The POWER project is a mobile farmers market with a strong nutrition and horticulture education focus. The functions of the POWER project are as follows.

• A mobile teaching unit to build gardening, food preservation, retail ready, nutrition and cooking skills

• A resource (information, equipment, etc.) library for local producers and consumers

• A bridge between buyers, retailers, and sellers. The unit will purchase fresh produce at market value from community and market gardens and sell to restaurants, small grocers, or directly to consumers

• The unit will sell produce at discounted prices in high poverty areas and at full price in more affluent areas.

• The unit will distribute information about local food resources (farmers markets, restaurants that buy local, CSAs, etc) and to generate interest in growing, purchasing and supporting local foods.