With so few grocery stores around Columbus, Ohio, it's especially difficult to find fresh fruits and vegetables. So this month, Local Matters launched the Veggie Van – a mobile market that sells fruits and vegetables at affordable prices. (WOSUnews)
They even accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, she explains to a passerby.
"We are hoping that by shopping at the veggie van and making fresh produce more available and more affordable in communities where it’s not currently, people will eat more of those foods," says Adam Fazio, director of developement for Local Matters.from the University of Buffalo to measure the fruit and vegetable intake in communities that have similar programs. A total of nine veggie vans launched this year, including in Athens, Ohio, Charlotte, N.C., Holyoke, Mass.
Vegetables for sale at the Veggie Van in Linden. The initiative will also tour Franklinton and the East Side.In addition to selling healthy food, Williams McCoy will provide on-site cooking demonstrations, focused on making a meal with market ingredients for less than $10. She chops a bright purple onion and adds it to a mixing bowl full of beans and corn.
Inexpensive and fresh are the reasons Daniel Baker and his girlfriend Christine Grilando are buying groceries at the mobile market.
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