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.

Mobile Mercado

Comal ISD Executive Chef de Cuisine Mario Perez helps first grader Perron Goode pick out a broccoli sample after visiting the San Antonio Food Bank's Mobile Mercado mobile food pantry at Mountain Valley Elementary School Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 in Canyon Lake.

Mobile Mercado

Ana Chavez, farmers market and mobile mercado manager for the San Antonio Food Bank speaks to Mountain Valley Elementary School students inside the San Antonio Food Bank's Mobile Mercado mobile food pantry Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 in Canyon Lake.

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Christine Rivera

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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