United Against Poverty Brings Mobile Market To Parramore

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Living in a food desert means daily challenges like walking long distances just to get fresh produce and groceries. That’s what Brittany Glover deals with constantly in Parramore.

“Sometimes it’s a challenge, sometimes it’s not. It just depends on the flow of what I’m doing,” she said.

It was no challenge on Thursday when United Against Poverty’s mobile market came to the John H. Jackson Neighborhood Center.

“Parramore is a food desert, so it’s important to meet people where they are,” said Orlando City Commissioner Shan Rose.

The mobile market offers low-income families free groceries.

“It’s very important because a lot of people are on a budget, especially with how the economy is right now,” Smith responded.

The program is funded by a $400,000 grant from the Florida Blue Foundation, which helped UAP purchase a refrigerated truck in May.