2511-0107 Local Food Security and Anti-Hunger Initiatives

For the advancement of community food security and the protection of public access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food; provided, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Our Neighbors' Table, Inc. in the city of Amesbury to provide free groceries to those who are food insecure across the Merrimack Valley; provided further, that not less than $35,000 shall be expended for the emergency assistance fund in the town of Lincoln; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Chelmsford council on aging for senior food security to meet the nutritional needs of elders; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Franklin Food Pantry, Incorporated building project; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Medway Community Farm, Inc. in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the Lower Cape outreach council for a refrigerator truck and food pantry repairs; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Fenway Civic Association, Inc. for the Fenway Cares mutual aid initiative, including administrative costs, for the distribution of fresh food and supplies to foodinsecure Fenway residents; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the South Congregational food pantry in Pittsfield for expanded operational capacity and procurement efforts; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the coastal foodshed initiative in the greater New Bedford region to promote and grow the local food access economy and distribution channels for locally grown food; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for GreenRoots, Inc. for initiatives fighting food insecurity in Chelsea; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Stone Soup Caf�, Inc. to provide low- to no-cost meals to alleviate hunger in the city of Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the Medfield Food Cupboard, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended for further technical development and collaboration between food agencies in the town of Arlington; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the Braintree Holidays - Friends, Inc. located at the Margin Crispin center in the city known as the town of Braintree; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Growing Places for the expansion of equitable access to healthy food and environmental sustainability through education, collaboration and advocacy at the Waterford Street School property in the City of Gardner; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for food insecurity funding for a partnership with the North Andover farmers market; provided further, that not less than $47,000 shall be expended to Community Harvest Project, Inc. in the town of Grafton for the purchase of a tractor; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Somebody Cares New England, Inc. in the city of Haverhill for the operation of its food pantry and to combat food insecurity in the community; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Ministerio los Milagros de Jesus, Inc. in the city of Lawrence to alleviate hunger and malnutrition for low-income and moderate-income families and unhoused and elderly residents; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended for the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition; provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Salem food pantry to support a mobile market in the city of Salem; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be provided to the Regional Environmental Council, Inc. to support its programs and operations; provided further that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Charles River Regional Chamber, Inc. to provide grants to independent restaurants located in the city of Newton to supply prepared meals and other food products to food banks serving the city of Newton and senior and other programs addressing food insecurity needs of individuals in the city of Newton; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Sustainable CAPE - Center for Agricultural Preservation & Education-Foundation, Inc. for a local food access, education and affordability program; provided further, that not less than $5,000 shall be expended for the Easton Food Pantry, Inc. in the town of Easton; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Cooperative Development Institute, Inc. for the Assabet Co-op Market in the town of Maynard for construction and support necessary to open and sustain the market; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Harvest on Vine's food pantry in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for the mitigation of food insecurity in the city of Everett in an ongoing effort with the planning department through the provision of fresh and local produce to low-to-moderate income families at no cost through existing partnerships with About Fresh, Inc., Everett Community Growers, Inc., the Everett food policy council, local farms and both privately-funded and publicly-funded food pantries; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to Bread of Life, Inc. in the city of Malden for furnishings and equipment; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Dwelling House of Hope, Inc. in the city of Lowell; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for World Farmers, Inc. in the town of Lancaster for its farming operations and farmers markets; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at East Boston Community Soup Kitchen, Inc. in the East Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at the Grace Church Federated in the East Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at the Friday Night Supper Program, Inc. in the Back Bay section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for the food pantry run by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul located behind Saint Joseph Church in the town of Lincoln; provided further, that no less than $50,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Catholic Charities food pantry in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Rose's Bounty food pantry to help fulfill food insecurity needs for residents of the southwest neighborhood of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended equally to The Open Door/Cape Ann Food Pantry, Inc. and Our Neighbors' Table, Inc. for food distribution, nutrition, education and other support programs serving communities throughout Essex county; provided further, that not less than $20,000 shall be expended to Project Just Because, Inc. to upgrade and expand its perishable food storage including, but not limited to, the purchase of walk-in refrigeration or freezer units; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the MetroWest Food Collaborative; provided further, that not less than $40,000 shall be expended to Seeds of Solidarity Education Center, Inc. in the town of Orange for healthy soils work and educational programming; provided further, that not less than $56,250 shall be expended for Community Action Pioneer Valley, Inc. for a program center and food pantry in the city of Greenfield; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Food Link, Inc. to address food insecurity in the city of Woburn and the towns of Arlington, Billerica, Burlington and Lexington; and provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to the Billerica Community Pantry, Incorporated in the town of Billerica