The Veggie Van
The Veggie Van
The Veggie Van (est. 2021) is a mobile market that serves affordable fresh local produce to underserved communities in Winnipeg.
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The goals are two-fold. By making nutritious local produce more affordable and accessible, this initiative helps to address food insecurity and improve health and socio-economic outcomes in lower-income neighbourhoods. Sourcing locally also directly supports small sustainable farmers which in turn helps strengthen the local food system and local economy as a whole.
Although this is a relatively new model, research on the impacts of mobile
markets is already showing promising results in combating food insecurity and
improving food literacy, among other outcomes. Learn more here.
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Schedule & Locations
The Veggie Van mobile market is active during summer and into fall, when Manitoba is in peak produce season! Stay tuned for the 2024 schedule.
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Each week, we will set up at the locations of our community partners:
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North End Women's Centre, 394 Selkirk Ave
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West Central Women's Resource Centre, 448 McGee St
- Knox United Church, Central Park, 400 Edmonton St
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NorWest Community Food Centre, 61 Tyndall Ave
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North Point Douglas Women's Centre, 221 Austin St.
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How You Can Help
All produce is subsidized by 70-100% to help reduce barriers to access. Some of the offerings include cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, beets, carrots, watermelons, apples etc.
PAY IT FORWARD
We encourage those with the financial means to donate to our pay-it-forward program to help cover the cost entirely for those unable to afford our local produce. PIF donations are accepted are our veggie van locations.
VOLUNTEER
We are always looking for volunteers to help run the Veggie Van.
Interested? Please fill out our volunteer application
or email projects@fireweedfoodcoop.ca for more information.
Our Sponsors
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