LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville nonprofit that runs a farmers market in the city's west end received $300,000 to combat food insecurity.

The West End Farmers Market provides free fresh produce and local products twice a month during the summer in the California neighborhood. Taylor Ryan founded Change Today, Change Tomorrow in 2019 to give back to underserved communities in west Louisville. Residents in the area are disproportionately affected by a lack of access to fresh and healthy food options, Ryan wrote in a Change.org petition in 2023.

Change Today, Change Tomorrow received a $300,000 pledge from an anonymous UK-based donor to advance food justice and sustainable community health, according to a news release Monday. The donor will give $50,000 per year over the next six years to support the farmers market.

"In a moment when federal dollars are drying up, and public investment in communities like ours continues to fall short, this international act of solidarity reminds us that individuals—especially those with generational wealth—have a role to play in resourcing liberation," Ryan said in a news release. "We are shifting from begging institutions to calling in those who believe in redistributing their privilege and investing in community-led systems."

The farmers market accepts SNAP benefits and participates in the Kentucky Double Dollars program through Community Farm Alliance.

"This donation is not just about dollars," Ryan said. "It's about believing in Black-led solutions, in food sovereignty, and in the West End community's power to nourish itself—literally and spiritually."

The market is also supported by the Wild Seed Fund. 

The farmers market is the only one in the west end, according to a news release.

To learn more or donate to Change Today, Change Tomorrow, click here.

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