Two Big Island organizations have been awarded grants from the USDA to increase food access through farmers’ markets.
They include:
- $74,010 to the Heritage Ranch, Inc., Honaunau, HI, to start a new farmers market, establish a hub for farmers to drop off products to sell at the farmers market, expand an existing CSA operation, purchase a solar-powered cooler and freezer to store products for CSA and farmers market, introduce a weekly Food Share program, and host summer camp and field trips for students.
- $90,460 to the Kohala Center, Kamuela, HI, to begin a new EBT project to provide EBT access to six farmers markets, train market managers and vendors, and promote these markets to SNAP recipients on Hawaii Island.
Nearly 150 farm-to-consumer marketing projects received funding today under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP), marking a $9.2 million investment to support direct marketing and to increase consumer access to healthy food, much of it in food deserts and other low-income areas. This year’s awards–149 in total, distributed across 42 states and the District of Columbia–showed a rise in urban projects and increased diversity in the types of projects funded…
More info here: USDA Supports Diverse Food Access Through Farmers Market Promotion Program Grant
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