Health experts often blame poor neighborhood's inaccessibility to healthy food--like fruits and vegetables--for their community's declining health. In May, The New York Times reported that supermarkets are leaving areas like Queens and Harlem, making it difficult for residents to find fresh food within walking distance of their homes.

That's why the Veggie Mobile is a great idea! The Veggie Mobile is a basically a farmers market on wheels. Serving neighborhoods around Albany, New York, the Veggie Mobile sells wholesale produce to low-income communities and senior living communities.

The truck itself is the store! Here's what the inside of one looks like. From the Veggie Mobile blog:

Now, not only is giving people access to fresh fruits and vegetables a wonderful public service, but apparently the Veggie Mobile has fantastic prices too! Via the Associated Press:

When compared to New York Supermarket--a small grocery in the poor Arbor Hill neighborhood of Albany--the Veggie Mobile offered dramatic savings, more selection and fresher options. Bananas sold for $0.99 a pound at the supermarket, but went for $0.59 a pound from the Veggie Mobile. Iceberg lettuce was $1 each at the mobile grocery, and $1.99 at the New York Supermarket. Cucumbers sold for $0.89 each at the neighborhood market, but were 3 for $1 from the Veggie Mobile.

This is really cool. I'd love for a Veggie Mobile to back into my driveway on those days when I'm too lazy to leave the house.