Hartford Food System, Inc.

What attracted me to Hartford Food System was its focus on solving the underlying problems in our food system, rather than solely on short-term food issues (as important as those are). I have the honor of working closely with the fundraising staff, who are dedicated to using HFS's resources smartly and efficiently to fund the organization's vital programs. I am still new to the board, but I look forward to many years of working with HFS to achieve long-term solutions to the challenges facing low-income residents' ability to access healthy food. I am especially excited to be part of an organization that is educating children to grow and prepare healthy food, which will only make Hartford an even stronger community in the future.

Half of the donations paid the staff and management of HFS; 20% paid non-employees for services. Not much left for the hungry.

There are a lot of organizations out there that are feeding the hungry. While that's important, Hartford Food System is tackling the bigger issue - the root causes of food insecurity. Hartford Food System is working to create a more sustainable future. The staff at this organization is a small group of passionate individuals who are making a difference every day. I'm proud to support their work. and feel it’s one of the most important investments I can make.

This non-profit does a very good job dealing with complex and very important issues regarding access to healthy food for residents of our community.

Hartford Food Systems has always been ahead of the curve. They have advocated for systems thinking way before this was understood as essential to solving multi-faceted complex problems. This is a lean organization that uses its resources wisely and is always imagining innovative ways to tackle the problem of universal equitable access to healthy foods.

The great thing about this organization is the way they take a system approach to dealing with food insecurity in the area. Because of this they are engaged in a number of multifaceted programs such as urban agriculture, youth leadership, farmers markets, mobile market, community kitchen, school gardens, child care nutrition, improving the quality and quantity of fresh food at local retailers as well as helping to create policy recommendations for the city's advisory commission on food and policy. This organization is a valuable asset to the community that I am happy to support and I encourage others to do the same.

Great non-profit doing work that is of the utmost importance in Hartford. The programs truly match the vision of taking an entire food system approach to helping Hartford's residents. I applaud their work.

An awesome organization that truly puts the concept of "teach a man to fish" into practice. Hartford Food System does that, and goes well beyond that, bringing a multi-faceted, "systems-thinking" approach to address the issues of food insecurity in Hartford and throughout the region.

HFS is a wonderful asset to the city of Hartford. They do an excellent job in increasing the affordability, accessibility and availability of healthy foods to the community. Their programs truly make a difference!

Hartford Food System provides a service that would otherwise not be available to many of Hartford's residents. The organization is meeting a critical need - making healthy, affordable, fresh, local food accessible for all - and doing it in a creative, impactful way.

Excellent and knowledgeable staff! HFS is available to direct the public on so much information relating to local food policy or local food access points.

Hartford Food Systems is a phenomenal community organization with a wide range of positive food based impacts on the community. They create accessible nutrition through their mobile market, food education through little city sprouts - a program for youth food education, and local agriculture within their North End Farmer's Market.