Fall apples at Bloomingdale Farmers Market, a park side street location, on Wednesday, November 9, 2014, in Washington, D.C. This market is located in an urban neighborhood where it may be a challenge for some to get to a grocery stores and carry purchases home. They accept the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits using the Electronic Balance Transfer (EBT) card. They also accept Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) benefits coupons. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
SNAP site: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-p….
WIC FMNP site: www.fns.usda.gov/fmnp/wic-farmers-market-nutrition-progra….
To find a farmers’ market, this USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) site may help you: search.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/
Posted by USDAgov on 2015-03-01 22:56:31
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