Arcadia's Mobile Market -- Community of Hope Family Health & Birth Center

Arcadia’s Mobile Market is part of a nonprofit working to build the health of land, food, and community across the National Capital Region. At the Community of Hope Family Health & Birth Center stop, that mission takes a practical form: a seasonal mobile market at 801 17th St NE in Washington, D.C.. Arcadia describes its work as equity-grounded and focused on sustainable, just, and regenerative food access solutions. This stop fits that wider effort, bringing the organization’s Mobile Market program into a neighborhood setting rather than asking shoppers to travel to Arcadia Farm in Alexandria.

Why it matters locally

Since 2012, Arcadia’s Mobile Market has sold more than $1.4 million in affordably priced, high-quality local fresh food in under-resourced neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.. That scale matters here because Arcadia says the neighborhoods it serves typically have high SNAP usage and low car ownership, shaping the market around food access rather than destination shopping.

Arcadia’s broader mission is rooted in the National Capital Region and centers on creating sustainable, just, and regenerative solutions to food access and food sovereignty. The organization also connects this market work to regional agriculture through Arcadia Farm on the historic grounds of Woodlawn Estate in Alexandria, Virginia. In other words, this stop is part of a local system that links farming, distribution, and neighborhood access within the D.C. area.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at this market stop, which is the clearest visit rule to plan around before you arrive. The market operates at the Community of Hope Family Health & Birth Center, 801 17th St NE, as part of Arcadia’s Mobile Market network in Washington, D.C.. Restrooms are not available on-site.

If you need to reach the market team directly, the listed contact is Akio Lloyd, with a phone number of (571) 384-8845 and email at info@arcadiafood.org. Arcadia also identifies Andrea Neal as Mobile Market Operations Manager, which signals dedicated staff support for the mobile program itself. Because this is a mobile market stop tied to a health center location, the visit is likely to feel more functional and quick-stop oriented than a large plaza-style farmers market.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Arcadia’s Mobile Market, and Arcadia says the program doubles the face value of food stamps, including SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP. That focus is central to the market model: Arcadia places Mobile Market stops in low-food-access neighborhoods and builds around affordable fresh food access. Payment methods are clearly communicated for visitors planning a purchase.