City Harvest Programs » Healthy Neighborhoods
Mobile Market
Mobile Markets are open-air, bimonthly distributions of fresh fruits and vegetables free of charge to residents of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) programs at sites in the Bronx and Staten Island. About 600 attendees participate each month, with regular users reporting that they receive 30 to 50% of their recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables from City Harvest. Community residents volunteer to staff each market.
The food prices are so high, you know, you can barely make it. So this City Harvest is like a blessing to the community, it really is.
– Doretha, Mobile Market customer
Get Involved
• Help City Harvest distribute produce at a Mobile Market
Partnerships
• New York City Housing Authority graciously hosts our Mobile Markets on public housing sites.
• Phipps Community Development Corporation owns and operates the lot that the Melrose Mobile Market is held. City Harvest works with Phipps to provide education and nutrition services to the community.
• Stapleton UAME Church is working with City Harvest to improve the quality of food available to the public housing community in Staten Island.
