Fresh Bodegas - Bringing Greenmarket Produce to the Hood...

GrowNYC and Red Jacket Orchards have joined forces to create Fresh Bodegas, making regular deliveries of produce and products from the Wholesale Greenmarket and Red Jacket’s farm in the Finger Lakes region of New York to a subset of identified Healthy Bodegas’ stores in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an area of the city with particularly limited access to fresh produce.

Fresh Bodegas will build the infrastructure to provide New York City residents with access to affordably priced, locally grown produce at the stores where they already shop. The installation of refrigerators featuring exclusively farm fresh products in participating stores will expand the floor space designated for healthy foods and maximize the display of local products. The refrigerators will be branded by Greenmarket and Red Jacket Orchards to endorse a healthier option alongside the coolers put in place by corporations who sell soft drinks, alcohol, and junk food in highly-trafficked neighborhood shops.

In addition to providing refrigeration, the project aims to educate shop owners on food handling and sustainable agriculture, ever strengthening the connection between upstate producers and our city’s many consumers. Hopefully the success of this pilot distribution route will allow the Fresh Bodegas project to expand to more neighborhoods where under-resourced bodegas are calling for fresh, local produce.

Since January 2006, the NYC Health Department’s Healthy Bodegas Initiative has worked with more than 1,000 bodegas in East and Central Harlem, the South Bronx, and Central Brooklyn to increase access to healthy foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain bread, low-fat milk and dairy products, and low-salt and no-sugar-added canned goods.

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Participating Bodegas in Bedford-Stuyvesant

A & H Deli
156 Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Halsey Deli
146 Ralph Avenue

Bedford Express Deli
1043 Bedford Avene

Greene Ave Deli
664 Greene Avenue

Si Grocery
1082 DeKalb Avenue

Participating Bodegas in Central Harlem

Lenox Finest Food Market
110 Lenox Ave

Refrigerators delivered soon to these bodegas in Central Harlem

S & L Deli & Grocery
2254 Adam Clayton Powell

USA Deli Grocery
180 Lenox Ave

Harlem’s Finest Market
2001 Adam Clayton Powell

Lex King/St. Nicholas Corp
40 St. Nicholas Avenue

145th Finest Gourmet Deli
2726 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Available at these bodegas this week: Carrots, Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Apples, and fresh-pressed juices.   

Donate to Fresh Bodegas

Participating Bodegas in Bedford-Stuyvesant

A & H Deli
156 Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Halsey Deli
146 Ralph Avenue

Bedford Express Deli
1043 Bedford Avene

Greene Ave Deli
664 Greene Avenue

Si Grocery
1082 DeKalb Avenue

Participating Bodegas in Central Harlem

Lenox Finest Food Market
110 Lenox Ave

Refrigerators delivered soon to these bodegas in Central Harlem

S & L Deli & Grocery
2254 Adam Clayton Powell

USA Deli Grocery
180 Lenox Ave

Harlem’s Finest Market
2001 Adam Clayton Powell

Lex King/St. Nicholas Corp
40 St. Nicholas Avenue

145th Finest Gourmet Deli
2726 Frederick Douglass Blvd

Available at these bodegas this week: Carrots, Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Apples, and fresh-pressed juices.