Who we are

THE PATACHOU FOUNDATION prepares and serves healthy meals to children impacted by food insecurity and increases their awareness, connection, and excitement about food.

Our meal service is complemented by hands-on educational programming to combat food insecurity at its core to break the cycle of hunger in our community.

What does our mission statement mean?

Cultivate

• Cultivate = to improve or develop by careful attention

• Working with and alongside our community

• Laying the groundwork for food sovereign individuals and communities

• Long-term investment in our communities

Opportunity for youth

• Commitment to upending the conversation around hunger relief and to pursuing sustainable models that address systemic causes of hunger

• Amplifying the value and power of food for youth as we partner with schools, communities, and families in our communities

Food as a tool for opportunity

• Food is fuel

• Highlighting the complex food system and food’s journey from field to plate

• Food and farming knowledge in the classroom and cafeteria

• Experiential learning has both immediate applications to readily accessible and culturally relevant food options and long-term knowledge and skills about food literacy.