Second Harvest’s refrigerator on wheels fanning out

  
  
A light drizzle was falling in New Orleans East at 9 a.m. on Sept. 5 as people of all ages stood in line to receive fresh vegetables, eggs, meat and canned goods being distributed by Total Community Action and Second Harvest Food Bank at the James Singleton Head Start Center on Curran Road in Little Woods.     The fresh produce was coming directly from Second Harvest’s Mobile Pantry, a program that began a year ago to distribute perishables received by retailers such as Rouse’s, Walmart and Winn-Dixie through its retail pick-up program.

   “It’s like a food pantry on a truck,” said Terri Kaupp, communications and public relations specialist with Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. “A lot of our (food bank) agencies don’t have refrigeration to keep fresh foods we are given. This helps us distribute those products.”