Food Security & The Joy of Fresh Food
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Matching Dollars For WIC, SFNMP & SNAP
The Milk Lady Farmers Markets' Matching Dollars Program returns in 2021 when markets open. The program helps make farm fresh food more affordable to customers who spend their governmental nutrition assistance benefits at our markets.
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Matching Dollars are free market tokens we give out at our Welcome Booth. The tokens match any purchase made by shoppers using SNAP (Food Stamps), WIC (Women, Infants and Children) or SFMNP (Senior Nutrition) coupons. The market tokens can be spent at any farm stand at Derwood and Shady Grove farmers markets. So your benefits will go twice as far at our farmers markets with the help of our Matching Dollars program.
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When you use matching dollars to buy fruits and vegetables, be sure to arrive 30 minutes prior to market closing so we can process your match and give you time to shop. We close the matching dollars booth at 15 minutes before the end of the market. Markets close at 1pm or 2pm. Check market hours and locations here https://www.milkladymarkets.org/locations.html
We are so grateful for 2019 funding from our sponsor and partner Neighborhoood Church of Rockville and other past donors like Adventist Healthcare, Bill H. Hodges, Montgomery County Government, Phyllis D. Goin, Wheaton Business District, Cedar Ridge Community Church, Kohl’s, Capital One and generous individual donors like you!
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“Thank you so much, my wife and I really appreciate the extra vegetables and especially the fruits we are able to get with the Matching Dollars, as we live only on social security benefits.” |
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SHARING THE JOY OF FRESH FOOD!
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Our chefs offer cooking demos based on seasonal ingredients from our farmers. Our two recent chef partners at both markets are United Healthcare Community Nutrition and University of MD's Food Supplement Nutrition Education (FSNE).
Our Sample Booth initiative at Derwood market is where we offer and educate the public on in-season products from our food vendors and farmers. We slice and sample produce like turnips, carrots, kholrabi and introduce them for salads; also fruits, preserves and cheeses. |
Community News
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Montgomery County will open applications for a new Resident and Community Food Production Gardening Grant Program at 12:00 PM EST on Thursday, October 15, 2020, with an information session taking place on 10/16, 2:00PM, via Zoom. $160,000 in grants will be awarded to Montgomery County nonprofit initiatives that expand local food production through home and community farming and gardening. Nonprofit organizations or community groups with nonprofit partners can apply for up to $25,000.
The application form will be available in English and Spanish. Please visit this page for more information: www.mocofoodcouncil.org/gardengrants. And, if any organization cannot complete the application online, or requires the application be provided in a language other than English or Spanish, please email Massa Cressall at mcressall@mocofoodcouncil.org |
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