- June 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Rosa Parks Farmers Market in Historic West End opened for the season on Tuesday. About a dozen vendors showed up – some with fresh produce to offer people who live in food deserts healthy options.
It is estimated about 15 percent of the households in Mecklenburg live in a food desert.
The Rosa Parks Food Market is set up in the middle of a neighborhood that is in the middle of a food desert. This food market is not your typical one – vendors accept EBT and food stamps. Shoppers say this market will make a difference for neighbors.
“If you put a Farmer’s Markets in a food desert,” Shopper Elena Sepulveda said. “A lot of people can’t afford what they are selling, but this is very affordable and reasonable.”
Sepulveda was happy with what she got at the Market. She doesn’t live in a food desert but appreciates the prices.
“The first booth that I went to,” she said. “When they told me it was like four dollars for all…
