Serving the Indianapolis Community
Established in 2016, Community Food Box Project provides 24-hour emergency food assistance in neighborhoods facing food insecurity. We partner with schools, churches, community centers, and businesses to install little free pantries for those in need.
Community Food Box Project is dedicated to relieving food insecurity by bringing individuals together to design, maintain, and install community food boxes in their own neighborhoods
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The Latest Events and Updates
- “Thanksgiving” and the myths of dispossession: Panel and assembly
- New Center member, Food Box Project, to eliminate hunger
- Community Food Box Project: Call for volunteers!
What is Food Insecurity?
Food Insecurity is the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. According to SAVI, as of 2019 almost a quarter of our city’s population lives in food deserts. Given than one third of the city’s Black population lives in food deserts, the overall situation is best described as food apartheid. Below is a SAVI map, with blue areas indicating food deserts.
Read more about food apartheid here.
