Amid funding snag, Maine ‘Harvest Bucks’ program for needy gets community investments
Posted On: April 11, 2018
AUGUSTA — A program that rewards thousands of low-income Mainers receiving financial food assistance for using their benefits to buy locally grown food such as that found at farmers markets is in funding jeopardy this spring.
But Maine farmers market, including those in Augusta and Waterville, are turning to community support and other solutions to bridge the gap even as official seek renewed federal grant support for the growing program.
Amid funding snag, Maine ‘Harvest Bucks’ program for needy gets community investments