Food security increasing as second mobile food market opens in Northumberland County

Produce offered at the mobile food market in Grafton. A similar market opens Wednesday in Colborne. Photo courtesy of Community Health Centres of Northumberland Facebook.

By: Dan Jones, Northumberland 89.7 FM News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A second Northumberland County community is offering a mobile food market.

The Community Health Centres of Northumberland will hold a one-hour market Wednesday in Colborne.

This follows a series of similar markets in Grafton, offering patrons the ability to purchase produce, locally grown meats and homemade soups and meat pies at a discount.

The addition of Colborne is viewed as instrumental in increasing food security, as a fire destroyed that community’s only grocery store a few years ago. 

Community Health Centres of Northumberland Dietician Adam Hudson is significant for budget minded.