Photo Courtesy: Fulton Street Farmers Market
About the Tours
The Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) will be hosting three Farmers Market Tours to show how farmers markets can accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The tours are an opportunity to observe and learn firsthand how accepting SNAP benefits in a farmers market setting can increase revenue for vendors, contribute to vendor recruitment and retention for the market and increase access to fresh, healthy food for your community.
Who Should Attend?
Market managers new to accepting SNAP at their market, those interested in beginning to accept SNAP, and community organizers who work with SNAP-eligible clients.
The tour is free, but we ask that you register!
Upcoming Tour:
Location: Fulton Street Farmers Market
Date: October 15, 2016
Location: 1145 E. Fulton St., Grand Rapids
Time: 10:00 a.m. EST
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*Market managers who have been certified through MIFMA’s Market Manager Certificate Program (MMCP) are able to receive 1 Professional Development Hour for Continuing Education.
To download a PDF of the event flyer, click here
This material was funded in whole or in part by the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by way of the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Michigan Fitness Foundation. People who need help buying nutritious food for a better diet, call the toll free Michigan Food Assistance Program Hotline: (855) ASK-MICH.
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