activities · 5
what they do
direct service · 3
- Mobile Market Food Distribution On-Campus and Pop-Up Food PantriesOperates three mobile markets—“Big Bus,” “Small Bus,” and “The Benz”—that deliver healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables to communities across Arizona on a weekly schedule: “Big Bus” Monday through Thursday, “Small Bus” Monday and Tuesday, and “The Benz” every Thursday. These mobile markets have served over 150,000 individuals and families.
- Mobile Market Food Distribution On-Campus and Pop-Up Food PantriesOperates three mobile markets ("Big Bus," "Small Bus," and "The Benz") that provide a high-quality shopping experience for healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at various community locations across Arizona each week. The "Big Bus" runs Monday through Thursday, the "Small Bus" operates Monday and Tuesday, and "The Benz" is deployed every Thursday.
- Mobile Market Program On-Campus and Pop-Up Food PantriesOperates three distinct mobile markets ("Big Bus," "Small Bus," and "The Benz") that provide healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables to over 150,000 individuals and families across Arizona through weekly community deployments.
advocacy · 2
- Advocacy for SNAP EBT Access SNAP Outreach and Access AdvocacyIdentifies and raises awareness about limited online grocery access for SNAP Quest EBT recipients in Arizona, with a focus on rural regions, as part of its advocacy efforts to improve food access.
- Advocacy for SNAP Online Grocery Access SNAP Outreach and Access AdvocacyIdentifies and advocates for solutions to limited online grocery access for SNAP Quest EBT recipients in Arizona, particularly in rural regions.
strategies · 11
how they think
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- Community-based, people-informed program development community-based solutionsDesigning and implementing food system solutions that emerge from and are guided by community input ensures relevance, sustainability, and local ownership of food access initiatives.
- Community-driven food empowerment and decision-making community-driven food empowermentCentering individual and community agency in food choices is seen as a mechanism to build stronger, more connected communities and ensure that food programs are culturally relevant and responsive to local needs.
- Community-driven food empowerment through autonomous choice community-driven food empowermentEmpowering individuals to make their own food decisions is seen as a pathway to stronger, more united communities, emphasizing autonomy as a tool for collective empowerment and engagement.
- Community-impacted staffing and leadership community-impacted staffingHiring staff from communities most affected by food insecurity ensures that lived experience directly informs program design and organizational strategy, leading to more effective and equitable solutions.
- Community-impacted staffing model community-impacted staffingHiring staff from communities most affected by food insecurity ensures that lived experience directly informs and guides organizational strategies and program design.
- Empowering communities through food choice and local relevance community_driven_food_empowermentThe organization believes that empowering individuals to make their own food decisions, particularly regarding locally grown and culturally relevant options, builds stronger, more connected communities. This approach is further strengthened by ensuring programs are community-based and informed by the people they serve, and by hiring staff from impacted communities to guide the work.
- Enhancing SNAP accessibility through online and mobile solutions SNAP_online_accessThe organization aims to increase access to healthy food for SNAP recipients by promoting and expanding online grocery access. This includes integrating SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks AZ payments into authorized eCommerce platforms to simplify transactions for retailers and consumers, and utilizing mobile markets to bring fresh food directly to communities.
- Expand online access for SNAP recipients SNAP-online-accessBy promoting online grocery access for SNAP recipients, the organization increases healthy food accessibility while simultaneously supporting retailer participation and growth through digital integration.
- Expand online access to SNAP benefits SNAP-online-accessBy enabling online grocery access for SNAP recipients through integrated eCommerce platforms, the organization increases healthy food accessibility for low-income communities while simultaneously reducing administrative burdens and supporting retailer participation.
- Mobile markets for direct community access mobile food accessMobile markets bring fresh, locally grown, and culturally relevant food directly to underserved neighborhoods, improving access through proximity and convenience, supported by tools like zip code-based stop searches.
- Mobile markets for direct food access mobile food accessBringing fresh, locally grown food directly to underserved neighborhoods via mobile markets increases access in areas with limited grocery infrastructure, using location-based tools (e.g., zip code search) to improve reach and convenience.
named programs · 2
what they call their work
Farm Express
Mobile markets ("BIG BUS", "SMALL BUS", "THE BENZ") that provide healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables at various community locations.
SNAP Online
Initiative to expand online ordering and payment options for SNAP customers, particularly in rural areas of Arizona, and integrate Double Up Food Bucks AZ sales.
relationships · 8
who they work with
- Farm Express Partner — Partnered to serve individuals and families with healthy, affordable fruits and vegetables.
- Mercy Care Partner — Community partner
- Peddler's Son Partner — Community partner
- Sun Produce Co-op Partner — Community partner
- Transdev Funder — Supporting sponsor
- Valleywise Health Funder — Supporting sponsor
- Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Funder — Supporting sponsor
- Vitalyst Health Foundation Funder — Supporting sponsor