Making Food Deserts Fertile

Fresh Moves is a new grant-funded project in Chicago that utilizes the ice cream truck model to bring fresh, healthy foods to some of the city's food deserts.

Nov 9, 2011

Fresh Moves is a new grant-funded project in Chicago that utilizes the ice cream truck model to bring fresh, healthy foods to some of the city's food deserts.

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