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UEMPOWER of Maryland's "The Food Project" brings culinary skills, job opportunities, sustainable food sources, mentorship & hope to the youth of South West Baltimore. With your support we can empower futures together.
MEALS & FOOD GIVEAWAYS
TUESDAYS
11-2:00 Popup Market
WEDNESDAYS
2-4:00 Deliver Homemade Meals
Contact us to be added to our delivery route 410-877-6020
THURSDAYS
11-2:00 Popup Market w/ Cooking Demos
NOTE: Every 3rd Thursday we receive a large tractor trailer with our partner @SoWhatElse and give away starts at 10 am that day.
Next tractor trailer food give away is 10/19.
EVENTS
Sunday Gospel Brunch
in partnership with New Bethal Ministries
Every 4th Sunday
This month we have a special Pasta Feast
and pumpkin give away
10/22 at 12-3pm
The Grind Popup Restaurant
(To Be Announced) Wednesdays 5-8pm
Join us for smokin’ good chicken platters, sides and handcrafted drinks in The Grind Garden. Hosted by youth leaders of The Food Project as part of our Community Based Education (CBEdu).
Food Production
Our Impact 2020: SWITCHING GEARS w/Covid Relief
With the pandemic, The Food Project was quick to shift gears into Covid Relief and still focus on two key challenges: food insecurity and youth unemployment. It implemented The Food Project food production and meal distribution program and took classes online. It currently prepares, packages and distributes 500+ meals weekly under the leadership of Executive Chef Dexter Kess, who himself grew up in 21223; it is partnering with Baltimore City to distribute food boxes to the community at its pop-up markets; and it is a member of the Baltimore Children’s Cabinet Youth Food Insecurity workgroup, helping lead the charge to reduce food insecurity among Baltimore’s youth. To address youth unemployment, The Food Project is training and hiring local youth to prepare, package and deliver meals and run the pop-up markets. And this past summer, The Food Project partnered with the Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success to provide employment and mentoring opportunities for four youth through the city’s Earn As You Grow program. Its goal: to leverage culinary arts training to support youth full-time employment elsewhere. From March through October, The Food Project produced 19520+ meals and delivered over 463,000 pounds of food, and hired 18 youth workers who collectively worked an average of 200 hours a week.
Social Enterprise
Youth learn how to produce, brand, market & sell SeedyNutty a healthy snack sold in store. They will learn food safety procedures. Together we will create jobs and a sense of pride for SW Baltimore.
Trainer & Mentor:
Michelle Suazo, Executive Director of The Food Project and Creative Director of IndigoPark Design & Technology
WHO WE SERVE:
