]> 2026-05-13T04:02:32+00:00 Tri-State Region-PA-WV-OH-Food System Project 0 en Scott Sheely This project intends to develop and implement a plan to increase the supply of local food available to residents of the Pittsburgh food shed (200 mile radius) in several states. By using a data-driven strategic plan as a guide, it envisions a series of targeted interventions to increase the number of producers, add to the variety of the local food inventory, create and enhance aggregation entities to the distribution system, reduce choke-points in supply chains, expand the number of distribution opportunities, and organize consumer demand in ways that improve the equitability of the food system. Region-PA-WV-OH.png Smart Region Benedum Foundation Hillman Foundation R K Mellon Foundation Heinz Foundation Giant Eagle Eat n Park Farm to Table People’s Natural Gas Sysco Pittsburg Pickle Big Burrito Restaurant Group Chatham University California University of PA Penn State University West Virginia University Ohio University Ohio State University Carnegie Mellon University Robert C. Byrd Institute Grow Ohio Valley Allegheny County Conservation District Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Pittsburgh Idea Foundry Wheeling Public Market Pittsburgh Food Policy Council Republic Food Enterprise Center ACEnet The Progress Fund Greene County Econ Bridgeway Capital Regenerative Agriculture Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Greene County PA State of West Virginia State of Ohio Implemented 2023-01-25T06:12:46Z 2459969.7588657 Tri-State Region-PA-WV-OH-Food System Project