Mobile Farmers' Market Is Also
In The Spotlight
Local
readers of the national American Profile newspaper magazine, which is included with each Wednesday
issue of The Greeneville Sun, will find familiar faces on Page 4 of the magazine this
week.
Rhonda Hensley, who manages Rural Resources' Mobile Farmers' Market
here, has been selected by American Profile as this week's "Hometown Hero" and featured in a major
article in the magazine, which has a national circulation of some nine million copies per week
through newspapers in various parts of the nation.
The article includes a
large color photo of Hensley talking with Edith Wright, a local customer, inside the 1991
red-and-white Chevrolet minibus that functions as the "farmers' market on
wheels."
The story, written by Rebecca D. Williams of Oak Ridge, goes on
to relate how the Mobile Farmers' Market was created by Rural Resources in the summer of 2005, and
how it takes fresh local produce for sale out into the community during the months of May through
October. Sharon Price is Hensley's assistant and driver.
Hensley herself
is quoted, along with Sally Causey, executive director of Rural Resources, who explains in the
article that, "While sales matter, we are focused on the potential of getting local produce into the
hands and mouths of local people, especially in neighborhoods that have previously not had access to
locally produced fruits and veggies."
Rural Resources itself is described
as "a nonprofit organization in Greeneville dedicated to promoting family farms and environmentally
friendly farming practices."
Also quoted and/or mentioned in the article
are Helen Clements, Nancy Belcher, and Edith Mullins, three local customers of the Mobile Farmers'
Market, and Heather Youngblood, of Afton, a farmer who "sells most of her produce to the
bus."
Hometown Heroes is a regular feature of American
Profile.
Look for the weekly magazine along with Wednesday's issue of The
Greeneville Sun.