ABSTRACT: The number of people in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, is currently at an all-time high. The switch from food stamp coupons to…

The Double Up resource toolkit contains helpful guides, templates, and tools for planning, implementing, and evaluating your program at any stage of its life cycle. This site is created for…

Community-based organizations across the country are rethinking their approach to the design of food incentive programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as food stamps. Rather than…

In 2021, the Farmers Market Coalition developed a number of new resources, including two practitioner papers, a roundtable discussion, and a conversation on Facebook Live, all aimed at helping managers…

An inspiring panel on the power of additional incentives paired with SNAP programs at Farmers Markets with Erin Molnar (Produce Perks Midwest), Amanda Osborne (Ohio State University Extension), Richard McCarthy…

Though SNAP incentives support the needs of many, hunger persists just outside the income threshold for eligibility. As a response, Countryside Food and Farms and the Ohio State University Extension…

This resource page from ASAP offers a full suite of materials including marketing and outreach and a getting started guide with support for farmers markets in all aspects of operation,…

This webinar from the 2021 New Hampshire Food Systems Statewide Gathering showcases food access programs, including incentives, that developed to meet food insecurity needs during the COVID 19 pandemic.

This study employed a qualitative approach, interviewing vendors (n=19) selling at four farmers markets in Maryland to understand the barriers and facilitators to implementing the Maryland Market Money program. Overall,…

A growing number of farmers’ markets offer incentive programs to increase access to fresh produce in low-income communities and support local farmers, yet program implementation has not been widely studied.…