food access

The Open Door: Mobile Markets Reducing Barriers to Stop…

*This is the second article in our three-part Inspiring Changemaker 2022 Series, where we highlight the amazing work of our clients and their food security...
James Mallory
5 min read

The Farmers’ Truck 2021 Retrospective: Crazy Challenges and Fantastic…

Being a company dedicated to food security, our success isn’t measured by dollar signs but rather by our social impact. Last year saw no...
Lorraine Dufour
7 min read

4 Ways to Reduce Gender’s Influence on Food Security…

Even in the world’s richest country food security and food access aren’t blind. It disproportionately affects non-white Americans and females. Given all of the...
Lorraine Dufour
6 min read

Food Insecurity and Race: The Troubling Stats and What…

The facts don’t lie. Racial inequity plays a big part in food insecurity in the US. Non-white households are two times more food insecure...
Frederic Laforge
6 min read

What’s the Real Cost of Hunger? Finding Local Solutions…

$130.5 billion.  That’s not a typo. That’s the cost of hunger per year on the American healthcare system.1 And it’s the shocking result of...
Frederic Laforge
4 min read

Seniors’ Food Insecurity: 4 Ways Mobile Farmers’ Markets Can…

The baby boomer generation is still booming in their golden years. And that’s great for the healthy older adults who can cover their healthcare...
Lorraine Dufour
7 min read

Who Benefits From Community Food Systems? 3 Ways to…

Have you ever tasted a tomato?  No, really. I mean, actually tasted one?  I know, I know, you’re thinking, “of course I have!” Chances...
Lorraine Dufour
8 min read

What the Blue Zones Teach Us About Healthy Living…

There’s an interesting phenomenon happening in five small pockets of the world. Researchers call these areas the ‘Blue Zones’.1 We’re talking about the happiest...
Frederic Laforge
5 min read

Why We Can’t Let Mobile Farmers’ Markets Fail and…

Running a mobile farmers’ market is hard. We should know. We did it for several years. Trying to balance costs, handling fresh produce, marketing,...
Frederic Laforge
6 min read

The GoFarm Approach to Creating a Strong and Sustainable…

*This is the first article in our three-part Inspiring Changemaker 2022 Series, where we highlight the amazing work of some of our incredible clients...
Lorraine Dufour
6 min read