The healthy approach to meals on wheels

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via MichaelMoore.com:



February 10th, 2010 2:29 AM
The healthy approach to meals on wheels

By Philippa Thomas / BBC News


America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, has launched a campaign to improve the way families eat, encouraging Americans to face the fact that one in three children is overweight or obese.

As part of her initiative, she stressed the need to make healthy food more accessible. I met one couple who are trying to do just that, by running a mobile farmers' market in Virginia.

It is a sight that makes people stop and stare.

As Mark Lilly's big white bus heads along rundown city streets, the slogans painted on its side are as colourful as its owner: "Feeding the community one stop at a time. Support local farmers. Get local produce. Get on the bus, Gus!"

Virginia businessman Mark Lilly bought his 23-year-old bus on the internet. The day I joined him for the ride, he and his wife Suzi began at home, packing the aisles with organic produce they had sourced from local farms.

Baskets of colourful apples and squashes sat next to fistfuls of greens: kale, spinach, cabbage. And there was home-made apple pie.

The specialised farmers' market is becoming a colourful staple of American city life. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/healthy-approach-meals-wheels

[blogslut]

1. Here's their site

http://www.farmtofamilyonline.com

[postulater]

2. It used to be the Ice Cream Man, now it's the carrot guy.

I spose it's healthier but it has to be fun too.

[pipi_k]

3. Chocolate-covered broccoli works for me...

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Seriously, though...I love just about any kind of vegie.

Even spinach