Kiar Gamsho of Park Street Market joined the Good Food Fund

Kiar Gamsho

Michigan Good Food Fund announced its new Stakeholder Board, which brings together entrepreneurs, capital and technical assistance providers, food system practitioners, and community partners from across the state. The Stakeholder Board members will work together to set the vision for this statewide food financing initiative, channel community input, refocus its priorities, and keep the work accountable to those it seeks to benefit.
Michigan Good Food Fund launched in 2015 as a statewide loan fund giving good food entrepreneurs financing and business assistance to increase access to healthy food and spark economic opportunity in their communities.
Now assembled, the Stakeholder Board has refocused this initiative to address two of the most pressing challenges of our time – growing inequality and climate change – through food. It aims to maximize its efforts to support mission-led good food businesses with a focus on owner-operators who are women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and North African, and Multi-Racial.
“Good food businesses are the backbone of our communities,” said Kate Krauss, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer at Fair Food Network, the administrator of the Michigan Good Food Fund. “With the priorities set by this community-first Stakeholder Board, the Michigan Good Food Fund can support local businesses to bring about more equitable access to food, jobs, ownership, capital, and ultimately a healthier, more resilient and just future.”