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I.  Training Curriculum

• Food Systems Overview
• Healthy Food Retail Financing
• Financial Services for Mid-Tier Food Chain Enterprises
• NMTC & Urban Supermarkets
• Understanding the Grocery Industry
• Underwriting Supermarkets & Grocery Stores
• Mid-Tier Food Chain Enterprises Overview & Underwriting
• Capitalizing Healthy Food Retail Initiatives
• Identifying Optimal Areas for Supermarket Development
• Understanding the Food Production Sector
• Credit Skills for Lending to the Food Production Sector
• Food Producers Case Studies
• Identifying Partners and Convening Stakeholders

II. Training Webinars

III.  Additional Resources

• Searching for Markets: The Geography of Inequitable Access to Healthy and Affordable Food
  • Executive Summary
  • Full Report
• Financial Resources Catalogue

IV. Food Desert Mapping Tools

• USDA Food Desert Locator
• PolicyMap

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