Food Justice Truck Northcote

 
When:
August 18, 2017 @ 11:30 – 13:30
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2017-08-18T13:30:00+10:00
Where:
251 High St
Northcote VIC 3070
Australia
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
9326 6066

The Food Justice Truck is a mobile fresh food market that offers locally sourced produce, grains, legumes, tea and bread at a 75% discount to people seeking asylum. It also welcomes general public shoppers, who pay local market rates. It is at Northcote every Friday and alternates Tuesdays between Thomastown and Broadmeadows.

The Truck is a social enterprise initiative by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) to tackle the growing food insecurity felt by the more than 10,000 people in Victoria who are on bridging visas.

Most of the Truck’s fresh produce comes from Spade & Barrow, who buy whole crops direct from Victorian farmers, including the oddly shaped/sized fruits and vegetables that the supermarkets often reject. The produce is sold in the same containers that it comes from the farmers in and, where possible, the producer’s name is on display. They also have organic tea leaves from Storm in a Teacup in Collingwood, and artisan sourdough from Dench Bakers in Fitzroy.