St. Louis County Library will host a mobile farmer’s market this summer at the Lewis & Clark Branch. St. Louis MetroMarket will visit the Lewis & Clark Branch every Wednesday from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. offering fresh, affordable produce, along with recipe ideas and meal planning assistance.
The Lewis & Clark Branch is located at 9909 Lewis-Clark Blvd in Moline Acres.
“We’re happy to partner with St. Louis MetroMarket to address food insecurity in our region. Visits by the MetroMarket will be a convenient way for individuals and families to pick-up healthy food after their visit to the library,” said St. Louis County Library Director Kristen Sorth. “Parents can pick up books and other library materials, then visit the mobile grocery store to buy healthy produce and get recipe ideas. Helping patrons access healthy food options contributes to the overall success and well-being of our communities”
According to the Ally Siegler and Melissa Vatterott of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, over 700,000 people across the Metro St. Louis region are low income and do not have access to fresh food within a half mile of home.
St. Louis MetroMarket is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit mobile farmers’ market whose goal is to restore access to healthy, affordable food to St. Louis City food deserts. Launched in 2013, the organization converted a donated city bus into a grocery store on wheels with a goal of bridging the physical, financial, and educational barriers in food deserts by supplying healthy foods in low-income, high need communities.
The new partnership with St. Louis MetroMarket compliments other efforts by SLCL to combat food insecurity–including the free summer lunch program, which starts June 4 at nine branches.
To learn more about the St. Louis MetroMarket visits to the Lewis & Clark Branch, please contact Jennifer McBride, St. Louis County Library Communications Manager at 314-994-3300 ext 2250 or jmcbride@slcl.org.
