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Washington farmers market to accept EBT/SNAP; Good Food Bucks match secured
Summary
The Washington farmers market has been approved for EBT/SNAP; the Washington BID obtained a free EBT card machine, the Green Team ordered wooden tokens for vendor reimbursement, and the Good Food Bucks program will provide $10,000 in matching funds and $500 for advertising.
The minutes record that the Washington farmers market has been approved to accept EBT/SNAP benefits. Kristy Romanowski, Washington BID executive director, applied for and received a free EBT card machine for the BID, ordered wooden tokens that will be used to pay farmers (who will be reimbursed weekly), and signed the market up for the Good Food Bucks program, which provides $10,000 in matching funds and $500 for advertising. Members discussed outreach to bring more vendors and are in talks with Artic Foods about offering meat at the market.
Dan Hirshberg was named to book entertainment for every market. The minutes direct market organizers to use washingtonbid@gmail.com for WBID correspondence and show the group aligning administrative steps (tokens, machine, matching funds) to expand food access for EBT/SNAP users.
