The Colorado Department of Agriculture is offering a new tax credit to increase access to healthy foods. The Community Food Access Tax Credit was passed in the 2023 legislative session in order to increase access to healthy groceries and help to lower costs for the sellers. The legislations makes up to $10 million available every year until 2030. Only small food retails, farm-direct operations and small family farms who are serving low-income, low-access communities will be eligible for the tax credit.
The new tax credit program is an extension of the Community Food Access Grant program that’s been available since 2023. That program has distributed 117 grants in 42 Colorado counties totaling $5 million.
Kusi Appiah got one of those grants. Appiah and his family have run the Kantamanto African Market in Aurora for the last 11 years.
“What’s your clientele like?” asked CBS News Colorado Anchor Michael Spencer…