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After our extensive <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.neifood.org/our-impact" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">2024 Local Food Needs Assessment</a> and a new <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.neifood.org/our-strategic-plan" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">2025 Strategic Plan</a>, our network is facing unprecedented demand. Changes in funding priorities combined with growing needs from farmers, families, schools, and partners mean we must scale our capacity immediately to ensure affordable, healthy, local food is available across our 11-county region.This is a pivotal moment for our organization. Your generous support is urgently needed to fund our core capacity and operations, allowing us to accelerate our response.Here&#39;s how your donation impacts Northeast Indiana:<ul fr-original-style="text-align: start;" style="text-align: start; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">CRITICAL NEED: Fund Our Core Programs &amp; Operations: Your gift will directly support the organizational capacity required to meet escalating demand. This includes essential efforts like organizing Local Food Week and administering/promoting <a fr-original-style="" href="https://doubleupindiana.org/how/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Double-Up Indiana</a> in Allen County. Funding operations is our most critical need right now to sustain and expand our reach.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Support the Local Food for All Fund: You may also target your gift to our new fund dedicated to making fresh, local food more obtainable for all, directly reducing nutrition insecurity.</li></ul>Your tax deductible contribution is an investment that builds a stronger local food economy and enables us to serve all Northeast Indiana families effectively. We welcome your questions about donations and sponsorships. Please reach out to Karen Petersen at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:karen@neifood.org?" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">karen@neifood.org</a> or our&nbsp;Board Chair at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@neifood.org?" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@neifood.org</a>.&nbsp; All contributions are sincerely appreciated.

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting Local Food in Northeast Indiana. This donation greatly helps our mission to collaborate with partners across Northeast Indiana and beyond to cultivate a resilient local food system that connects our communities, reduces food insecurity, creates prosperity for our farms, and nourishes all our families. If you would like to contribute further to our cause, contact us to become a volunteer, or spread the word about our mission! Karen Petersen<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:karen@neifood.org" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">karen@neifood.org</a>

After our extensive <a href="https://www.neifood.org/our-impact" target="_blank">2024 Local Food Needs Assessment</a> and a new <a href="https://www.neifood.org/our-strategic-plan" target="_blank">2025 Strategic Plan</a>, our network is facing unprecedented demand. Changes in funding priorities combined with growing needs from farmers, families, schools, and partners mean we must scale our capacity immediately to ensure affordable, healthy, local food is available across our 11-county region.This is a pivotal moment for our organization. Your generous support is urgently needed to fund our core capacity and operations, allowing us to accelerate our response.Here's how your donation impacts Northeast Indiana:<ul><li>CRITICAL NEED: Fund Our Core Programs &amp; Operations: Your gift will directly support the organizational capacity required to meet escalating demand. This includes essential efforts like organizing Local Food Week and administering/promoting <a href="https://doubleupindiana.org/how/" target="_blank">Double-Up Indiana</a> in Allen County. Funding operations is our most critical need right now to sustain and expand our reach.</li><li>Support the Local Food for All Fund: You may also target your gift to our new fund dedicated to making fresh, local food more obtainable for all, directly reducing nutrition insecurity.</li></ul>Your tax deductible contribution is an investment that builds a stronger local food economy and enables us to serve all Northeast Indiana families effectively. We welcome your questions about donations and sponsorships. Please reach out to Karen Petersen at <a href="mailto:karen@neifood.org?" target="_blank">karen@neifood.org</a> or our Board Chair at <a href="mailto:info@neifood.org?" target="_blank">info@neifood.org</a>.  All contributions are sincerely appreciated.

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