Mobile Market Busses Good Food Around DC

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Michael Babin, a restauranteur in D.C., was concerned about fresh food reaching all corners of the district. He founded the Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture, a nonprofit organization that strives to improve the health of the D.C. region by addressing issues of food access, raising awareness about healthy food sources and establishing connections between local, sustainable farmers and consumers.

One of Arcadia’s solutions to poor food access is their new mobile market.

Arcadia’s Mobile Market is a 28-foot, farmers’-market-on-wheels that delivers crates full of local, sustainably produced food across the Washington, DC area, catering to underserved communities that don’t otherwise have access to fresh, affordable food.

Arcadia’s Mobile Market promotes healthy lifestyle choices by engaging community members at market stops and students at schools in the preparation of local food in cost-effective, nutritious way.

The 2013 Mobile Market season began on May 1st and ran through October 30th. They hope to continue the market again next year, and in the meantime think of other ways to bring fresh food into the community.