Organization
The Food Trust
Also known as: Food Trust, Food Trust Philadelphia
A 30+ year Philadelphia-headquartered nonprofit working on equitable food access across the United States. Mission: 'Delicious, nutritious food for all.' Operates 20+ year-round farmers markets across Philadelphia (the largest producer-only network in the city), runs the Food Bucks nutrition-incentive program for SNAP users, the Healthy Corner Stores initiative, Farm to School programs, and Healthy Food Financing. One of the most operationally consequential food-justice nonprofits in the eastern US — the directory recognizes The Food Trust as the organization behind dozens of individual market listings in Philadelphia's Schuylkill Valley bioregion.
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What they do
The Food Trust is a 30+ year Philadelphia-headquartered nonprofit working on equitable food access. Mission statement: “Delicious, nutritious food for all.” Three pillars: food access, food affordability, nutrition education.
The directory tracks The Food Trust at the organization level because they operate 20+ year-round farmers markets across Philadelphia that appear as individual entries in the directory — a single org running the largest producer-only farmers-market network in the city.
Programs
- Farmers Markets — year-round operation; all markets accept EBT/ACCESS, WIC checks, senior checks, and Food Bucks. The list includes 22nd & Tasker, 29th & Wharton, 33rd & Diamond, 52nd & Haverford, 58th & Chester, Broad & Snyder’s, Broad & South, Clark Park, Cliveden Park, Fairhill Square Park, plus 10+ more across Philadelphia neighborhoods
- Food Bucks — nutrition-incentive program that helps SNAP users afford fresh produce by doubling/multiplying their SNAP dollars at participating retailers and markets
- Healthy Corner Stores — works with bodegas and corner stores in food-access-limited neighborhoods to stock fresh produce and healthy options
- Community Nutrition Education — nutrition curricula and learning resources for schools, families, and community partners
- Farm to School — connects K-12 schools to local farms for cafeteria sourcing and educational programming
- Healthy Food Financing — capital support for food retail in underserved areas
- Policy advocacy — federal/state work on nutrition-assistance programs
Strategic focus
The 2022-27 strategic plan emphasizes programs + partnerships + policy as the lever for sustainable change in nutrition security and community health.
Why it’s listed
The Food Trust is the institutional anchor behind a significant chunk of Philadelphia’s directory listings. Recognizing the organization at this level lets the individual market entries reference it via operated-by relations rather than recapitulating the same organizational context in each one.
Markets operated by The Food Trust (in the directory)
Individual markets are listed separately; representative examples include:
- 22nd-tasker-farmers-market
- 29th-wharton-farmers-market
- 33rd-diamond-farmers-market
- 52nd-haverford-farmers-market
- 58th-chester-farmers-market
- broad-snyders-farmers-market
- broad-south-farmers-market
- clark-park-farmers-market
- cliveden-park-farmers-market
- fairhill-square-park-farmers-market
(20+ in total — see the chain-detector report at _knowledge/chain-detector-report.md for the full list as of 2026-05-11.)
See also
Auto-generated from this entry’s typed relations: frontmatter, grouped by relation type so the editorial signal isn’t flattened.
- Shares approach with: food-sovereignty · farmers-market
- Member of: organization
- Contained by: schuylkill-valley
- Operates: 22nd-tasker-farmers-market · 29th-wharton-farmers-market · 33rd-diamond-farmers-market · 52nd-haverford-farmers-market · 58th-chester-farmers-market · broad-snyders-farmers-market · broad-south-farmers-market · clark-park-farmers-market · cliveden-park-farmers-market · fairhill-square-park-farmers-market · fairmount-farmers-market · fitler-square-farmers-market · frankford-transportation-center-farmers-market · headhouse-farmers-market · hunting-park-farmers-market · olney-transportation-center-farmers-market · overbrook-farmers-market · oxford-circle-farmers-market · schuylkill-river-park-farmers-market · west-oak-lane-farmers-market
Sources
Related concepts: farmers-market · food-sovereignty.
A listing in the 0mn1.one directory. Filed under schuylkill-valley in the directory.
What links here, and how
Inbound connections from across the wiki, grouped by lens and by relationship. These appear automatically — every entity page declares what it links to, and that data populates here on the targets.
Practical
operated by
- 22nd & Tasker Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- 29th & Wharton Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- 33rd & Diamond Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- 52nd & Haverford Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- 58th & Chester Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Broad & Snyder's Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Broad & South Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Clark Park Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Cliveden Park Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Fairhill Square Park Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Fairmount Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Fitler Square Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Frankford Transportation Center Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Headhouse Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Hunting Park Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Olney Transportation Center Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Overbrook Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Oxford Circle Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- Schuylkill River Park Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
- West Oak Lane Farmers Market operated by The Food Trust — Philadelphia food-justice nonprofit running the city's largest producer-only farmers-market network
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