In 2017 I served as the Program Manager for the Central Ohio farmers' market incentive project called Veggie SNAPS, part of the Produce Perks state-wide network. Farmers' markets in our program issue matching dollars to SNAP customers be spent on fruits and vegetables at the farmers market.
Our work intends to make healthy foods more accessible and affordable for food insecure Ohioans while benefitting Ohio produce farmers. I'm grateful to grow the Produce Perks triple bottom line and look forward to continuing this work in 2018.
I created the infographic below to illustrate our impact: