 Some families living in rural areas do not have easy access to fresh foods and have to travel many miles to get their groceries. Sprout Foods is trying to change that and bring the grocery store to you. Sprout launched a crowdfunding campaign at the beginning of June trying to raise $25,000 to build a mobile food market. They propose market plans on supporting local farmers by bringing their food to families in need, along with other items, not local to Minnesota. Sprout Foods is primarily focusing on counties in what is the Region 5 area. The mobile market will be a place where people can have social interaction, they can have cooking demonstrations and nutrition education, and then have access to fresh produce so that they can live happy, healthy, vibrant lives. Today, Sprout Foods hosted an event in conjunction with Live Better Live Longer, a community outreach group of St. Gabriel's Health in Little Falls. It was free food and people were being educated on the proposed mobile food market. Live Better Live Longer also matched all donations made today up to $1,000. Yeah, you know, transportation is a huge barrier for a lot of the folks that we've been able to touch through the Eat Smart program. And so this is a really important effort because it, you know, it meets that need for people who still are out there, who still really need good, healthy food. Sprout's mobile food market crowdfunding campaign ends on June 30th. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.