CITY HALL — A CTA bus is being modified to deliver produce to food deserts.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Friday that the Fresh Moves Mobile Markets program will deliver local produce to a dozen communities on the West and South sides each week using an old CTA bus reconfigured for the purpose.
Starting Saturday, the bus will set up Mobile Markets at locations including schools, health clinics and community centers on the South and West sides, where residents can buy locally grown fresh produce.
The bus is being retrofitted and the program run by Growing Power, a national organization devoted to getting healthy food to communities in need, including connecting farms and markets in Chicago.
The city will also provide fuel and maintenance for the bus for one year.
Emanuel scheduled a news conference at Growing Power's Iron Street Farm in Bridgeport Friday morning. Growing Power was expected to post a set weekly schedule for the bus on its website.
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