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Facebook is sponsoring a produce truck that will travel to locations in East Palo Alto and Belle Haven, and sell subsidized produce, starting Sunday, July 23, between 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

The truck will be at St. Francis of Assisi Church in East Palo Alto (1425 Bay Road) from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., the East Palo Alto Senior Center (560 Bell St.) from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the Onetta Harris Community Center (100 Terminal Ave.) in Menlo Park from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.

The truck will pick up food from local farmers and pay them for everything it takes, whether that food is sold or not. Whatever is not sold will be donated to local food pantries, according to Alex Gahagan, Facebook's global events, amenities & community engagement manager.

Produce will be seasonal, Ms. Gahagan said, and there will be recipe cards available for people to get ideas about what to cook with the ingredients. The food will cost less than it would at a normal farmers' market, she said.

Facebook had been running a farmers' market at its Menlo Park headquarters with a goal to make fresh produce available to residents in Facebook's adjacent neighborhoods of Belle Haven and East Palo Alto, Ms. Gahagan said. The market had good turnout from the broader region, but it was discontinued earlier this year. The company had difficulty in offering food assistance to eligible locals at the events, she said.