Arcadia's Mobile Market -- United Medical Center

Arcadia’s Mobile Market at United Medical Center ties a neighborhood stop in Washington to a broader nonprofit food-access mission rooted in the National Capital Region. Arcadia describes its work as building the health of land, food, and community “from the farm forward,” and this market carries that same focus into a weekly mobile format. The United Medical Center stop at 1310 Southern Ave SE places that mission in a practical setting: a hospital campus address paired with regular deliveries of local, sustainably produced food. For shoppers, the draw is straightforward—fresh food sold through a program designed around regular neighborhood access and food equity.

Why it matters locally

United Medical Center is one of Arcadia’s named mobile market stops, connecting this Washington location to an organization that says it is grounded in equity and focused on sustainable, just, and regenerative solutions to food access and food sovereignty. Arcadia’s mobile markets are weekly farmers’ markets on wheels that make regular stops and deliver crates full of local, sustainably produced food.

That local role is especially clear in the way Arcadia frames the program: the mobile markets serve low-food-access neighborhoods and accept and double the face value of food assistance benefits including SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP. Arcadia also ties its food-access work to regional farming and training, including a veteran farmer program that develops new farmers through hands-on education. At this stop, the market’s local value is not just produce on a table, but a direct link between regional food-system work and neighborhood grocery access.

What you'll find there

The emphasis here is on the mobile market format itself rather than a long roster of individual farm stands. Arcadia describes these stops as weekly markets on wheels bringing crates full of local, sustainably produced food into the neighborhood.

• -Find crates of local, sustainably produced food delivered through Arcadia’s weekly Mobile Markets program.
• -See food grown within Arcadia’s broader farm and education network, which includes Arcadia Farm and the Groundhog Garden.
• -Expect produce connected to a regional farming pipeline that includes Arcadia’s veteran farmer training program.

Arcadia’s programming extends beyond shopping alone, with hands-on food, agriculture, and environmental education offered through Field Trips and Farm Camp.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at this market, a detail worth knowing before heading to the United Medical Center stop. The market runs seasonally from June through October rather than year-round, so timing matters if you are planning this stop as part of a regular grocery routine. The location is 1310 Southern Ave SE in Washington, at United Medical Center.

This is a mobile market, so the setup is different from a large square filled with many independent booths: Arcadia organizes it as a recurring stop where crates of local, sustainably produced food are brought in on a weekly basis. Restrooms are not available as a visitor amenity here, so plan your trip accordingly. Andrea Neal is listed as the Mobile Market Operations Manager for Arcadia’s program.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Arcadia’s Mobile Market, and Arcadia says the program doubles the face value of food assistance benefits including SNAP, WIC, and Senior FMNP. That policy is central to how Arcadia describes its mobile markets in low-food-access neighborhoods, making this stop useful for shoppers planning around benefit dollars as well as seasonal fresh-food access.