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Produce Mobile closing, providers say; committee weighs short-term measures to maintain food access

2642848 · March 14, 2025
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Summary

Council staff told the Social Services Committee that the Greater Chicago Food Depository is reducing resources that support Evanston’s Produce Mobile and other distributions, and members discussed interim box-grocery distributions, hygiene and harm-reduction supplies.

City staff told the committee on March 13 that the Greater Chicago Food Depository is pulling back resources that support local food distributions, and that Evanston’s Produce Mobile is expected to stop operations over the summer.

Committee members and staff described the practical effect: the city and local partners could lose a steady supply line for produce and packaged-donation deliveries, creating a potential gap in weekly distributions.

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