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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 and community and health centers — places that folks already frequent — to help folks easily access nutritious produce. Customers board bus and shop for delicious local fruit and vegetables.  The produce is priced to be affordable for all and to provide a fair return for the farmers.

Relaunched on November 9, 2020, Fresh Moves has the renewed opportunity to support healthy dietary choices by consistently increasing access to food at our partner sites, including schools, churches, and health and community centers. This collective approach creates a web of support to reverse diet-related diseases and health disparities. Connecting with children and their families is a critical concern.

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The Fresh Moves Mobile Market is made possible by our generous sponsors:

Barilla US

The Rosenthal Foundation

Camille Kerr

Toni Riley

Felix Huang and Joshua Lau

Joanie Friedman

Jessie and Jason Allen

Kelly Marie Thompson

Carrie Schloss

Margot Pritzker

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A LITTLE BACKGROUND

 

Fresh Moves was formerly a program of Growing Power, Inc. and Food Desert Action, Inc. Below is the press release from 2015.

“Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Growing Power Chicago Director Erika Allen announced a $100,000 federal grant to launch mobile markets in Chicago with two Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses no longer in service. This investment will enable Growing Power to provide locally-grown organic and sustainable foods to ten neighborhoods on Chicago’s south and west sides. In June 2012, Mayor Emanuel and USDA Secretary Vilsack announced a first round of federal funding to completely retrofit an out-of-service CTA bus into a fully-operational mobile market.

Public and private investments in programs like Fresh Moves Mobile Markets are helping to ensure that all Chicago families have access to affordable, fresh and healthy food, neighborhood services and the investments in infrastructure, education and public space that create the vital communities of tomorrow,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “I thank Secretary Vilsack for recognizing the efforts Chicago is making towards our goal to reduce the number of Chicagoans that live without easy access to fresh, healthy food, and thank Growing Power which continues to be a vigilant partner in these efforts.

This investment means that Growing Power can expand mobile markets into some of the most underserved communities on the west and south sides of Chicago, including North Lawndale, Austin, Garfield Park, Washington Park, Englewood, Roseland, Woodlawn, Grand Boulevard, Fuller Park and South Shore. The buses will make stops at health clinics, schools, day care centers, farmers markets, parks, housing complexes and other community sites to bring fresh, locally grown produce to community residents.”