Wayne County Rolls Out Mobile Farmers Market To Boost Fresh Food Access

Residents in Wayne County who have limited access to fresh food will enjoy the newly launched Well Wayne Fresh Truck Mobile Market. The mobile grocery store stops at senior housing, clinics for women and children, and health centers throughout the county. Eastern Market partnered with Wayne County to create this program. The mobile truck takes SNAP, EBT, Double Up Food Bucks, cash, credit cards, and debit cards.

“These are increasingly uncertain times we are living in for a number of reasons, which means it is incumbent upon those of us who have chosen to be public servants to do whatever we can to take care of those who are less able to fulfill all of their basic needs,” Executive Warren Evans said. “This is one Wayne County, and that means we look out for one another.”

“Everyone deserves access to healthy food — without needing a car to get it,” said Kennyle Johnson, director of the Wayne County Department of Health, Human, and Veterans Services…

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