You may know the name Marc Vetri from his restaurants. But the Vetri family also has a charitable foundation that's bringing culinary to the curbside, teaching low income communities how to prepare healthy and affordable meals from scratch.
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Tuesday afternoons, Philabundance sets up a free Fresh for All produce market in Souderton.
They dump a whole bunch more apples into pile for distribution, and the line of people snakes though the parking lot.
Ed Sitko, a semi-retired carpenter, comes every week.
And at the end of the line, he visits cooking instructor, Vetri Community Partnership Julia Harris.
It's a new partnership between Philabundance and the Vetri Community Partnership's Mobile Teaching Kitchen.
"It's so great. We come to 3 sites; we go to Upper Darby, Camden, and here in Souderton," Harris said.
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Sitko said, "I love it. As a matter of fact I was here 2 weeks ago, and the recipes I got, I loved them."
It's so simple.
Her veggie fritters are made with cabbage and root vegetables and topped with unsweetened applesauce.
Jeannie Horst of Hatfield, Pa. is on a strict diet for health reasons. She says she would struggle without the free produce market.
"Pantries are good, you know, but it's a lot of starches, a lot of noodles," she said.
Last year, Philabundance gave out more than 1 and a half million pounds of produce to families in need.
"We're all trying to eat healthier and more basic. So it's important to take care of yourself," Horst said.
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Philabundance is focusing increasingly on fresh nutritious foods that are low in sugar and salt.
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