Our next Community Supported Grocery (CSG) pickups start mid March and will go through mid May. Sign-up today to receive your curated weekly grocery bundle. Also, let us know any allergies you have or special diets so we can tailor your CSG for you. Each week your CSG will be packed with LOCAL items like…
Just a few weeks back, some friends of mine came to me with an interesting proposal. Their scheduled slots in an upcoming artisan market were abruptly cancelled due to cold weather. They needed a venue and fast. Enter Nell. Caught in the midst of ripping out her floors and lining up the next…
We’ve told you before that one of the very best things about what we do is the privilege of elevating local producers who are doing amazing things – for our community, for our economy, for our environment. At the end of the day, what we do is about connecting you to the wonderful things…
What’s one of the best things about starting a local grocery business? By far, one of the greatest parts of our job has to be meeting the producers: From farmers to candle makers, sea salt craftsmen to granola gurus – the whole lot of them. These are the folks who looked around this beautiful…
If you’ve been keeping up, you may know that we have found our bus, affectionately named Nell! She’s literally perfect for what we hope to do – and she’s gonna make an amazing mobile market one day in the near future! We hope that it brings a smile to your face to know that it…
Our #FUNDTHEBUS Kickstarter Campaign has brought a lot of great things our way, not the least of which has been the support of local media outlets who have picked up our story and are helping spread the word! One of these local-loving outlets is Charleston GRIT – which features curated blog posts written by Charlestonians…
The #fundthebus campaign was recently picked as a Kickstarter “Favorite”, and included in their international newsletter among two other projects. Since then, we have been inundated with emails, pledges, questions. Most interesting however, are the shared stories and well wishes. Dave Vollmer of Wisconsin provided me an unbelievable story of his father’s mobile market that ran…
As we campaign to raise funds to mobilize healthy food access in low income areas of Charleston, particularly North Charleston, we are suddenly struck with a not-so subtle reminder of the gap within our community. Amazingly, it is still present. It hurts my heart and soul to see it, hear it, and feel it. It…
Ever since I envisioned the Lowcountry Street Grocery model, there have been doubts, questions, ambiguity, and confusion surrounding what it is we do and how it is we expect to successfully do just that. All of that is to be expected with a start-up. But in our case, these questions are more…
This is it! We are officially launching our Kickstarter Campaign on SATURDAY 4/4 on the Deck at the Pour House! Our Kickstarter Campaign will be a month-long effort to get our Mobile Farmers’ Market up and running and on the road! Come out, celebrate with us, and help us #FUNDTHEBUS! WHERE: On the…
