Diners enjoy a freshly cooked and locally sourced dinner on a summer night during the Summit Community Garden s Dinner in the Garden Series. The series, which starts on June 3, features healthy meals created by chefs from local eateries and serves as a fundraiser for the nonprofit.
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Summit Community Gardens Executive Director Sloane Johnson invites Park City to enjoy a freshly cooked and locally sourced dinner on a summer night in the garden.
The Dinner in the Garden series, which starts on June 3, features healthy meals created by chefs from local eateries. The events not only taste good, but support local sources and serve as a fundraiser for the nonprofit, Johnson said.
The States Where Food Stamps Are Used the Most
By Seth Berkman, Stacker
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Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, food insecurity throughout the United States affected more than 37 million people, among them 11 million children. That number, though staggering, represented the lowest point of food insecurity in the country in almost 90 years. Against the backdrop of the ongoing pandemic, national hunger-relief organization Feeding America expects more than 42 million Americans to face food shortages during 2021. This demand puts additional strain on already-strapped food pantries, hunger-relief organizations, and drives significant need for increases in the country s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, also known previously as food stamps).
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May 3, 2021 1:11 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), University of Nebraska Extension, and some Nebraska producers are partnering up so Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients have better access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
It’s called the Double Up Food Bucks program. In this program, SNAP recipients could be matched up to $20 on select fruits and veggies at participating stores.
“We know the importance of quality, fresh food when it comes to helping people live better lives,” said Karen Heng, Deputy Director of DHHS’s Division of Children and Family Services. “Double Up is the first statewide incentive program to be rolled out in Nebraska with a uniform design, central administration, and local implementation and is modeled after similar programs that have proven to be successful in rural, urban and suburban communities, nationwide.”
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With brother Charles on hand to hold her coffee, Eileen English picks up a print from Silver City artist Mariah Walker during the first downtown Makers Market of the season at Main Street Plaza on Saturday.
Harmony exists.
That’s the word from two outdoor market managers who coordinate separate, simultaneous events Saturday mornings in downtown Silver City.
Organized by the Future Forge Makerspace, the Makers Market held its first event of its second season at Main Street Plaza over the weekend, and an informal customer poll showed that almost every visitor there intended to or already had dropped by the Silver City Farmers’ Market located just a short distance to the north.
After picking up a punch card on their first visit to the market, Bridge Card users can get their card punched each time they visit the market and use a Bridge Card to shop.
The Holland Farmers Market accepts Bridge Cards and participates in the Double Up Food Bucks program, which allows Bridge Card users to receive matching tokens to spend on fresh food at the market.
Every five punches, Bridge Card users will win their pick of an assortment of gifts, including Higher Health tote bags, healthy recipe cookbooks and cooking utensils and supplies.
Children will also have the chance to get their very own Kids Produce Program dollars at the Higher Health table, outside the Civic Center, to spend at the market through the new Higher Health Kids Produce Program.