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Ottawa Public Health launched a new “MarketMobile Bus” food delivery program Saturday to get affordable fruit and vegetables to communities the city says have limited access to fresh produce.

The six-month pilot program arrived at Morrison Gardens off Pinecrest Road in the city’s west end in the form of a rented OC Transpo bus packed with fresh fruit and vegetables.

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Loblaws is supplying the produce at around wholesale prices and volunteers are selling it to shoppers at the same price.

After two hours at Morrison Gardens, the bus travelled to the Caldwell Avenue area.

Next Saturday, it travels to the Robert Bateman school at east Hunt Club and on to the rural community of Vars.

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Those four communities will see the MarketMobile bus every two weeks until December.

It’s currently accepted that many people eat poorly because other necessities of life, such as housing and child care, account for most of the family expenses.