This report from SPUR and Fair Food Network will benefit any market trying to make the case for farm direct nutrition incentives in the context of their local economy, or…

The United States Department of Agriculture is seeking innovative ways to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP) participants’ access to fresh produce by increasing the number of farmers markets and…

To encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants to shop at farmers markets, various organizations have been providing financial incentives to participants who redeem SNAP benefits at participating farmers markets. This…

This sample press release from Maricopa County in Arizona shows how a farmers market or market network can use data and evaluation to create media support and outreach opportunities. In…

This example pamphlet/poster advertises multiple transportation routes from Arizona WIC and SNAP offices to their nearest farmers markets.

Chris Newman, farmer at Sylvanaqua Fam in Northern Virginia, talks about why he believes farmer cooperatives are a better fix for the problems in our food system than the available…

In 2009, Project for Public Spaces (PPS), with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foun- dation and in partnership with Columbia Univer- sity, undertook a study to examine what market…

This article describes the practices identified by students and experts at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, as they worked with the Bloomington, Indiana farmers market to improve diversity and create…

This 2015 presentation at an NCCOR workshop on nutrition incentives in Farm Direct addresses the challenges faced by farm direct organizations. While some information on technology is not up-to-date, many…