Food Moxie

What Food Moxie does

Food Moxie is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization founded in 2007 by Weavers Way Co-op as the cooperative's non-profit arm. Despite a founding relationship and shared identity with Weavers Way Co-op, Food Moxie operates as an administratively and financially independent entity governed by its own Board of Directors. The organization educates and inspires people in Northwest Philadelphia to grow, prepare, and eat healthy food through a portfolio of place-based, in-person programs.

Its core programmatic offerings are anchored at three institutional sites: Hope Farm and Hope Kitchen at Stenton Family Manor (a Philadelphia emergency housing facility serving children ages 5-17 and their families), Farm Club at Martin Luther King High School (serving students with autism and intellectual disabilities), and Land Lab at Saul Agricultural High School (the largest urban agricultural high school in the U.S., using a land-to-table curriculum). Supporting assets include the Hope Garden (a half-acre farmette behind Stenton Family Manor), a beginning-farmer training track delivered with partners including Artisan Food Solutions, Rodale Institute, and Penn State Extension, a recipes and video content library on its website, and a fresh-produce redistribution program that routes garden output back into the community via mutual aid partners.

As a non-profit, Food Moxie's revenue model is donation-, grant-, and in-kind-supported rather than commercial; no pricing model is disclosed and no funding rounds are reported. The organization reports 1-10 employees and operates from 559 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119. Marketing is community-based, using organic social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), a monthly email newsletter, on-site events, and a network of corporate and academic volunteer groups (including Comcast, AmeriHealth Caritas, Villanova University, and Penn Charter). Documented program outcomes include 85% of Saul Agricultural students reporting intent to eat fruits and vegetables as snacks, Hope Kitchen graduates cooking at home 5 days per week, and a partner-led training track that has reached 600+ growers in the region.

Name

Food Moxie

Legal name

Food Moxie

Website

https://foodmoxie.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Food Moxie is a Philadelphia non-profit founded in 2007 by Weavers Way Co-op that delivers place-based gardening, nutrition, and cooking education programs across Northwest Philadelphia, serving students with disabilities, families in emergency housing, urban agricultural high school students, and beginning farmers.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Food Education and Urban Agriculture

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Culinary Arts & Cooking (Baking, Pastry, Global Cuisines) (EDAAAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD), Culinary Skills Workshops (Baking, Regional Cooking, Food Prep Skills) (THAJAKAE)

Keywords

• Community food education
• Urban agriculture programs
• Nutrition and cooking education
• Food access nonprofit
• School garden programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Food Moxie delivers hands-on educational programs that teach children, students, and families to grow, prepare, and eat healthy food. Programs are operated at multiple partner sites across Northwest Philadelphia — including Hope Farm at Stenton Family Manor, Martin Luther King High School, and Saul Agricultural High School — and include gardening curricula, cooking instruction, and produce redistribution to address food access and education in low-income communities. The organization also runs beginning farmer training workshops and produces online recipe and video resources.

Product overview

Food Moxie is a non-profit community organization that offers a portfolio of educational programs focused on food literacy and urban agriculture. The core offerings include Farm Club (agricultural education at Martin Luther King High School for students with autism and intellectual disabilities), Garden Club and Hope Kitchen (at Stenton Family Manor's Hope Garden for children ages 5-17 and families), and Land Lab (at Saul Agricultural High School). Supporting content resources include a recipes section with healthy cooking instructions and a video library featuring program overviews and tutorials. Food Distribution programming supports redistribution of fresh produce into the community. The organization operates primarily through in-person programming at multiple sites in Northwest Philadelphia.

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Products and services

• Farm Club Educational program providing high school learners at Martin Luther King High School affected by autism and intellectual disabilities with lessons on growing and cooking healthy food while focusing on sensory learning, development, and life skills practice.
• Garden Club Year-round gardening program for children ages 5-17 at Stenton Family Manor, held at Hope Garden, a 1/2-acre farmette behind the emergency housing facility.
• Hope Kitchen Foundational cooking education series integrating practical and healthy tips to support the needs of busy families on a limited budget, located at Stenton Family Manor.
• Land Lab Land-to-table curriculum at Saul Agricultural High School that takes students out of the classroom and into hands-on agricultural learning at the largest urban agricultural high school in the country.
• Food Distribution Cross-program initiative that redistributes fresh produce grown at Food Moxie sites back into the community through program partners, participants, staff, and mutual aid organizations.
• Beginning Farmer Training Workshops On-farm, hands-on workshops and technical assistance for beginning and newly established urban farmers in the Philadelphia region, covering post-harvest handling, food safety, and other local food systems topics. The post-harvest workshop trainer has helped more than 600 growers add value to their farms.
• Hope Garden Physical 1/2-acre farmette located behind Stenton Family Manor, one of Philadelphia's largest emergency housing facilities, serving as the operating site for the Garden Club and Hope Kitchen programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of Saul Agricultural students said they will eat fruits/vegetables as a snack
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

27 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ruth Bennett Community FarmminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 July 2020Collaborative workshop partnership for cut-flower growing education. Ruth Bennett Community Farm is a two-acre educational farm and environmental education center in Chester, PA managed by the Chester Housing Authority.
• Weavers Way Co-opcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeavers Way Co-op founded Food Moxie in 2007. Food Moxie is the non-profit arm of the member-owned cooperative grocery store. While administratively and financially independent with a separate Board of Directors, the relationship remains foundational to Food Moxie's identity and operations.
• Martin Luther King High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarm Club program located at FOOD MOXIE's Hope Farm provides high school learners at MLK High School affected by autism and intellectual disabilities with lessons on growing and cooking healthy food while focusing on sensory learning and development, and practice of life skills.
• Saul Agricultural High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLand Lab program at the largest urban agricultural high school in the country utilizes a land-to-table curriculum, getting students away from their desks and into the dirt to learn hands-on agricultural skills.
• Stenton Family ManorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHope Garden (a 1/2-acre farmette behind Stenton Family Manor) and Hope Kitchen programs serve children ages 5-17 at one of the largest emergency housing facilities in Philadelphia, with Garden Club being a year-round program and Hope Kitchen providing foundational cooking education for families on limited budgets.
• The Farm at Awbury ArboretumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner hosting Food Moxie programs and events. Resource Fair and Networking Event for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers held at this venue at 6336 Ardleigh St, Philadelphia.
• Artisan Food SolutionscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPostharvest handling and food safety expert Trish Tripp of Artisan Food Solutions leads beginning farmer training workshops. Tripp has helped more than 600 growers add value to their farms through similar workshops and individualized technical assistance.
• Henry Got Crops FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarm site hosting Food Moxie programming and workshops. Located at 7095 Henry Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128. Home to post-harvest handling workshops for beginning farmers.
• Jasmine Thompson / Philly ForestsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFeatured presenter at Resource Fair and Networking Event. Jasmine Thompson serves as director of Philly Food Forests and led tours and presentations on Philly Food Forests.
• Neighborhood Gardens TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing resources and presentations at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• Penn State ExtensionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing agricultural expertise and presentations at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• Rodale InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing resources and presentations at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• Pasa Sustainable AgricultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing sustainable agriculture expertise and presentations at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• Widener SBDCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing business development resources at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• Farm CreditminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing agricultural financing information at Resource Fair for Beginning and Newly Established Farmers.
• ComcastminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• AmeriHealth CaritasminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Health Partners PlansminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• United HealthcareminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Villanova UniversityminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUniversity volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• YouthWorksminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVolunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Penn CharterminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Germantown Friends SchoolminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSchool volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Inspire EnergyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCorporate volunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• PowerCorpsPHLminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVolunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• Bridging The GapsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVolunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.
• HaverfellowsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVolunteer group that has supported Food Moxie through volunteer programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Food Trust: Philadelphia-based nonprofit that combines food access, nutrition education, and school-based programming. Closest geographic and mission peer to Food Moxie, operating programs across the same school and food-system ecosystem.
• Grow Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh urban-agriculture nonprofit delivering hands-on gardening and food-growing education. Highly comparable mission and education modality to Food Moxie's Land Lab and Garden Club programs, with overlapping donor base in regional food systems.
• Greensgrow: Philadelphia urban farm and food education organization running community gardens and food-access programming in the same metro area. Operates with a comparable hybrid education-plus-production model and serves similar underserved Philadelphia residents.
• Edible Schoolyard Project: National nonprofit founded by Alice Waters that integrates gardening and cooking instruction into K-12 schools. Closest direct peer to Food Moxie's Farm Club and Land Lab in combining hands-on growing and cooking curricula for school-aged children.
• Center for Ecoliteracy: California-based nonprofit advancing food and ecological education in schools through curriculum and program design. Comparable as a school-focused food-literacy organization, though operating more in consulting/policy mode than direct programming.
• Wholesome Wave: National nonprofit working on food affordability and produce-prescription programs for low-income families. Comparable through nutrition-equity focus and community-based program delivery, though Wholesome Wave operates more through incentive funding than in-person education.

Regional players

• Common Market Philadelphia: Mid-Atlantic nonprofit food hub connecting regional farms to institutions and underserved communities. Comparable through food-redistribution and producer-training overlap with Food Moxie's Food Distribution and beginning-farmer workshops, though it operates more in wholesale logistics.
• Bartram's Garden: Philadelphia historic-site nonprofit running urban agriculture and youth education programs on the Schuylkill River. Comparable as a place-based Philadelphia food-education organization with school partnerships and community-garden programming.

Broad incumbents

• National Farm to School Network: National information and advocacy network supporting farm-to-school and farm-to-early-care-and-education programs across the U.S. Comparable mission area to Food Moxie's Land Lab and Saul programming but operates at a movement/coalition level rather than direct service.
• Slow Food USA: National nonprofit advocating for good, clean, fair food through local chapters and education programming. Comparable in food-literacy advocacy and community-events model (e.g., Food Moxie's Seed to Supper fundraiser), but operating as a movement rather than a direct-service provider.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/foodmoxie
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCmGW-dbxOwaCw9J_h0OM0yw
• Facebookfacebook.com/FOODMOXIE
• Instagraminstagram.com/foodmoxie
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/food-moxie

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Profiles1 record

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