Encouraging the Healthy Choice: How SNAP-Ed Supports Farmers and Farmers Markets in the Mid-Atlantic Region

SNAP-Ed is a national, federally funded program that strives to increase the fruit and vegetable consumption of SNAP eligible families. Each state has a SNAP-Ed program with similar goals but different programs that respond to local needs in unique ways. SNAP-Ed programs across the Mid Atlantic region partner with farmers and farmers markets to increase access to local fruits and vegetables for consumers using SNAP, SNAP incentives and other food access programs. Hear from Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington DC and the USDA office overseeing SNAP-Ed about the unique ways they partner with farmers markets and direct marketing farmers. Gather ideas to reach shoppers paying with SNAP in new ways, forge partnerships with SNAP-Ed implementing agencies, and learn from the successes in other states.

Carmen Angel, Washington DC Health Department
Meredith Ledlie Johnson, Virginia Family Nutrition Program
Dr. Amanda Gomes, USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Kristin McCartney, West Virginia SNAP-Ed
Jocelyn Tidwell, Maryland SNAP-Ed