Food deserts can be hazardous to your health. Food deserts impact affluent, middle, and low-income communities across the country. Family Tree Market will build healthier communities by providing affordable, high quality food, education, and services to underserved populations.
Food advocacy for underserved areas in particular is an uphill battle that requires all hands on deck. We need your help in this fight. 86% of all health care spending is the result of chronic diseases and those costs are rising. Our nation spends more on health care than any other country in the world. Underserved areas like Montbello get hit the hardest with unhealthy food options that feed a health infrastructure that does not work for everyone. We can change this in simple ways. Partner with us to help make a difference at the ground level.
Small Donations
We believe in community engagement and value small donation as an approve of the overall effort and mission. A gift of $25.00, $50.00 or $100.00 goes a long way towards making sure that Montbello and communities like Montbello become healthy communities.
Community Capital
We would love to set up a meeting to explore a capital partnership that includes loans, investment or some type of creative source of funding that will ensure that these communities are not getting lost in a health disparity gap with any interested parties.
Philanthropy
Healthcare cost are rising while access to healthy foods is narrowing in some communities. We would love to set up a meeting to discuss the best ways to partner with the philanthropic community to resolve this issue.
Get Involved
If you are passionate about the Montbello community then we encourage you to get in the arena. Montbello and communities like Montbello require residents to demand for equity. If you do not, no one else will. There are several ways to get involve, start with
Our mission is to improve the way the food industry responds to meeting the needs of our communities. This includes programmatic efforts with the community to improve the overall health of the community and measuring the effect of those efforts to ensure that we are having a sustainable impact over time. If you are passionate about this issue, we would love to work with you.
Support Local Farms!
Family Tree Food Market will source from local urban and rural farms. Denver has a rich urban farm community that includes Denver Urban Gardens, The Urban Farm, Children's Farm of American and Montbello's very own, Montbello Urban Farm. We will purchase from these and other local farms in an effort to activate community resources and keep product cost down.