, May 2.
Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market’s SNAP match doubles produce spending power for low-income families
There are still six more Saturdays to enjoy the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market (MWFM), but the SNAP Market Match ends March 31st. The MWFM’s 9th season runs through April 14th, 2018 and, for the first time, implemented a USDA SNAP incentive program that doubles the spending power of low-income families and individuals to purchase healthy, local produce.
Zilber Family Foundation awards Fondy Food Center $100,00
The board of directors of the Zilber Family Foundation has awarded a two-year, $100,000 grant to Fondy Food Center in efforts to connect the Lindsay Heights neighborhood and Central City Milwaukee to fresh, locally-grown food on a larger scale. Fondy Food Center is one of eight Milwaukee nonprofits receiving grants totaling $700,000 after the fall […]
Fondy PumpkinFest Saturday Oct. 26 4-7pm
Enjoy a sparkling display of more than a 100 brightly lit, decorated jack-o-lanterns at Fondy Farmers Market’s PumpkinFest on Saturday, October 26th between 4 and 7 pm. PumpkinFest includes storytelling (with Marquette University Golden Eagle senior basketball forward Jamil Wilson), kids face painting, live music, pumpkin decorating contest, and free light refreshments – all free! […]