State Funding through the Legislature for Farm Direct Nutrition Incentives

The Farmers Market Coalition is proud to present our third practitioner paper. Written by Molly Notarianni of Oregon’s Farmers Market Fund and Elizabeth Borst of Virginia Fresh Match, this paper addresses the topic of state funding through the legislature for nutrition incentives. Acknowledging that GusNIP funding has provided a pathway for projects to grow, the authors argue from their own experience that seeking funding appropriations through their state legislatures may be a way for some organizations to mitigate the needs of state-wide networks as they rapidly scale. This Paper tells the stories of two such campaigns in Virginia and Oregon, and shares strategies developed through their processes. The authors’ goal is to help other nutrition incentive practitioners determine whether seeking state funding is the right choice for them at this time, and to orient practitioners toward the kinds of partnerships and information they will need to pursue in order to be ready.

Michigan Application for No-Cost EBT Equipment

This form allows Michigan Markets to apply for free EBT equipment through MIFMA

Get Me To The Farmers Market

This pamphlet is an example of a partnership to support incentives use at farmers markets. It shows the best transportation routes from several Arizona WIC and SNAP offices to their nearest farmers markets.

Vendor Tracking Sheet Template

This printable sheet from Growing Hope’s Ypsilanti Farmers Markets is for vendors to record their daily sales by currency before turning in the tokens they’ve received to the market team, who also counts them.

Token Guidelines

This simple, at-a-glance chart from Growing Hope’s Ypsilanti Farmers Markets shows vendors what products can be bought with what tokens, coupons, or other currencies. Each vendor has a laminated copy for quick reference to have at their booth.

Costs to Administer Food Assistance

This first part of this case study conducted by Growing Hope among four markets it managed examined the true costs of running food assistance programs, and can inform budgeting, fundraising, and advocacy that other markets may do to support the essential administrative costs of running nutrition incentive and other food assistance programs. Later sections explore the feasibility of a consistent SNAP currency across multiple markets.

How to Grow Your Incentive Program: A Toolkit for Wholesome Wave’s National Nutrition Incentive Network

Aimed to help existing nutrition programs achieve greater success, this guide walks through goals, marketing, partnerships, fundraising, evaluation and innovation strategies. In addition to providing thorough information and many examples in a visually-appealing way, it suggests additional resources to dive even deeper.

Nutrition Incentives 101

New to the field of nutrition incentives? Now is the time to get all your questions answered. No question is too silly or elementary.

EBT Technology: Not So Plain and Not So Simple

There are many ways you can describe EBT Point of Sale technology. “Plain and simple” is hardly one of them. Join Farm Direct Technical Assistance team members as they demystify and share pros and cons on the technological choices for processing SNAP in a farm direct setting.

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