The East Point Farmer’s Market has been recognized by Wholesome Wave Georgia as the 2017 award winner for the most Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program transactions at a farmers market in Georgia. This recognition is out of 65 other Wholesome Wave Market partners throughout the State of Georgia.
This allows people to stretch their SNAP dollars further and have access to healthier choices of food. For the vendors and farmers, this creates more sales and a wider outreach to provide sustainably grown or organic foods to consumers.
SNAP provides over 45 million low-income Americans with monthly benefits that can be used to purchase most foods and beverages. Each year program participants spend roughly $70 billion in SNAP benefits, including more than $19.4 million at farmers markets as of 2015. While SNAP helps low-income Americans purchase food, the program also supports farmers and farmers markets in all 50 states.
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