Accepting food assistance benefits to increase your sales

MSU Extension Beginning Farmer Webinar Series    "Getting started with accepting food assistance benefits to increase your sales"    Date:  May 4, 2016    This webinar was recorded without 'live' log-on access by participants.  Presenters:  Amanda Shreve, Program Director for the Michigan Farmers Market Association, Lance Kraai, owner/operator of New City Urban Farm, Grand Rapids, MI, and Sydney Debien, Food Access Coordinator for the Michigan Farmers Market Association    Description:  Each year, more than 1.6 million Michiganders receive SNAP support to purchase the food they need to keep their families healthy (formerly called Foodstamps and now distributed on the EBT Bridge Card). Being able to accept food assistance benefits like SNAP not only means you are expanding access to healthy, local foods for people in your community, but it also means you have the ability to increase your market sales. Attend this webinar to learn how your farm can become authorized to accept benefits, what equipment will be needed and how you can obtain it, and tips and techniques for promoting that your farm participates.