Rooted In Inc.

Food security is changing for thousands of Wisconsin families.

On July 1, Wisconsin implemented new federal eligibility changes affecting some non-U.S. citizens receiving FoodShare (SNAP). New applicants with certain humanitarian immigration statuses—including refugees, asylees, and parolees—are no longer eligible.

Current recipients will keep benefits until their next renewal, when eligibility will be reevaluated. Medicaid changes begin October 1. Approximately 7,200 Wisconsin residents are expected to be affected.

As these changes take effect, we expect increased demand on our local charitable food system, particularly for culturally relevant foods.

You can help by:

💚 Making a financial gift.
🙋 Volunteering with local food organizations.
📢 Sharing this post.

Together, we can help ensure our neighbors have access to nourishing food during this transition.

Our new website is live 💚

We rebuilt it to make our work easier to understand.

If you’ve ever tried to explain what Rooted In does, this is a simple place to send people:

We recover high-quality surplus food.
We transform it into nourishing, individually packaged meals.
We share those meals through trusted community food access partners.
And if there is food we can't use in our meals, we share it directly with our partners.

Finally, we help build food skills that make nourishment more practical and accessible.

The new site gives you a clearer look at the model, the mission, and the different ways to get involved.

Visit the new site to learn more, volunteer, donate, or share Rooted In with someone who should know about the work.

🖥️ https://rootedininc.org/ 💚

Every growing mission needs the right partners around the table.

We’re grateful to welcome Catalyzt. A Nonprofit Collective as a partner in our next chapter 💚

Sean, Tara, Adri, and the Catalyzt team are supporting our development and fundraising strategy, helping us build the structure needed for long-term sustainability and greater impact.

Their work will help us think more clearly about how we invite donors, businesses, and community partners into the mission.

Because the need is growing
And we're growing with it.

To keep recovering high-quality surplus food, preparing meals, and strengthening food access across greater Green Bay, we need strong systems behind the work.

Thank you, Catalyzt, for helping us build them.

Rooted In is growing, and we continue to need more hands to help move the work forward. 💚

Thank you to WBAY TV-2 and Kristyn Allen for sharing this story about our expansion into a larger commercial kitchen space at Curative Connections and our need for more volunteers.

As we grow, volunteer support is becoming even more important. Without volunteers, our model doesn't work.

The story also highlights one recent example of what this work can make possible: 1,200 pounds of food recovered after the Luke Combs concert at Lambeau Field.

That food did not go to waste.

It is now part of the work happening in our kitchen.

Read the story and learn how you can get involved: https://www.wbay.com/2026/06/02/green-bay-food-recovery-organization-seeks-volunteers-it-expands-operations/