SUMMIT COUNTY — Food deserts have at times plagued communities around Akron and throughout Summit County, and getting to the grocery store for some residents, like Carrie Burch, can be hard.

“Gas is going up and its difficult for a lot of people,” said Burch.

According to Summit County public health, about 30,000 residents live in food deserts, which are areas with high poverty that also lack access to large grocery stores. Most of those areas are in Akron and southern Barberton.

“Health is nutrition, and so when you don't have good health outcomes, it makes it harder to hold down a job, it makes it harder to have stable housing or anything,” said Akron Mayor Shammas Malik.

The Summit Fresh mobile market came up with an idea to help bridge the gap for those who have the money to purcha

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