Veggie Van
West Michigan mobile farmers market
Our Veggie Van’s two vehicles run year round, making daily stops in urban neighborhoods throughout Grand Rapids and Muskegon, ensuring that fruits and vegetables are available to people who otherwise have limited access to fresh produce. We grow and sell locally grown, top-quality fruits and vegetables at reduced prices. Additionally, we accept SNAP, Senior Project Fresh/Market FRESH, W.I.C. Project Fresh benefits, and accept Double Up Food Bucks.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES BROUGHT TO YOU BY…
We now grow, purchase, and sell our fruits and veggies from local farmers and supplement our supply by partnering with local grocery stores. At the Mary Free Bed YMCA, we now grow produce in our green house and outside in raised farm beds that we sell on the Grand Rapids van.
The Veggie Van is made possible through the generosity of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Amway and Spectrum Health. The Muskegon Area Veggie Van is made possible through the generosity of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Herman Miller Cares, and the Muskegon Community Foundation.
Muskegon Area
- Aunt Millie’s Bakery
- Blackbird Farms
- Cherry Capitol Foods
- Crisp Country Acres
- Funny Farm
- Grandson’s Gardens
- Heeren Brothers Produce
- Kandyland Dairy
- Liberty Family Farm
- Little Red Organics Farm
- Maple Moon Farm
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The Double Up Food Bucks program allows SNAP-eligible shoppers to double their SNAP benefits (Bridge Cards) up to $20 per market day. If a shopper purchases $20 worth of food at the market using a Bridge Card, they will receive $20 in Double Up Food Bucks tokens to spend on fresh, Michigan grown produce at the market.
Qualified seniors who receive Market Fresh benefits are able to utilize these coupons at our market.
WIC Project FRESH helps to provide healthy and nutritious produce to Michigan WIC participants, while fostering economic development by promoting our state’s diverse agricultural products. The program provides low-income, nutritionally-at-risk WIC participants with eligible, locally grown, fresh, unprepared fruits and vegetables from authorized farmers, farmers’ markets and roadside stands throughout Michigan. The Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) is known in Michigan as Project FRESH and is administrated by the WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) program. At the Mary Free Bed YMCA, we now grow produce in our green house and outside in raised farm beds that we sell on the Grand Rapids van.
INTERESTED IN THE VEGGIE VAN VISITING YOUR LOCATION?
If you are interested in learning more, or if your organization and surrounding area would benefit from our Veggie Van, please send an email to activate@grymca.org or call us at 616.885.5912.
