New mobile farmers market on the move

Fresh food is coming to some of Baton Rouge’s food deserts. The Scotlandville Branch Library (Map it!) will host the Red Stick Mobile Farmers Market Wednesday, May 22 at 9 a.m. The market will then set up shop at 1 p.m. at Star Hill Baptist Church (Map it!). This will be the second week for the program.

The market will be open every Wednesday and features seasonal produce from the same farmers who participate in the Red Stick Farmers Market. It will provide a consistent retail source of locally grown produce in areas of north Baton Rouge that lack access to grocery stores and other sources of healthy foods.

Later this year, the market will increase its number of weekly stops from two to eight locations. The mobile market is funded in part by a million-dollar grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation obtained by the Mayor’s Healthy BR initiative.