A new refrigerated van is about to mean more fresh produce reaching San Joaquin County families who live far from a grocery store.
Health Net and the Centene Foundation are giving Emergency Food Bank and Second Harvest of the Greater Valley more than $160,000 to expand access to nutrient-dense food across San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. The gift is part of a $1.1 million investment through California Food Banks spread across 10 food banks in 12 California counties.
The money is going toward a new refrigerated Ford Transit 250 van, the centerpiece of Emergency Food Bank’s Mobile Farmer’s Market program. The program already reaches more than 45,000 San Joaquin County residents living in food deserts at 80 sites, bringing 20-pound bags of fresh produce along with a bilingual nutrition educator to each stop…