Oasis on wheels: mobile markets bring fresh produce into food deserts

Kemarah Sika and her young daughter line up in front of a brightly painted food truck outside of YMCA in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. But it’s not a quick bite they are here to get. They are filling their shopping bags with ears of corns and bunches of kale to cook at home.  

“I shop here because it’s convenient,” says Ms. Sika as she waits for her turn at The Trustees Mobile Farmers Market. “I take my daughter to her karate lesson [at the YMCA] every Saturday. It’s easy to get locally grown fresh produce at an affordable