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NOFA Vermont seeks $500,000 to sustain Crop Cash programs that boost farmers and SNAP recipients
Summary
NOFA Vermont urged the committee to continue state support for Crop Cash, Crop Cash Plus and FarmShare programs, asking for $500,000 in ongoing funding to keep incentives flowing to farmers and improve low-income consumers’ access to local markets after the November SNAP disruptions.
Joanna Doran, local food access director at NOFA Vermont, told the Senate Committee on Government Operations that state-funded incentives such as Crop Cash Plus and FarmShare are essential to channel SNAP dollars to local farmers and to stabilize markets when federal benefits are uncertain.
Doran described Crop Cash as a federal program that…
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