Mobile Market Bringing Healthy to Food Desert

Did you know the Twin Cities ranks in the top five in urban “food deserts,” which are geographic areas where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain, particularly for those without access to an automobile?
Leah and Mike Driscoll knew. And to help mitigate the problem, they have created Twin Cities Mobile Market, a grocery store on wheels that brings affordable, healthy food directly into under-resourced neighborhoods. It fills a gap between food shelves and full-service supermarkets by providing a wide selection of fresh foods at below-market prices in areas where access to healthy food is limited.
 The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation helped get the project off the ground, and by the end of October, Mobile Market plans to be serving areas in St. Paul, including Frogtown, the East Side, North End and West Side, with the goal to expand the program into Minneapolis.  The Market will operate from Tuesday through Saturday, with 16 stops initially scheduled.

You can read more about the Mobile Market here

Maya Missaghi, J.D. expected January 2015, William Mitchell College of Law
photo credit: innoveproject.org