Northumberland Eats 2.0 

In December 2020, Northumberland Eats launched, in partnership with Northumberland County, a food voucher program. This program facilitated by the Northumberland United Way (NUW) between government, individual donors, local service agencies, and the private sector has proved that when a community comes together it can do remarkable things to help people facing immediate food insecurity.

We are now expanding Northumberland Eats into Northumberland Eats 2.0, evolving it from a voucher-based program into a comprehensive initiative that tackles food security issues at a more foundational level. With the valuable support of Northumberland County and the insights gathered from our Community Matters survey, along with identifying the funding gaps from local food providers, NUW has developed five new grant stream directions to address these critical needs:

• • Feed – to assist groups who are currently preparing community meals for residents.
  • Grow – to fund projects related to Farm to Table initiatives.
  • Seed – to pilot new and innovative ideas from current providers.
  • Thrive – to fund projects that are currently in operation and help to sustain them.
  • Learn – designed to help educate students/clients about food production, nutrition and sustaining themselves in the future.

Applications are now closed for Feed and Grow grants.