HELP US KEEP NORTHSIDE FARMERS MARKET AFFORDABLE! The USDA has cut the funding of Produce Perks, Ohio's SNAP Match program for SNAP/EBT recipients. This vital program helps customers stretch their SNAP dollars further at the market every Wednesday, providing up to $25 worth of free fruits and vegetables per SNAP transaction. This program provides food-insecure shoppers with the healthy produce they want and need while directly supporting our local farmers. Without the federal government's support for this program, Produce Perks SNAP Matching will be put on pause. Starting April 1st, one less food assistance program will be available to low-income shoppers at our market... unless we can raise the money ourselves to offer our own food assistance program at market! We have the materials, the plan and the infrastructure to provide food access. We just need the funds. HELP US RAISE $10K BY MAY 1ST!
Please donate so that Northside Farmers Market can continue supporting our food-insecure and low-income shoppers. Every little bit counts. Northside Farmers Market is a market FOR EVERYONE!
If at any point in time, we receive word that Produce Perks has secured funding to continue the Produce Perks SNAP Match program, all remaining funds from this independent fundraiser will immediately be distributed in the form of farmers market coupons at CAIN food pantry and the Northside WIC office.