Common Ground Producers and Growers Mobile Market and Mobile Food Hub
All Are Fed. No One is Hungry!
Mission Statement
The Common Ground Mobile Market and Mobile Food Hub strives to make a significant impact on the development of urban agriculture across the nation while impacting the current food system in a positive manner, and providing fresh produce to food deserts and food insecurity areas. We support the local farmer and his/her impact on the local community and economy by ensuring farmers are paid an equitable wage for their fresh food products while maintaining affordable prices for every customer. Our motto is “All are fed. No One is Hungry!”
In the Central Kansas Corridor we serve:
- Food deserts areas
- Low income residents
- Communities with food insecurity
Common Ground Producers and Growers Mobile Market serves three counties:
Who is Common Ground?
Common Ground Producers and Growers is a Mobile Market and Mobile Food Hub which provides fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables to food deserts and food insecurity areas. We do this by partnering with Kansas farmers and growers to provide fresh produce to our communities at an affordable price. Check our events calendar to see where the mobile market will be located so you can purchase fresh produce within your community. We take payments in the form of cash, credit, debit, Cash App, PayPal, Double Up Food Bucks, Senior Vouchers, and SNAP/EBT.
Why a Mobile Market?
The answer is simple for Common Ground Producers and Growers Mobile Market and Mobile Food Hub. We have a heart to see people have access to healthy foods. In the 21st-century everything about our life has changed.
For decades and generations, people have viewed farming as hundreds of acres, combines, and tractors. Now there is a new form of farming called Urban Agriculture.
Urban Agriculture is like everything else about the 21st century. It just looks different. Urban Agriculture is now being done on rooftops, in backyards, and on abandoned lots right in the heart of the concrete jungle. Urban Agriculture farmers look like the man or the woman next door to you, the person checking you out at the supermarket, or the guy who is selling you your car! Urban Agriculture looks different and it is different but the heart of farming is still the same.
No matter if you’re in the heart of the country or in the heart of the city the goal for both urban and rural farmers is the same — to feed their families and feed their community. Common Ground Producers and Growers, with its community partnerships and resources, are ready to build a better tomorrow where food is a policy issue, not a profit issue.
We practice responsible farming which takes care of the land and the food we eat and that means the community is getting the best quality of nutrition they can for their bodies.
Our Story
For seven years, the Common Ground Mobile market has made a significant impact on providing fresh produce to the food desert and food insecurity areas in our region.
The mobile market collaborates with a growing network of local producers who work together to provide fresh, locally grown food for distribution in these areas.
Each year we work closely with our partners such as CPAAA, K-State Extension, Double-Up Food Bucks, Kansas Farmer’s Union and local and state officials to ensure our customers are provided the opportunity to eat healthy, fresh produce.
Common Ground has been instrumental in helping senior citizens increase their spending power by 218 percent through the Senior Market Voucher program. During this crisis, the mobile market is expanding its capacity in low-income and food desert areas to help minimize the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our most vulnerable populations.
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