Mobile Food Market & Multiple Producer CSA – Karaline Griffin – Reno Mobile Market

Karaline is a marketing professional turned food advocate. With over 12 years of experience in digital marketing and advertising, Karaline has let her passion lead her to what matters most: food, and supporting a local food system!  Originally from the Midwest, Karaline is a huge proponent of small organic local farms. After volunteering for a few non-profits over the years, Karaline worked as a summer farm hand this past summer at Prema Farms and got her feet wet selling organic veggies at the busy Saturday summer market in Reno.  Shortly after this she was invited to take on the role as Director of the new Reno Mobile Market program

Reno Mobile Market Brief From the Director:

Reno Mobile Market (renomobilemarket.com) is a NEW local food distribution program in Reno! We function as an extension of the farmers market to connect the community to local and regional organic products and goods.  We are called the Reno "Mobile" Market because of our 3 satellite market stands that function for 2 hours during the same time as the main farmers market (www.renofarmersmarket.com), giving people in other parts of town (NW, Central, and SW Reno) access to the same goods sold at the market.

We essentially function like a mini market with multiple items, farmer goods, including non-food items like candles, lotions, hemp products and more (items all sold at main market). The goal:  to support the local farmers, makers, and bakers in town! In addition, our secondary goal is to help get healthy organic goods to people during COVID so we are selling premade MarketBoxes which is a mix of 8 local and regionally sourced organic fruits and veggies. The box is available for weekly purchase or through a subscription and can be bought online then picked up at one of our four locations.

The program was started through a grant provided by the Nevada Department of Agriculture, and has been built to include a free produce box program for those in need. GiftBoxes are provided to members of the community who might be low income or unemployed and in need of a nutrient dense box of organic fruits and veggies.  While we will be pursuing future grants to support this program and our general operations, we are asking community members now for direct donations to help keep our GiftBox program running.

We plan to run the operation as a self-sustaining program and will include additional services soon such as MarketBox "Plus" which is a way to order add-ons to your MarketBox such as honey, bread, spices, or sweets (all locally made) and packaged with your name on it for the ease of pick up. 

We accept volunteers, and donations, or anyone that wants to lend a hand or collaborate in any way!

https://www.renomobilemarket.com/

RIVERSIDE FARMERS MARKET

Saturdays 9am-12pm

McKinley Arts & Culture Center
925 Riverside Dr, Reno, NV 89503

MIGUEL RIBERA PARK

Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30am 

3925 Neil Rd

Reno, NV 89502

CANYON CREEK PARK

Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30am 

1485 Robb Dr 

Reno, NV 89523

DAMONTE RANCH PARK

Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30am 

1950 Steamboat Pkwy

Reno, NV 89521