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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The 44th annual Farmers Market on Public Square made its Monday debut yesterday, with a theme: health and wellness.</p><p>The addition, which the city calls &#8220;Mondays at the Market,&#8221; came with a movement in the city health department to increase access to healthy foods, said Henry Radulski, health director. The Thursday farmers market will be unchanged.</p><p>&#8220;What we did was take the basic concept of the farmers market on the square &#8212; it&#8217;s a very successful event &#8212; and add a health and wellness component,&#8221; Radulski explained.</p><p>&#8220;We are increasing the access to healthy foods &#8212; the healthy foods are fruits and vegetables &#8212; then we add the health and wellness,&#8221; he added. &#8220;There&#8217;s physical fitness, there&#8217;s preventative medicine, wellness &#8230; it&#8217;s an educational, preventative-type program that goes along with the healthy foods that are there provided by the farmers.&#8221;</p><p>The end goal of the Monday market is to prevent illness, disease, injuries and premature death among Wilkes-Barre residents, Radulski said.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s slower than a Thursday. I think it will get better as people realize we&#8217;re here,&#8221; said Ray Zimmerman, of Zimmerman Farms in Pitman. The farm has been bringing produce to the Thursday market for 35 years, and they fit right in with the healthy theme.</p><p>The Monday market featured healthy cooking demonstrations at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. by the CEO Weinberg Regional Foodbank. The demonstrations were accompanied by nutritional education from instructors at the bank.</p><p>Visitors craving comfort food could turn to Mother Nature, a vegan food truck serving up burgers, barbecue and more, all with no animal products. They will be giving out free samples and selling their food every Monday.</p><p>The truck is owned by Delinda and Kyle Jensen, a mother and son from the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre.</p><p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re gonna do vegan, it has to be a thousand times better than the original,&#8221; Kyle said, saying that is what he and his mom strive for.</p><p>Kyle said the goal is not only to serve delicious vegan food, but to raise awareness for compassion toward animals and health benefits of veganism.</p><p>The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded in 2015 that red and processed meats have carcinogenic effects, and recommends limiting its intake. Mother Nature will offer a new venue for &#8220;meatless Monday&#8221; in the area for people looking to cut down.</p><p>There to raise awareness of colon cancer were representatives from Geisinger, accompanied by a giant inflatable colon, which they said works well as a conversation piece.</p><p>&#8220;We brought it down to raise awareness to colorectal cancer. People don&#8217;t like to talk about it, but just to bring up the subject,&#8221; said JoAnn Blackwell, supervisor of Geisinger&#8217;s endoscopy department.</p><p>&#8220;As the second-leading cause of cancer death, behind lung (cancer), this is a highly preventable cancer with a simple screening test,&#8221; Lisa Zimmerman, a Geisinger physician assistant, said.</p><p>Visitors who walk through the giant organ replica could get a glimpse of what a colon looks like and learn about the different stages of colon cancer.</p><p>Mondays at the Market will run 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Oct. 2. The traditional Thursday market will still run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Nov. 16.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Shelby Grande and Maria Wolfel stroll through a giant inflatable colon at Monday&#8217;s farmers market, which offers healthy food options and health tips and advice from vendors. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL071017Monday-Market2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Shelby Grande and Maria Wolfel stroll through a giant inflatable colon at Monday&#8217;s farmers market, which offers healthy food options and health tips and advice from vendors. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL071017Monday-Market3.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Delinda and Kyle Jensen talk to customers about their offerings at the Mother Nature vegan food truck. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL071017Monday-Market3.jpg</photo1><caption1>Delinda and Kyle Jensen talk to customers about their offerings at the Mother Nature vegan food truck. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL071017Monday-Market1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Olivia Banas, 2, and Abby Banas, 5, check out Gabby the Norwegian dwarf goat from The Lands at Hillside Farms during &#8216;Mondays at the Market&#8217; on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_TTL071017Monday-Market1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Olivia Banas, 2, and Abby Banas, 5, check out Gabby the Norwegian dwarf goat from The Lands at Hillside Farms during &#8216;Mondays at the Market&#8217; on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Toni Pennello</p><p>tpennello@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Toni Pennello at 570-991-6121, or on Twitter @TLArts.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

‘Mondays at the Market’ debuts with healthy foods in Wilkes-Barre