12 Urban Center of Influence Ideas that Involve Food
- Hand out free, plant-based ice creamas did weExplore near Melbourne, Australia, introducing residents to the UCI and its programs.
- Offer hot meals to those who need food mostlike Walk of Faith Community Center, in Cleveland, and PAN Dining Room in Cúcuta.
- Fill a micropantry in front of your church for easy community accessas can be found at the Adventist church in Hinsdale.
- Create a caffeine-free cafelike the Food Farmacy, in Cardiff, Australia, where wellness professionals offer the best meals, and more.
- Open a juice barlike Press Together, in Ogden, Utah where the community enjoys cold-pressed juice and good friendship.
- Run a bakerywhile also cultivating friendships, as done at Trapezata in Ruse, and Pheerapon Cafe in Kanchanaburi.
- Offer a "pay what you can afford" model at a non-profit restaurantalso allowing customers to "pay it forward," as is done at One Bistro near Dayton.
- Start a large food pantry to address food insecuritylike this one in the Bronx, New York City, where one in four residents faces food insecurity.
- Start a catering businesslike New Life Mures, in Seville, Spain
- Open a health food storeAs done, with "Nature Station" in Riga, and "Club Sehat" in Bandung.
- Start a mobile grocerylike the ones run by Oakwood University and AdventHealth bringing the freshest food into food deserts.
- Offer cooking classesas has been done in Puli, Taiwan, and many other UCIs and churches.