Many of Ventura County’s residents lack access to fresh, pesticide-free produce.
Many of them are farmworkers, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and poor white people.
Even though Ventura County is one of the country’s great agricultural regions, many of our Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and poor white residents struggle to access fresh produce because few grocery stores exist in their neighborhoods.
In addition, inadequate transportation due to income inequities makes it difficult for them to make trips to wealthier neighborhoods where plenty of fresh produce is available.
Without adequate transportation, walking more than 1 mile or even 0.5 mile while carrying groceries can be difficult, if not impossible for many.
Neighborhoods where residents live that far away from grocery stores are almost all neighborhoods where migrant farmworkers, BIPOC, and poor white people live, pointing to structural inequities based on race and class.
Even when food injustices seem insurmountable, we believe together we can make a difference.
This Giving Tuesday, we can intervene against food insecurity in Ventura County by building a mobile produce market.
Your support will help us retrofit a used school bus to expand access to local, organic, and affordable produce to our community most in need.
Please click the button below to reach our donation page, and leave a comment to let us know you’d like your donation to go to our mobile produce market construction.
We are a 501(c)(3), which makes your donation tax-deductible. If you donate by December 31 you can ensure it can be deducted in this year’s taxes.
With gratitude,
— The Abundant Table Farm Collective