In Ward 8, A Mobile Grocery Store Is Helping To Close Gaps In Food Access

DoorDash now accepting SNAP benefits for grocery deliveries

• Date: 10/25/2024

DoorDash is now accepting SNAP benefits as payment at over 15,000 grocery stores. Cheryl Young, a spokesperson for the delivery company, said…

• Equity
• Food Access

A steady job doesn’t guarantee food on the table for many Arkansans They also deal with the financial burden and social stigma of food insecurity

As a Fayetteville food pantry volunteer and someone who supplements trips to the grocery store with local assistance methods, the…

• Food Access
• Rural Communities
• Social determinants of health

‘Summer hunger gap’ comes with extra challenge of distance in rural counties. Food trucks, mobile markets aim to bridge gap by bringing food to remote families.

• Date: 07/30/2024

The “summer hunger gap” is a challenge throughout the state, as low-income families who rely on schools to help feed…

• Food Access
• Rural Communities
• Social determinants of health

Instacart launches new health collaboration with focus on moms-to-be

• Date: 07/17/2024

Instacart is partnering with New York’s largest health system. The grocery technology company’s Instacart Health initiative designed to promote access to healthy…

• Equity
• Food Access
• Health Care
• Social determinants of health

‘Food in Transit’ program to provide free, locally-grown produce in Indianapolis

• Date: 06/12/2024

INDIANAPOLIS — “Food in Transit” program provides Hoosiers with fresh groceries on the go. IndyGo, the City of Indianapolis and…

• Food Access
• Social determinants of health