Rooted In Inc.: Partners with Emplify Health by Bellin for The Local Lineup: Draft Day Food Fest 

[Green Bay,Wis. April 9, 2025]

Rooted In Inc is proud to partner with Emplify Health by Bellin for The Local Lineup: Draft Day Food Fest during the Green Bay 2025 Draft. Located in the parking lot of the Bellin Health Titletown Sports Medicine & Orthopedics (Emplify Health by Bellin) Clinic, 1970 South Ridge Road, Green Bay, WI 54304.

Join us Thursday, April 24th and Friday April 25th from noon to 7PM and Saturday, April 26th from 9AM to 3PM as we amplify our mission to improve access to local food, reduce food insecurity and recover food from going to waste to feed our community.

The Food Fest will feature local food trucks- JTR’s SnoBiz, The Wandering Table, Fiamma Del Forno, Kickin Ash BBQ selling game day favorites.

A Maker’s Market with artisans (Grainworks Old + New, Mister Burns, uBu Foods, EverlastingEats, Sweet Treats Candies & Sweets, 4th N Long, OshPop, Paulie’s Chop Shop) will be selling local food and goods. Entertainment will be provided by Prism Pop Facepaint and the Green Bay Juggling Club. All vendors will be donating 20% of their sales to Rooted In.

In addition, copies of the brand new 2025 Farm Fresh Atlas of Wisconsin publication from REAP Food Group will be distributed, as well as an opportunity to learn about the new Maize App, a true farm to table app that transparently connects consumers to local food sources.

“We are thrilled that Emplify Health by Bellin has chosen Rooted In to participate in this event,” says Selena Darrow, Founder and Executive Director of Rooted In. “Rooted In’s mission is to build a community table that nourishes and uplifts. Our goals to increase access to nutritious food, reduce food insecurity, improve culinary literacy, and connect local food sources to consumers align with the health and wellness goals we both have for our community. Emplify Health by Bellin’s commitment to patient-centered healthcare and its focus on lifestyle medicine makes our partnership a natural fit to support a community based sustainable local food system.”

About Rooted In Inc.

Rooted In Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in June 2023. Our mission is to build a “community table” where all people are nourished and uplifted. By bringing people together, we improve access to fresh and nutritious foods as a tool for transforming health and wellbeing.

About Emplify Health

Emplify Health is comprised of two of the Midwest’s most respected health systems, Gundersen and Bellin Health. We are a not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network with headquarters in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wis. We deliver primary, specialty and emergency care in 11 hospitals and more than 100 clinics in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.