Fulton Fresh Mobile Market Seeking Applications for Host Sites for Fall 2023
Fulton Fresh Mobile Market Seeking Applications for Host Sites for Fall 2023
August 24, 2023
Interested participants have until 5 p.m. Friday, August 25 to apply.
Fulton County’s Cooperative Extension is gearing up for the Fall 2023 Fulton Fresh Mobile Market by opening applications to those who would like to become a host site. The deadline to submit applications is 5 p.m., on Friday, August 25.
The Mobile market promotes good nutrition and educational resources to residents throughout the county by offering residents fresh-grown fruits and vegetables, cooking demonstrations and more. The market will roll through Fulton communities this fall for five weeks from October 3, 2023 - November 2, 2023.
The Fulton Fresh Mobile Market was created to educate residents living in communities designated as “food deserts” on the importance of fresh and in-season produce. Every week, attendees will participate in a 30–45-minute UGA Fulton County Cooperative Extension nutrition education and food demonstration and will then be given a free bag of in-season produce from our mobile market to take home and prepare.
The free produce will be given to individuals who arrive to the nutrition class no later than ten minutes after it begins. Participants will be served a total of 5 times during the Fall season. Prospective sites for the Fall 2023 market will be selected through an application process and the agency contact will assist in the set up and advertising of the mobile market stop. Priority will be given to those living in food deserts. To apply, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyHAUrBxoPxWwq51arMuD0NkuSoXRm7GA5xKZraY9eMbUBAw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
To learn more about food deserts, visit:
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas.aspx
or
https://performance.fultoncountyga.gov/stories/s/Access-to-Healthy-Foods-Analysis/b5hq-p75b/
The point of contact is responsible for marketing the five-week session and must be present at all sessions. Agencies that have been selected in the past may apply again but will go through the same rubric and interview process as every other agency that is interested and applies by the deadline.
For more information or questions contact Shirley Dodd at shirley.dodd@fultoncountyga.gov or 404-613-4935.
The Mobile market promotes good nutrition and educational resources to residents throughout the county by offering residents fresh-grown fruits and vegetables, cooking demonstrations and more. The market will roll through Fulton communities this fall for five weeks from October 3, 2023 - November 2, 2023.
The Fulton Fresh Mobile Market was created to educate residents living in communities designated as “food deserts” on the importance of fresh and in-season produce. Every week, attendees will participate in a 30–45-minute UGA Fulton County Cooperative Extension nutrition education and food demonstration and will then be given a free bag of in-season produce from our mobile market to take home and prepare.
The free produce will be given to individuals who arrive to the nutrition class no later than ten minutes after it begins. Participants will be served a total of 5 times during the Fall season. Prospective sites for the Fall 2023 market will be selected through an application process and the agency contact will assist in the set up and advertising of the mobile market stop. Priority will be given to those living in food deserts. To apply, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeyHAUrBxoPxWwq51arMuD0NkuSoXRm7GA5xKZraY9eMbUBAw/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
To learn more about food deserts, visit:
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/go-to-the-atlas.aspx
or
https://performance.fultoncountyga.gov/stories/s/Access-to-Healthy-Foods-Analysis/b5hq-p75b/
The point of contact is responsible for marketing the five-week session and must be present at all sessions. Agencies that have been selected in the past may apply again but will go through the same rubric and interview process as every other agency that is interested and applies by the deadline.
For more information or questions contact Shirley Dodd at shirley.dodd@fultoncountyga.gov or 404-613-4935.