New Fresh Truck Mobile Market Launches In Brentwood

ISLIP, NY - From the Town of Islip: Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter along with Senator Phil Boyle attended the Sisters of St. Joseph farm in Brentwood recently, for a ribbon cutting ceremony unveiling the new “Fresh Truck Mobile Market” from Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE). The mobile farmers market will travel to destinations in both Suffolk and Nassau County, providing fruits and fresh vegetables for purchase to low-income communities across Long Island, who may not otherwise have access to healthy locally grown produce.

Joined by Sister Helen Kearney; Director of Public Health Initiatives, Nancy Copperman; FREE CEO, Robert Budd; and FREE CAO, Anita Dowd-Neufeld; Supervisor Carpenter recognized the joint efforts and cooperation of multiple agencies coming together in support of such a great cause, and presented FREE with a Town Certificate celebrating the launch of their new mobile market.

The Mobile Market can be contacted at (516) 287-2224. For more information, including a list of stops in the Town of Islip, click HERE.

Photo courtesy of Town of Islip