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January 2024 Loan Round-up

In January, IFF closed two loans totaling $383,000 for community-driven projects in the Midwest. We’ve included information below about the loans and what the organizations that received them are doing with the capital. To learn more about IFF’s lending, visit our Capital Solutions page. Male Mogul Initiative IFF closed a $220,000 loan that provided Male […]

A Rural Kansas Community Bands Together to Open a Locally Owned, Full-Service Grocery Store

In rural communities across the United States, grocery stores aren’t just purveyors of fresh, affordable food, but anchors upon which public health and the local economy rely. When a local grocery store closes and the nearest alternative is many miles away, residents have little choice but to rely primarily on less nutritious, more expensive food […]

Grand Avenue Market: A 20-Year Quest to Re-establish a Local Grocery Store in Rural Kansas

Rural farming communities across the Midwest fuel the United States’ agricultural engine, but there’s an underlying contradiction in America’s breadbasket. Despite being surrounded by vast swaths of land filled with wheat, corn, soybeans, and other crops that feed the rest of the country, an estimated five million Americans in rural areas must travel more than […]

Video: Kansas Healthy Food Initiative

The Kansas Healthy Food Initiative (KHFI) aims to improve food distribution and grocery sale technology and fund other innovative solutions to food access challenges in Kansas, where 30 percent of the counties are considered food deserts. As part of the KHFI team, IFF will manage more than $5 million in combined loans and grants for food […]

Profile: Caroline Harries, Associate Director, The Food Trust

Caroline Harries is the Associate Director of the National Campaign for Healthy Food Access at The Food Trust, a nonprofit that works with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers, and policymakers throughout the country to develop a comprehensive approach to food access. The Food Trust and Ms. Harries are members of the newly launched Kansas Healthy Food […]

IFF and Kansas Health Foundation team up to tackle rural food access

The Kansas Health Foundation just announced a $4.2 million investment to improve access to healthy food: the Kansas Healthy Food Initiative (KHFI). The initiative aims to improve food distribution and grocery sale technology and fund other innovative solutions to food access challenges in Kansas, where 30 percent of the counties are considered food deserts. As part of […]