HAN members Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center provided a combination of low-interest loans and grants totaling $1 million to City Fresh Foods to buy and renovate an 18,000 sq. ft. building in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood in order to expand its operational capacity. The company is the only minority- and employee-owned, and minority-led food service company in Massachusetts.
From the Edible Boston article:
“We need everyone to create the positive change we are seeking. Please do what you can. Support local, diverse businesses with your food dollars. Support nonprofits working to end food insecurity and to create economic opportunity. Speak up and support public policies that address the underlying causes of food insecurity and economic injustice and add resilience to our food system and equity to our economic system.”
– Sheldon Lloyd, City Fresh Foods CEO & Co-Owner
See also: Boston Medical Center’s Healthcare Rethink interview on its Health Equity Accelerator