Tag: Low Income4
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Agruppa
Colombia
Agruppa is committed to improving access to cheaper fruits and vegetables and ensuring that more people have the chance to eat fresh healthy produce no matter where they live. Small Mom and Pop stores are the key to make this a reality.Agruppa aggregates demand of Mom and Pop shops in a given neighbourhood. By compiling larger quantities we generate economies of scale source produce directly from farmers bring it to our Distribution Outlets in the city and on to our customers shops. This way Agruppa provides small vendors with fresher quality produce at cheaper prices delivered directly to their shop.
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The Community Markets Purchasing Real and Affordable (Compra)
United States of America
Community Markets Purchasing Real and Affordable (COMPRA) Foods is a purchasing cooperative project that creates an alternative food distribution system for small grocers and convenience stores in food desert neighborhoods in Los Angeles. There is currently a large disconnect in the food system in these communities. Small food retailers in the Promise Zone often source their food products from big box grocers paying full price for these products and then marking them up for sale in their own establishments. This often occurs because entrepreneurs lack relationships with distributors who can deliver produce to their businesses at wholesale prices. Small and mid size farmers who may be interested in selling their produce directly to these establishments also lack the relationships and efficient distribution systems that can connect them to the hundreds of stores in low income food deserts.This service gap between growers distribution companies and small food retailers impacts low income consumers tremendously.
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WeThrive
United States of America
WeThrive is an entrepreneurial mentoring program pairing college students with middle school and high school students in low income settings. WeThrive work through college student chapters that operate as entrepreneurial hubs for their peers and local community. College students engage in our youth mentoring program national initiatives and play a role in their campus leadership. Within the youth mentoring program youth participants create ventures of their own and earn revenues over the course of an academic school year. Most importantly WeThrive youth participants are learning life skills and adopting habits that allow an individual to achieve their goals and definition of success.
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