The New & Improved
Fresh Moves Mobile Market
Urban Growers Collective’s goal is to bring the benefits of healthy, locally grown produce and other nutritious foods to Chicago’s communities while supporting the growth of Chicago’s urban farmers. Our Fresh Moves Mobile Market is a bus that has been converted into a mobile farmers’ market. The “produce aisle on wheels” works toward closing the ‘food access gap’ by bringing produce to schools, community centers, churches, and health clinics — places that folks already frequent — to make good food accessible in Black and Brown neighborhoods that have been historically divested. Customers board the bus and shop for delicious local fruit, vegetables and grocery staples. The produce is priced to be affordable for all and to provide a fair return for the farmers and makers.
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Our Schedule
MONDAYS:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Trina Davila, 4300 W North Ave
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Thresholds Austin, 334 N Menard
TUESDAYS:
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM: Claretian Associates, 3201 E 91st St
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM: Thresholds South, 734 W 47th St
3:00 PM- 4:15 PM: Academy for Global Citizenship, 4941 W 46th St
WEDNESDAYS:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Howard Brown Health, 641 W 63rd St
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Komed Holman Health, 4259 S Berkeley Ave
THURSDAYS:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: St. Katharine Drexel Church, 9015 S Harper Ave
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Boxville, 332 E 51st St
FRIDAYS:
10:00 AM-12:00 PM: Chicago Family Health, 9199 S Exchange Ave
We are proud to offer Link Match up to $50 on any Link purchases at the Fresh Moves Mobile Market!
Link Match is brought to you by Link Up Illinois. Link Up Illinois is making healthy, local, farm-fresh foods more affordable and accessible by doubling the value of Link purchases at farmers markets, farm stands, food co-ops, and independent grocery and corner stores across Illinois. Link Up Illinois is a program of Experimental Station. You can learn more at www.linkupil.org.
UGC-Grown Produce
From sweet winter greens to juicy August tomatoes, find fresh, seasonal produce from Urban Growers Collective farms on the Fresh Moves bus all year round!
Pantry Staples
We offer a variety of pantry staples, including Barilla pasta, dry beans from Breslin Farms, coffee from Chicago French Press, bread from Middle Brow, and more!
Partners' Produce
Fresh Moves is stocked with foods from our partners, such as seasonal local fruit from Seedling, micro greens and lettuce from Urban Eden, and non-local produce staples from Midwest Foods!
Value-Added Products
We’re proud to offer value-added products from local BIPOC growers and makers, including chow-chow from Sistas in the Village and goat milk soap from EINNIM!
A Little Background
Fresh Moves was formerly a program of Growing Power, Inc. and Food Desert Action, Inc. It ran in Chicago under the direction of Growing Power from 2015-2017. When Growing Power closed in 2017, Urban Growers Collective continued the Fresh Moves Mobile Market program.