In 2006, Cathryn Couch received a call from a friend, asking her if she could hire her teenaged daughter for the summer. That call set Cathryn on a path of teaching young people to cook, and providing nourishing, locally grown meals to people with a serious illness like cancer. With a seed grant from BFJ of Sonoma County, Ceres Community Project was launched. Five years later, the young gardeners and chefs have prepared over 110,000 meals for those with serious illnesses.
Across the country, BFJ of Southwest Michigan gave a grant to help launch Fair Food Matters. Since 2002, FFM has been
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