2026-11-05

Food Access and Community Health: The YMCA’s Perspective

Fred Laforge of The Farmers' Truck with Stacey McDaniel of YMCA of the USA and Kelsey Davis of the YMCA of Greater Boston have a conversation about food access and mobile markets. We explore how these programs operate and what their teams have learned. Stacey connected those experiences to the Y's broader food access work and the opportunities ahead. We cover:

- How mobile markets fit within YMCA food access efforts.
- Lessons from Boston and YMCA USA on operations, partnerships, and community participation.
- What it takes to start or expand a reliable mobile market program.

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