Food platform About Fresh spins off mobile food market division

A non-profit food prescription platform is establishing a program that brings fresh food to local consumers as a separate entity.

Boston-based non-profit About Fresh, which recently joined a White House effort to combat hunger, is spinning off its Fresh Truck mobile food market program. Fresh Truck operates retrofitted school buses and trucks as mobile markets bringing fresh food to neighborhoods across Boston. 

The mobile markets are designed to resemble a traditional retail grocery store produce aisle, with all inventory sourced fresh daily. Customers can pick their own food and check out at the back of the bus using cash, credit, EBT, and/or payment cards from the About Fresh proprietary Fresh Connect food prescription platform.

Operating as an autonomous, independently managed non-profit, Fresh Truck will now have strategic autonomy. Seana Weaver, who previously served as the managing director of Fresh Truck for About Fresh, will assume the role of executive director for the new independent organization.

"Ten years ago, we set out on a simple mission to get healthy food into Boston communities by turning one school bus into a grocery store,” said Josh Trautwein, co-founder and CEO of Fresh Truck and About Fresh. “Today, we celebrate as Fresh Truck has become a fixture in our communities and a meaningful resource to ensure people have consistent access to healthy food. As About Fresh continues to expand nationally, Fresh Truck re-assumes its identity as an independent organization, rededicating its commitment to Boston neighborhoods.”

"Fresh Truck is the direct response mobile market that our neighbors need now, with the innovation and flexibility to share resources and impact policy so that we can be a model to improve food access in Greater Boston," said Seana Weaver, executive director of Fresh Truck. "I'm inspired to lead Fresh Truck into its next decade by the incredibly strong and creative team, board and community stakeholders that make this work happen."

About Fresh is a Boston-based nonprofit committed to expanding access to high-quality, fresh food. The organization combines technology, food retail, and community-driven advocacy to expand access to fresh, culturally-relevant food.