Nathanial Modoubaye grew the vegetables he's selling at the International Rescue Committee's New Roots Farm, which helps refugees and immigrants with farming and business opportunities.He and others sell on Wednesday afternoons at Redwood Park. The International Rescue Committee also runs a market on Saturday mornings in Sunnyvale Park.
"We have food deserts of nutritious food. You may find a lot of fast food restaurants but for the most needy communities, accessing fresh food and nutritious food is hard," Sen. Escamilla said."That’s why these markets make a difference. They are in the communities, as you can see where we’re located. They’re growing it steps from where we are."
"On average at the grocery store, only 15 cents on every dollar goes toward farmers. The rest goes to the big food corporations for their marketing costs and distribution costs across long, fragile supply chains," said Chandler Rosenberg with the Utah Farmers Market Network."Farmers markets allow more of our food dollars to go directly to the people producing our food."