For this research article, researchers interviewed a total of 19 market managers and 19 farmers during the 2016 and 2017 market season. These interviews focused on perspectives of the MMM…

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.…

In 2016 and 2017, researchers conducted a brief survey with MMM participants at four farmers markets in Maryland, gathering data on nutrition assistance, farmers market visits, and fruit and vegetable…

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…

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…

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…

While previous studies have shown that farmers markets are choosing to locate in underserved areas, little research has examined how often this is occurring and what these markets offer to…

This research report from Duke University Scholar Alison Conrad discusses how, as a result of whiteness, white supremacy culture narratives function to reinforce systemic inequity across the food system in…

This interactive map created by scholars at University of Richmond, Virginia Tech, and University of Maryland offers information and visualizations of property redlining in cities across America begun during the…