Moving the mountain

What's the saying,-"If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed will go to the mountain."

In this case, a more apt expression would be, "If the supermarket will not locate in the inner city, then put the supermarket on wheels."

A story from Troy, New York, describes a Veggie Mobile:


TROY - Beginning this week, the Capital District Community Garden's new Veggie Mobile will be delivering fresh fruits and vegetables to inner-city communities that have limited access to fresh produce. The specially outfitted vehicle, which is retro-fitted with refrigeration and shelving units, will operate year-round providing fresh produce to neighborhoods in Troy, Albany and Schenectady at wholesale prices. The bright green truck, which is set up inside with a cash register and made to simulate the look and feel of a produce aisle, officially made its first stop Thursday at Kennedy Towers Senior Housing and the Carroll Hill Elementary School in Troy. Community Gardens Executive Director Amy Klein noted how this new initiative fits in well with the group's core mission to help provide opportunities for inner-city residents to grow fresh produce of their own.

TK: This is a great idea. The story says the Veggie Mobile was patterned after a mobile grocery mart in Oakland and is funded with a $500,000 five year grant from the New York's Department of Hunger Prevention.