Arcadia provided food access to low-income neighborhoods in 2014 through their mobile market program. They made 18 stops per week in neighborhoods with limited food options, selling over $147,000 worth of local, sustainable foods. Their efforts increased food sales and helped residents use food assistance benefits, with a 29% rise in fruit and vegetable purchases by those using SNAP. They also saw a large percentage of repeat customers and higher average transaction amounts for food assistance users compared to previous years.

1. Arcadia: Food Access in 2014
2
18
STOPs
regular weekly
in low-food access
neighborhoods
in 2014
Expected to increase in 2015:
100%
Mobile
Market
vehicles
Increase in stops
from 2013
$147,019
$94,780
$52,846
$22,545
Total Mobile Market Sales in low­food
access neighborhoods
Amount of local, sustainable food sold by
Mobile Market 1, "the Big Green Bus"
Total value of fresh fruits and veggies
purchased using food assistance benefits
DC Produce Plus Program vouchers
redeemed by low­income customers
20 local farmers and food
producers represented
43% Increase in
food sold from '13
118% Increase in
food sold from '12
29%
increase in fruit and
vegetable sales to
SNAP customers
from 2013
repeat
customers
in 2014:
Food assistance transactions made by
66%
of PPP vouchers
redeemed at the
Mobile Market
22%
Avg. value of
SNAP
transactions on
"The Big
Green Bus":
average increase in amount
SNAP customers spent from
2012-2014:
127%
# food assistance transactions at the
Mobile Market in 2014:
4,864
$18.23
20
tonsof fruits & veggies
sold
in low-food access
neighborhoods