The Green Machine Mobile Food Market

01/31/2019

We regret to announce that our beloved Green Machine Bus which we were renting from the Memphis Transit Authority has been recalled due to it's age. We had been using it for specials events while using a 14 ft. truck for the food ministry. However, we have temporarily suspended operations due to a lack of volunteers needed to load and unload the truck.

04/03/2017

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03/29/2017

The Green Machine Food Truck supplements the capacity of the coveted city bus enabling us to bring fresh fruits and vegetables into community rooms of senior citizen apartment buildings.

02/11/2015

Please join us tomorrow, Thursday, February 12th from 5-7pm at St. Patrick's Community Outreach Center at 277 S. Fourth Street, for a public meeting and multi-media presentation on the Vance Avenue Community Transformation Plan.

As you know, the Green Machine Mobile Food Market was born and raised out of this very community plan!

02/04/2015

The Vance Avenue Collaborative will be hosting a multi-media presentation of the Vance Avenue Community Transformation Plan on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 5 pm to 7 pm at the St. Patrick Community Center located at 277 S. Fourth Street (near the intersection of Pontotoc). This resident-generated plan seeks to significantly improve conditions at Foote Homes without displacing its current residents. The presentation will focus on the physical transformation of this historic complex and its grounds; it was prepared by architecture, engineering, and planning students from the University of Catania. So, celebrate Abraham Lincoln's Birthday by showing your support for the residents of Foote Homes and the surrounding Vance Avenue neighborhood.

07/30/2014

Many thanks to Don Wade of the Memphis Daily News for a great piece celebrating our first year! We are humbled every day by the love of our volunteers, dedicated staff, friends, and patrons. The Green Machine loves Memphis, and we are thrilled to be embarking on our next year in this wonderful community.

Green Machine celebrates one year of mobile groceries

07/22/2014

Today marks the first anniversary of the Green Machine Mobile Market! Since its launch in 2013, the Green Machine has made more than 600 stops providing more than 15,000 Memphians with lower incomes living in so-called food deserts with access to high quality fruits and vegetables.

Thank you for your patronage, support and partnership, cheering-on, and for spreading the word about the Green Machine in its first year! We are looking forward to another fruitful (and vegetable-ful) year ahead!

03/13/2014

Check out High Ground Magazine's recent article highlighting The Green Machine's service in South Memphis:
http://www.highgroundnews.com/innovationnews/greenmachine031214.aspx

The recently launched Green Machine is combating "food deserts" in South Memphis with a simple solution: bring fresh produce to under-served areas.

01/29/2014

Dear Friends,

This week marks the six-month anniversary of The Green Machine! On behalf of all those who have contributed their time and fortune to support this important new service; we want to express our deepest appreciation!

With the help of many individuals and institutions, the Green Machine has been able to make 430 stops in order to serve more than 6,000 poor and working-class Memphians living in neighborhoods without full-service food stores!

In the coming months, we hope to expand The Green Machine's health and wellness education programs. As the weather warms up a bit, we will also be sponsoring a series of food preparation demonstrations to introduce families to delicious meals made from fresh fruits and vegetables available on The Green Machine.

We are also investigating how we might assist residents of the Vance, Downtown, and South Main neighborhoods to establish a cooperatively-owned food store. A slide show featuring the highlights of our preliminary research into this topic appears on this page - we welcome your feedback on this project!

With warm regards,

The Green Machine Planning Team

01/22/2014

Dear Friends,

The Green Machine is pleased to announce the addition of a new team member. Mr. Willie Jones will be driving The Green Machine for the next several weeks. Willie and his family reside in Raleigh. He has a long history of warehouse supervision and professional driving. We are very happy to welcome Willie to our Green Machine Team! Next time you are on the bus, please say hello to him!

With warm regards,

Ken Reardon
Green Machine Planning Team

01/21/2014

Dear Friends,

It is with great sadness that we report the loss of one of The Green Machine's most important supporters - David Carter of Easy-Way Stores Inc. When the idea for the Green Machine was in its infancy, David approached St. Patrick's offering to help us transform our idea into reality. For the past two years, he, his family, and staff worked tirelessly to help us deliver high quality fruits and vegetables to residents of our city's poorest neighborhoods.

Since we launched The Green Machine on July 22nd, David and his son personally stocked our bus early each morning! In addition to providing us with great fruits, vegetables, and dried goods at rock bottom prices, David and his family shared their knowledge of the produce business with us and passion for serving the public. They helped us develop our business plan, marketing strategies, bus retrofitting, and staff training. they even provided us with a home for the Green Machine at their Mendelhall facility.

Without David's personal involvement in The Green Machine, we would not have been able to serve more than 6,000 individuals living in food deserts during the past six months. David was a committed family man, talented businessman, and generous and quiet supporter of community projects. As people of faith, we know David is in a better place! However, we will deeply miss his leadership, warmth, and good humor.

While we explore an appropriate way to honor David and the Carter family's commitment to our city; we promise to do our best to keep improving The Green Machine - one of the many community projects close to David's heart!

Respectfully posted,

Saint Patrick Community Outreach Board of Directors

12/20/2013

We hope to see you at the Lucero Family Christmas Charity Show tomorrow night! $1 of every ticket sale goes to The Green Machine! You can still get your tickets today for $20 or for $22 at the door. Happy Holidays to you and yours!

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