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For those living in Albany's South End, it's difficult to find healthy, fresh food anywhere close. Jammella Anderson and company are attempting to change that.

Plan Ahead: Events coming up in the Capital Region FacebookTwitterEmail Plant sale fundraiser is Saturday TROY -- Perennials, heirloom tomatoes, vegetables, herbs and other plants will be available for purchase 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Capital Roots’ Urban Grow Center, 594 River St. Proceeds will benefit Capital Roots’ programs, including 55 community gardens, the Veggie Mobile, the Produce Project, Healthy Stores and Squash Hunger. This will be Capital Roots’ first in-person event since the start of the pandemic.  For more information, go to http://www.capitalroots.org. ...

Food deserts in a land of plenty 12,000 Capital Region households lack access to grocery stores that carry fresh meat, vegetables and fruit. By Chris Churchill Business writer Dec. 5, 2010 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6The Veggie Mobile sets up shop at the Soth Mall Towers during a stop in Albany 12/03/2010. ( Michael P. Farrell/Times Union )Michael P. FarrellShow MoreShow Less 2of6Four-year-ols Hillel Powell looks over a squash as he shops with his grandmother Barbara Lewis in the Veggie Mobile at the South Mall Towers during a stop in Albany 12/03/2010. ( Michael P. Farrell/Times U...

With eye towards spring, Schenectady Greenmarket looks to diversify vendor space FacebookTwitterEmail 30 1of30Buy PhotoA long line forms at the Maynard Farms of Ulster, N.Y. stall at the Schenectady Greenmarket on Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Catherine Rafferty/Times Union)Catherine RaffertyShow MoreShow Less 2of30Buy PhotoPasserby coo at Willie, Empty Pocket FarmOs house goat, center, at the Schenectady Greenmarket on Sunday, June 23, 2019, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Catherine Rafferty/Times Union)Catherine RaffertyShow MoreShow Less 4of30Buy PhotoFlowers on display at...

Study: Capital Region's retail system could get healthy, locally grown food to low-income areas FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Buy PhotoCapital Roots CEO Amy Klein speaks during the unveiling of the nonprofit's new Veggie Mobile on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, in Troy, N.Y. The truck is used to provide fresh produce to inner-city neighborhoods throughout the Capital Region. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of3Buy PhotoNew York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard Ball addresses those gathered at a press event at Peeble...