Kids excitedly perused colorful rows of fresh fruits and vegetables inside a San Antonio Food Bank truck on Friday.
Mountain Valley Elementary School students got to learn about healthy produce from local farms through the “Mobile Mercado” program.
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It's great! I think that it's always a goof idea to promote healthily eating, because usually, in such trucks you can buy mostly fast food, which is not good for the health.
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