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Local Matters' Veggie Van Mobile Market
Program Type Description:
Local Matters aims to create healthier communities through food education, access, and advocacy.
MISSION STATEMENT:
Local Matters’ mission is to build healthier communities through food education, access, and advocacy. We lead hands-on programming that empowers people to access the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to eat well and feed their families on a budget. In 2022, we reached over 10,000 people of all ages and backgrounds with life-changing programs that increase food and economic security and prevent diet-related disease. Local Matters' Veggie Van is a mobile market and education program on wheels, providing fresh, affordable, and high-quality produce to areas of low food access throughout Columbus year-round.
ORGANIZATION DETAILS
Address: 633 Parsons Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, 43206 United States
Website: www.local-matters.org
Phones:
- 614--26 -3-5662
TYPE: Mobile Pantry
Area Served:
- County
- Neighborhood
- Urban
Population Served:
- Children
- Families
- Immigrants
- Men
- People of color
- Pregnant Women
- Seniors
- Unemployed
- Women
- Low-income
- Youth
- Refugees
- Infant
Areas of Interest:
- Capacity Building
- Dismantling Racism
- Food Security
- Networking with other organizations
- Research / information about food security and anti-hunger
Healthy Foods:
- Distributes fresh fruits and vegetables
- Sources fresh food from local/regional farms
- Hosts CSAs, farmers markets or provides voucher program for produce
- Nutrition education, cooking or shopping classes
- Growing food or garden education
- Community food hub
- Medically tailored meals or food boxes
- Hosts healthy community meals
- Nutrition Education
Food is Medicine:
- Provides medically tailored meals/ Groceries
- Partners with healthcare clinic providers
- WIC
- WIC farmers market
- Nutrition counseling and education
Government Programs:
- SNAP (Food Stamps)
- WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
Non-food services:
- Clothing
Advocacy:
- Voter registration
- Client led activism
- Advocacy education for client advocacy
