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Supplimental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Electronic Benefits Transfer...

MFFM EBT Services and Support describes how MFFM can help your market start and sustain an EBT program. Please contact info@mffm.org with any questions. EBT Guidelines (.doc 571 Kb) from the ME Dept of...

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The Farmers’ Market WIC program

The Maine Department of Human Services and the Maine Department of Agriculture cooperate to sponsor the Maine WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. Using federal funding, these special WIC checks are...

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Farmers’ Markets and Food Cupboards

Suggestions and examples of how farmers’ markets and food cupboards can work together for each others’ benefit. Food Cupboards, also called Food Pantries, are always on the lookout for food to...

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Supporting Your Community with Community Supported Agriculture: Expanding the...

The Story of One Family’s Ongoing Food Cupboard Experiment by Holly, Dennis and Julia Violette, February, 2011. Comments from the food cupboard at the the bottom. Summary The basic concept is for a...

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End-of-Market Gleaning Program

To have surplus picked up at the end of market day at YOUR farmers’ market, why not start an  End-of-Market Gleaning Program? An easy-to-implement program that provides an alternative to feeding your...

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What is Gleaning?

What is Gleaning? Gleaning is an ancient tradition still practiced in Maine and elsewhere. After farmers or fruit growers have harvested their crop, they allow people into their fields or orchards to...

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What is SNAP/EBT?

SNAP – What is that? SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a federally funded government program which has traditionally been know as “food stamps”. EBT, or Electronic Benefit...

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What is WIC?

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program Overview of WIC Program The Maine Department of Health and Human Services and the Maine Department of Agriculture cooperate to sponsor the Maine WIC...

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