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Beans and Rice food truck is all about food security

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October 21, 2021

The Beans and Rice food truck held a celebratory grand opening this month in Pulaski County, Virginia.

The truck works with low to moderate income families to help raise them up, according to Lee Spiegel, executive director of Beans and Rice Inc.

"Beans and Rice works in three different areas: Food security, family stability and youth development. The truck is part of food security," he told the Southwest Times.

"It's like a farmer's market on wheels," Beans and Rice program director Jack Watkins told the news outlet. "We'll be working with a lot of local farms and producers to sell things like meats, vegetables, fruits, as well as some honey, some grains … a lot of cool stuff. I've been fortunate enough to visit at this point probably a dozen farms around from here to Floyd. They're all really excited."