A core component of MFFM’s mission is to make healthy, local food accessible to more people. In 2023, we introduced a new pilot program through partnership with the Maine Senior FarmShare Program that expanded food access options for older adults at the Bar Harbor, Kennebunk, and Sanford Farmers’ Markets. Eligible older adults who shopped at […]
Help Secure State Funding for Maine Harvest Bucks – LD 2093
January 15, 2024 CategoriesSAVE THE DATE: the hearing begins Monday, 1/22, at 11am. We expect LD 2093 to be heard after lunch, so tune in by 1pm. If you support Maine Harvest Bucks, consider submitting written testimony, or signing up to provide oral testimony via Zoom or in person. Use this resource for your testimony and for directions […]
Buying your own EBT Equipment
October 10, 2018 CategoriesIf you’re looking to purchase EBT equipment for your SNAP program, without the help of a grant to subsidize the cost, then you should fall into one, or ideally all, of these categories: Our market has offered SNAP for years; Our vendors are dedicated to keeping this program sustained; We have enough shoppers using SNAP/EBT […]
Supporting your community with Community Supported Agriculture: Expanding the CSA concept
June 22, 2012 CategoriesThe 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 willing donor to adopt a food cupboard for all or part of the local growing season with the goal of using one […]
Farmers’ markets and food cupboards
June 22, 2012 CategoriesSuggestions 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 distribute to their clients. Farmers’ Markets are gatherings of local small scale food producers offering an abundance of foods. Yet for various reasons, food […]