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OFS opens first MetroMarket location in Illinois MetroMarketNews

September 11, 2025

OFS opens first MetroMarket location in Illinois

St. Louis Magazine reported on September 11, 2025 Operation Food Search will open first MetroMarket stop in Illinois The St. Louis nonprofit’s trucks bring farmers…

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MetroMarket Expands Into Illinois Via Partnership with Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, Nutrition Innovation Center Media ReleasesMetroMarket

September 5, 2025

MetroMarket Expands Into Illinois Via Partnership with Jackie Joyner-Kersee Food, Agriculture, Nutrition Innovation Center

August 2025 (ST. LOUIS) – Colorful trucks of fresh, affordable produce will soon roll into East St. Louis as part of a new partnership between…

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St. Louis MetroMarket brings fresh produce, groceries to food deserts MetroMarketNews

April 25, 2025

St. Louis MetroMarket brings fresh produce, groceries to food deserts

Operation Food Search’s St. Louis MetroMarket program launched this week, bringing fresh, affordable food to underserved areas in the St. Louis region. Read more...

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St. Louis Metro Market Farmer’s Truck MetroMarketNews

June 4, 2024

St. Louis Metro Market Farmer’s Truck

Operation Food Search has been waiting patiently 2 years for their custom-built truck to arrive and launch. Watch here.

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Quinton Ward featured in FEAST Magazine MetroMarketNews

May 2, 2024

Quinton Ward featured in FEAST Magazine

Nonprofit organization St. Louis MetroMarket is a mobile farmers' market that visits neighborhoods throughout the community struggling to find access to affordable, fresh and nutritious foods…

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OFS Awarded $75,000 from Bayer Fund MetroMarketNews

February 28, 2024

OFS Awarded $75,000 from Bayer Fund

Bayer Fund supports access to healthy and nutritious foods through high-quality food and nutrition programs. These programs provide support to families in need and rural…

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Quinton Ward STL Fdn. 2023 Young Leader MetroMarketNews

May 2, 2023

Quinton Ward STL Fdn. 2023 Young Leader

Congratulations, Quinton Ward, sr. manager of MetroMarket, Operation Food Search! Ward will be honored as a St. Louis young leader at the St. Louis American…

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Post-Dispatch goes in-depth on childhood obesity MetroMarketNews

September 27, 2022

Post-Dispatch goes in-depth on childhood obesity

Despite one big success, Missouri’s ambitious effort to stem childhood obesity fell short. Here’s why. Sarah Woods, a dietitian at a public health clinic in…

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Quinton Ward is one of 40 Next City Vanguard Fellows MetroMarketNews

September 8, 2022

Quinton Ward is one of 40 Next City Vanguard Fellows

Operation Food Search’s Quinton Ward Selected as a Next City Vanguard Fellow Operation Food Search (OFS) is pleased to announce that OFS’s MetroMarket Senior Manager…

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HEC Media features STL MetroMarket MetroMarketNews

August 29, 2022

HEC Media features STL MetroMarket

STL MetroMarket is putting fresh food back on the map Most of the time, much of Ferguson, Missouri is a health food desert. But once…

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Schnucks gives $15k to MetroMarket MetroMarketNews

July 12, 2022

Schnucks gives $15k to MetroMarket

Schnucks Gives $15,000 to Operation Food Search’s MetroMarket Program Schnuck Markets, Inc. has donated $15,000 to Operation Food Search (OFS) to help the nonprofit organization’s…

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STL MetroMarket Kicks Off 2022 Season MetroMarketUncategorized

May 12, 2022

STL MetroMarket Kicks Off 2022 Season

MetroBus turned grocery store: St. Louis MetroMarket kicking off 2022 season St. Louis MetroMarket will begin its 2022 season starting Wednesday. MetroMarket is a non-profit…

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MetroMarket’s Ward Featured in Biz Journal MetroMarketNews

May 6, 2022

MetroMarket’s Ward Featured in Biz Journal

St. Louis Character: Quinton Ward finds intersection between the nonprofit and art worlds It may not seem like a natural move for an artist to…

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St. Louis MetroMarket launches 2022 season MetroMarketNews

May 4, 2022

St. Louis MetroMarket launches 2022 season

Operation Food Search Metro Market Bus Kicks Off 2022 Season St. Louis MetroMarket, a nonprofit “farmers market on wheels” that brings fresh produce to food…

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MetroMarket joins OFS to Serve More Communities MetroMarketNewsUncategorized

December 8, 2021

MetroMarket joins OFS to Serve More Communities

St. Louis MetroMarket Joins Operation Food Search Operation Food Search is pleased to announce their acquisition of St. Louis MetroMarket, a nonprofit “farmers market on…

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MetroMarket Brings Food to STL Communities MetroMarketNews

December 3, 2021

MetroMarket Brings Food to STL Communities

Food market on wheels serving St. Louis communities ST. LOUIS — There is an on-going issue in St. Louis. People in certain communities not being…

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