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WINNIPEG For some Manitobans, shopping locally might be difficult depending on where they live. However, one man is hoping to make it easier to boost the reach of those local businesses. Joshua Vatnsdal, who is the owner of Prairie Flavours, is helping get that local taste to Manitobans with the help of a retrofitted ambulance. I saw (the ambulance) sitting in the field and I asked the farmer if she was willing to sell it and she agreed. It still smells like farm a little, said Vatnsdal. He is currently in the process of taking out the walls in the vehicle and setting it up to bring the food to others.
Joshua Vatnsdal, a local entrepreneur, prepares his decommissioned ambulance to become a delivery vehicle Sunday.
A few years ago, Joshua Vatnsdal was visiting his family cottage in rural Manitoba when he had an unshakable idea.
A few years ago, Joshua Vatnsdal was visiting his family cottage in rural Manitoba when he had an unshakable idea. The local store just closed in the area and everyone was left with very few places to go get their food nothing healthy and everything you could get being packaged, big-box-store items, he told the
Free Press Sunday. I immediately thought, how nice would it be to have a mobile version of local items for people to purchase?