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Healthy food is a right, not a privilege. By partnering with local farmers, schools, and food systems, we expand access to fresh, nutritious food, combat food insecurity, promote lasting community health, and build solutions that help communities thrive.

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Healthy Foods Coordinator

Brenda Williams

Healthy Foods Coordinator

Brenda Williams

Brenda Williams is the Healthy Foods Coordinator for Communities Unlimited (CU).  Brenda is responsible for managing the Food LINC program, a value chain initiative focused on increasing access to and availability of healthy foods for residents of food deserts in the Memphis Mid-south region. 

This initiative also includes outreach to minority and small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs to encourage their participation in local food production. She also coordinated the Farm to Food Pantry Program, which purchased food from small-grow farmers through a grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation and donated it to local food pantries.  Previously, Brenda was the manager of graduate programs for The University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business of Economics.

Brenda received her B.S. from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and her Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri.  Brenda lives in Olive Branch, MS.

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For generations, small-scale farmers have been at the heart of healthy, thriving communities—both economically and nutritionally. We support their success by connecting them to new markets, from local open markets to public schools, creating opportunities for farmers and communities to grow together.

We also offer small farm loans to ease cash flow pressures and help farmers keep their operations running smoothly.

Fill out our contact form to discover how we can help connect your small farm to new markets or learn more about our small farm loan program HERE.

Healthy Foods Initiatives are catalysts for change, helping communities shift toward healthier, locally-grown diets. We support a variety of programs that promote nutritious eating in public schools and across the community, creating lasting impact on both health and local food systems.

Fill out the form at the top of the page to learn how we can help bring a Healthy Foods Initiative to your school or community.

Communities Unlimited’s Healthy Foods Department supports the creation and growth of community farmers’ markets, helping bring fresh, locally-grown food directly to the people who need it most. We believe healthy communities start with food grown close to home—because access to nutritious, local food nourishes people and strengthens the local economy.

Fill out the form above to learn how to bring a farmers’ market to your neighborhood or support an existing one.

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Our Promise

To partner with people who want to escape from persistent poverty and connect them to solutions for achieving sustainable prosperity.

Our Purpose

Talent is equally distributed across the U.S. and opportunity is not. Access to opportunities should not depend on where you live, how much you have in the bank or what you look like.

Our Approach

Through human connection and ingenuity combined with cutting-edge technology and expertise, Communities Unlimited connects people to solutions that sustain healthy businesses, healthy communities, and healthy lives.

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