SUN Bucks is a grocery benefit program to help families buy food during the summer when schools are closed. Each eligible school-age child receives a one-time payment of $120. When you spend your SUN Bucks at a Maine Harvest Bucks farmers’ market, we’ll match your SUN Bucks with bonus Maine Harvest Bucks! That means you’ll have $120 […]
10/26/25 Update: We sent the letter to Senator Collins’s office first thing this morning. Thank you to the 120+ farmers’ market vendors and organizers who signed in such a short window! 10/23/25 Earlier this week, we received official notice that SNAP benefits for November are cancelled. This is horrifying news for all Mainers who rely […]
On Saturday, April 5, we held a press conference at the Bridgton Farmers’ Market in support of SNAP funding and to call on Maine’s Congressional delegation to protect SNAP from any cuts. Our Director, Jimmy DeBiasi, BrennaMae Thomas-Googins of Patch Farm, Sandy Swett of Harrison Food Bank, and Senator Rick Bennett spoke to the importance […]
Whether you’re a farmer, producer, service provider, or just another person who eats local food, it’s been a rough couple of months. Every week, we are learning about federal funding freezes or cancellations for local food projects and food security in Maine and across the country. We cannot reiterate how sad and devastating these losses are, […]
We presented our 2024 Annual Report at our Annual Meeting at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show in Augusta in January. Learn more about all that we do and how we do it by viewing the report as a PDF below: