Blog posts categorized with Food Access

With this multi-year USDA grant, FRESHFARM will form a regional coalition of incentive programs to increase SNAP spending at farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture programs.

DC Health and FRESHFARM partner to increase access to fruits and vegetables for District residents

This holiday season, are you looking for a great way to support folks in need in our community, while supporting your favorite local farmers? Donate to the Fresh Food Drive!

FRESHFARM's Market Tracker, a Google-based data collection tool that helps farmers markets and food access organizations track, measure, and evaluate their data, helps make market operations more streamlined and successful. It has also enabled FRESHFARM to expand the Fresh Match program in the region with partner farmers markets.

FRESHFARM’s food access work at our markets helps to provide fresh food to at-risk neighbors at affordable prices, and helps to make access to nutritious food more equitable. This fall, we’re supporting food access and equity across the DC metro area through our Thanksgiving FRESH Food Drive and the FRESH Match program. 

FRESHFARM has developed an open-source tool called the Market Tracker to track, measure, and evaluate data from each of our nearly 30 markets every week. We aim to eventually offer the Market Tracker as an open-source tool and database to farmers market organizations across the United States.

With market season in full swing and COVID-19 safety precautions still in place, our efforts to increase access to fresh, healthy food for those shopping with SNAP, WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits are more important than ever.