Fulton County Cooperative Extension Kicks Off First Summer Session Of Fulton Fresh Mobile Market

Fulton County Cooperative Extension Kicks Off First Summer Session Of Fulton Fresh Mobile Market

May 21, 2024

Fulton County’s Cooperative Extension will kick-off the Summer 2024 Fulton Fresh Mobile Market Session I from Tuesday, May 28-Thursday, June 27, 2024.

The Mobile Market will travel to various sites offering free produce, educational courses, and culinary demonstrations to residents around the county in areas designated as food deserts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The sessions will emphasize the importance of incorporating nutrition as a part of a healthy lifestyle, and the cooking demonstration will feature the produce being offered.

The USDA deems an area a food desert if there are at least 100 households located within more than half a mile from a supermarket and have no vehicle access. Other food deserts include areas in which either 500 people, or 33 percent of the population, live more than 20 miles from a supermarket, regardless of vehicle access.

Residents will be able to visit the Fulton Fresh Mobile Market Session I at the following times and locations:

 

Tuesdays
10 a.m. – St. Mark AME Church
3605 Campbellton Rd.,
Atlanta, GA 30331

1 p.m. – New Springfield Baptist Church
2560 Sylvan Rd.,
East Point, GA 30344


Wednesdays
10 a.m. – Palmetto Neighborhood Senior Center
510 Turner Ave.
Palmetto, GA 30268

1 p.m. – Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church
2044 J.T. Alexander Ave.,
College Park, GA 30337

 

Thursdays
10 a.m. – East Point First Mallalieu United Methodist Church
2651 Church Street,
East Point, GA 30344

1 p.m. – Roswell Adult Recreation Center
830 Grimes Bridge Rd.,
Roswell, GA 30075

 

No registration is required; however, residents are encouraged to arrive within 10 minutes of start time to receive a free bag of produce.

For more details, visit our Fulton Fresh Mobile Market website or call 404-613-4920.