Green B.E.A.N. Delivery (Biodynamic, Education, Agriculture, Nutrition) is dedicated to the success and sustainability of non-profits in our community. We donate to several non-profit organizations through food donations and contributions to fund-raising events. Our champion cause is hunger relief, but we also participate in helping organizations that champion health and wellness in our communities. When you support Green B.E.A.N. Delivery you also support our non-profit partners.
Louisville Public Media
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery is excited to announce our partnership with Louisville Public Media: WFPL, Classical 90.5 and WFPK! To kick-off this wonderful partnership we teamed up with Louisville Public Media and the Dare to Care Food Bank to help fight hunger in Kentuckiana. We recently participated in the NPR Spring fund drive in which we donated 2 lbs. of fresh produce to the Dare to Care Food Bank for every donation pledged to WFPL, Classical 90.5 and WFPK. Through your amazing help, we were able to donate over 7,000 lbs of fresh produce! Your donations helped to provide hunger relief to Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana as well as support the operations of Louisville Public Media!
Make a difference, donate today! www.louisvillepublicmedia.org
Dare to Care Food Bank
Dare to Care Food Bank was founded in 1971, when a stunned Louisville community was confronted with the horrifying news that right in their own city, on Thanksgiving Day, a nine year old boy had died of starvation. The name Dare to Care became the rallying cry of people throughout the area as they joined together to attack the very real problem of hunger in many of their neighborhoods. Today, Dare to Care has expanded to a 55,000 square food facility and procured and distributed 14 million pounds of food last year, including 4 million pounds of fresh produce. This wonderful organization operates four programs targeting the most vulnerable in our community: Backpack Buddy, Kids Cafe, Mobile Pantry and Patrol Against Hunger.
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery is ecstatic to partner with Dare to Care! To help support the food bank’s mission Green B.E.A.N has comitted to make a one-ton fresh-produce donation at the end of April 2011. In addition, during the Louisville Public Media fund drive, we will be matching every donation with a 2 lb fresh produce donation to Dare to Care! Don’t forget, our members are able to become directly involved in this effort by donating to Louisville Public Media or participating in our Constant Canned Food Drive.
The Constant Canned Food Drive – Green B.E.A.N. Delivery’s constant canned food drive helps our communities’ food banks with the issue of distribution. Simply leave any non-perishable food item in your empty green bin, and when we stop by with your next order, Green B.E.A.N. Delivery will take your donation to the Dare to Care Food Bank for you. No donation is too small!
Fresh Produce Donations – Green B.E.A.N. Delivery believes that food banks should be supplied with farm fresh fruits and vegetables. During its first three years of business, Green B.E.A.N. Delivery donated over 100,000 pounds of fresh produce to local food banks!
For more information, please visit www.daretocare.org
Edible Louisville
Edible LOUISVILLE is a community-based bi-monthly publication that promotes the abundance of local foods, season by season. Their mission is to: “Transform the way our community shops, eats and appreciates food that is grown and prepared in the local region.” Through their publication and our website, they are able to connect consumers with local growers, retailers, chefs, and food artisans, enabling those relationships to grow and thrive in mutually beneficial, healthy and economically viable ways.
To join the community visit www.ediblecommunities.com/louisville/ today!
Metro United Way
Metro United Way’s mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our Community. This wonderful organization supports nearly 90 agencies and 150 organizations that help people in need. They focus in areas of Education, Income and Health, as well as providing unexpected needs in times of crisis. Metro United Way works to find long-term solutions to problems in order to create long-lasting change. They are trying to change conditions for the better in Kentuckiana by increasing the education levels of our community in two important ways: preparing children for kindergarten and insuring more youth graduate from high school. Metro United Way works to improve the lives of Kentuckiana by meeting the needs of today, and reducing the needs of tomorrow.
To learn more about this organization, please visit http://www.metrounitedway.org/
Slow Food Bluegrass
Slow Food is an idea, a way of living and a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment. Slow Food advocates good, clean and fair food for all.
Good:
The word good can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. For Slow Food, the idea of good means enjoying delicious food created with care from healthy plants and animals. The pleasures of good food can also help to build community and celebrate culture and regional diversity.
Clean:
When we talk about clean food, we are talking about nutritious food that is as good for the planet as it is for our bodies. It is grown and harvested with methods that have a positive impact on our local ecosystems and promotes biodiversity.
Fair:
We believe that food is a universal right. Food that is fair should be accessible to all, regardless of income, and produced by people who are treated with dignity and justly compensated for their labor.
Slow Food Bluegrass is an all volunteer local chapter of Slow Food International. They seek to carry out Slow Food’s mission of good, clean, and fair food for all, here in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. Slow Food Bluegrass supports the activities and education of like-minded individuals, businesses, and organizations. Food is a part of our daily lives and is central to our culture and celebrations. They encourage the community to get involved with Slow Food by bringing good, clean, and fair foods to their tables.
For more information, please visit www.slowfoodbluegrass.org
Friends in Health and Wellness
Green B.E.A.N. Delivery cross-promotes with several of our friends that are in the health-and-wellness community. EAT healthy and LIVE healthy lifestyles! Below is a list of our Friends in Health and Wellness. If you are interested in becoming a health-and-wellness partner, please contact us at info@greenbeankentucky.com.
The Amazing Green Planet
Shine Wellness Center
Nutrition Works
