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- From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Food enough for all.....
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 08:18:14 -0500
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 15:56:41 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>>
>> Why should it concern a market farmer? Unemployed people
>> often cannot afford to buy local or organically-grown food
>> or, indeed, many fresh vegetables and fruits at all.
>
>On this note...any other Farmer's Market managers out there, does anyone
>know what it takes to set up a market to be able to accept Food Stamps or
>the WICK program? Also for those interested check out Seattle Tilth's
>community garden program.
>>
Info on becoming authorized to accept Food Stamps is here:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/retailers/default.htm
For the WIC FNMP (Farmers Market Nutrition Program) and the
Senior Citizen FNMP, I believe you get the info from your
state's Department of Agriculture. I know that - in
Pennsylvania - it's the PA Dept. of Agriculture that
administers this.
Pat
--
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[Market-farming] Food enough for all.....,
sora, 04/01/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Food enough for all.....,
Robin Follette, 04/01/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] Food enough for all....., Jill Bussiere, 04/01/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Food enough for all....., Lucy Goodman, 04/02/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Food enough for all....., Pat Meadows, 04/02/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- [Market-farming] Food enough for all....., rebecca, 04/02/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Food enough for all.....,
Robin Follette, 04/01/2004
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