Mobile farmers markets supply fresh goods to communities with limited access

On June 6, the nonprofit group Food Works launched mobile farmers markets to supply fresh, local food to communities with limited access across southern Illinois. The goods include vegetables, fruits, breads and baked goods, and grass-fed meats. Every Thursday from June to October, the mobile markets will run from 3 to 5 p.

m. at Carterville Fresh Farm and from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

at Marion Carnegie Library. The company added two mobile markets running every Friday for the same month span — from 10 a.m.

to noon at Herrin House of Hope and from 1 to 3 p.m. at Boyton Street Community Center in Marion.

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