Virginia Community Capital Supports Healthy, Affordable Foods
A new report from The Food Trust of Virginia documents access to healthy and affordable food in Virginia. Virginia Community Capital has played a key role in the effort to bring healthy foods to communities across the state with its Virginia Fresh Food Loan Fund (VFFLF), a $10 million fund to address the unmet capital needs of healthy food enterprises throughout rural and urban regions in Virginia. The VFFLF seeks to improve access to healthy foods while also bolstering local businesses and creating jobs. The initiative comes at a time when more than 1.7 million Virginia residents, including over 480,000 children, live in low-income communities underserved by supermarkets.