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The Illinois Farmers Market Technology Improvement Program Act
Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin. Filed under News.
As the Farm Forager for the City of Chicago and the Green City Market (and a new FMC Director), I have been working on the issue of EBT acceptance at Farmers Markets in Chicago since I began my position in May of 2009. Through my discussions with these two organizations on how to get all of the Chicago Farmers Markets to accept SNAP benefits, an idea was born.
Pennsylvania Nonprofit to Provide SNAP Card Readers to Farmers Markets
Posted on March 1st, 2010 by admin. Filed under News.
A new program will provide food stamp and debit card readers to farmers markets in South Central Pa., allowing vendors to increase sales and better serve a low income market, according to Capital RC&D, a regional nonprofit organization.
Food & Nutrition Service Takes Steps to Streamline SNAP Procedures for Farmers Markets
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by admin. Filed under News.
On February 24th, USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) headquarters issued a memo to all FNS Field Operations Directors throughout the United States, detailing new procedures for the implementation of scrip and incentive programs at farmers markets. Jeff Cohen, Director of the Benefits Redemption Division at FNS spelled out these new procedures for farmers markets SNAP retailers.
FMC Comments on Proposed $4 Million Provision for Farmers Market SNAP
Posted on February 18th, 2010 by admin. Filed under News.
The Administration’s 2011 budget requests $4 million for the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to “provide point of sale terminals to all farmers’ markets nationally that cannot currently redeem SNAP benefits.” As the budget request states, ensuring farmers markets have point of sales devices will substantially increase the redemption of SNAP benefits at these outlets. In 2009, only .07% of all SNAP sales (in dollars) occurred at the fewer than 1,000 farmers markets currently accepting it. We know that we as a nation can do better. We agree with the President that “Nutrition education and human resource capacity to continue to be a key part of the SNAP to help low income households improve their nutrition levels.”
Good News in President’s Proposed 2011 USDA Budget
Posted on February 13th, 2010 by admin. Filed under News.
On February 1st, President Obama issued a $3.8 trillion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011 on Monday, in which the White House allocates $149 billion for USDA.
years. While his proposed FY 2011 budget actually decreases the overall amount of discretionary spending available to USDA, it also prioritizes a number of new initiatives in line with the goals of the Know your Farmer, Know your Food initiative.
Farmers Market Coalition & Community Food Security Coalition Launch Program to Expand EBT Usage at Farmers Market
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by . Filed under News.
Goal to Increase Access to Fresh Healthy Food for EBT/SNAP users For Immediate Release July 15, 2009 Contact: Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalition 503-954-2970, andy@foodsecurity.org Stacy Miller, Farmers Market Coalition 304-263-6396, stacy@farmersmarketcoalition.org The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) and the Farmers Market Coalition (FMC) announce a partnership program to increase EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) [...]