(INDIANAPOLIS) – IndyGo’s farm stand is open for a fifth year – this time with new options for those short of money.
“Food in Transit” sells fresh produce every Tuesday afternoon from June through September at IndyGo’s downtown transit hub. The goal is to make healthy food available at affordable prices to people who don’t live anywhere near a grocery store, or who have trouble making ends meet.
Victoria Beaty with Growing Places Indy, whose vegetable gardens on the campus of Arsenal Tech High School supply the produce for the stand, says the program serves about 50 customers a week, and has been growing. But he says the program’s hears from people for whom even Food in Transit’s prices pose a challenge. This year, the program is adopting a “Pay What You Can” model. Even those who can’t afford anything at all will be able to purchase up to $20 in vegetables.
The lineup of available food will change each week. Food in Transit kicked off the summer with shelves of kale, radishes, collards, fennel and mint.
