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Abstract
Food access is an important and complicated front that impacts millions of people nationally. This study works to provide an understanding of how two mobile markets function in two communities in the state of Georgia to help offer insights to responding to food access barriers across the state and the country. Both of these mobile markets work to provide access to food to households that encounter one or more barriers to food access. While both mobile markets share similar goals and even some methods in providing food, they differ in a few critical ways in terms of operations. The design and structure of each market is significantly different. Because different needs and attributes of a population may require specific structuring, having an evaluation of the two market models used can serve as a resource for the setup and implementation of future market initiatives. This study demonstrates the ways in which mobile markets work to expand access to food as well as the limitations that they encounter. In addition to evaluating the different models in terms of effectiveness and functionality, this study also examines the ways that mobile markets contend with the neoliberal food system.