‘Cause My People Gotta Eat
We use food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change by and for Black communities. Through youth and workforce development programs, social enterprises, and policy initiatives, we build community capacity to make our own change. We believe food is the key ingredient to nourishing individual and communal well being. Racism in the local housing, economic, justice, and food systems make accessing fresh food in the Northside a challenge for many. We bring people together to learn, cook, eat, and grow food, creating change that lasts.
AFC operates our programs on the basis of a commitment to food justice. We are dedicated to addressing North Minneapolis’ inequities and developing a thriving community that offers family wage employment, career opportunities, access to fresh, local food, and social and economic growth. AFC implements this development through a comprehensive variety of direct service and advocacy-focused programming, including community cooking workshops, urban agriculture, organized food policy efforts, and job training.
In partnership with our neighbors and friends, we are feeding our people, training and employing youth, and bringing people together to lift up North Minneapolis as a leader in food systems change.
AFC’s Impact in Numbers
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7,800 in 2024 - 4,600 of them donated to Northside partners!
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We began with 100 deliveries per week, and increased to 120 partway through the year! We delivered 3,120 meal boxes to community members in North Minneapolis in 2024.
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18 workshops held in 2024, plus 1,800 new meals distributed by our new “Green Bags” at workshops!
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AFC Youth had 3,552 on-the-job training hours in 2024, with 1,512 hours on the farm and hundreds more in our workshops and meal box packing!
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Over $135k paid to over 30 youth interns in 2024, with over 80% retention!
AFC FAQ
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Our three founders, LaTasha Powell, Michelle Horovitz, and Princess Haley, came together to build an organization that offered people in North Minneapolis opportunities to connect with community, eat and cook fresh, local, and wholesome food, and learn more about building health and community capacity. Check out our founding page to learn more!
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Appetite For Change uses food as a tool to create health, wealth, and social change.
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We’re a community led nonprofit organization that uses food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change in North Minneapolis. Through youth and workforce development programs, policy initiatives, and community-led programming, we build capacity to make our own change.
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We believe food is the key ingredient to nourishing individual and communal wellbeing. Systemic barriers affecting the Northside make accessing fresh foods a challenge for many. By bringing people together to learn, cook, eat, and grow food, we create change that lasts.
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Food justice can look like a community claiming its right to ownership of its food system—the right to grow, sell, access, and eat food that is fresh, nutritious, culturally-relevant, and grown with integrity for the wellbeing of the land, workers, and animals. We believe food justice leads to a strong local food system, a sustainable environment, and community healing.
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Appetite For Change is a 501c3 not for profit organization as outlined in Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 27-5112040). We are also a registered charitable organization with the State of Minnesota. Your donation to Appetite For Change is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Reach out to our development team at giving@afcmn.org if you have any questions for us!
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