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Ellington Farmers Market doubles SNAP benefits, plans winter market and park improvements
Summary
Organizers at the Ellington Farmers Market said the market doubles SNAP and FMNP vouchers to expand access to fresh food, will run weekly Saturdays May–October at Market Park, and plans a winter market at Ellington High School and new park pavilions.
Betty Reeves, a market staff member at the Ellington Farmers Market in Ellington, Connecticut, said the market doubles Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit redemptions and Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers to make fresh food more accessible. "Every week, we double SNAP and Farmers Market nutrition program vouchers," Reeves said.
The program allows shoppers to bring EBT cards, the Soli Market app or FMNP cards to the market booth; Reeves said the market will double SNAP amounts up to $40 per transaction and match the full value of FMNP vouchers.…
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