Farmers play a critical role in increasing access to and affordability of fruits and vegetables in lowincome communities by accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at farmers markets. However, only 40% of farmers markets nationally accept SNAP benefits. This study evaluates barriers farmers perceive in accepting SNAP in farmers markets. We recruited 134 farmers using convenience sampling from six pre-season regional growers meetings hosted in Alabama; 92 farmers met inclusion criteria and

canned beans (refried) than Hispanics. More Hispanics picked corn tortillas (flour), 100% juice (fruit nectar), and chicken breast (leg) than non-Hispanics. Conclusions and Implications: These results indicate consumers define healthy foods by the nutritional components; calories, fat, sugar, and salt. Differences in knowledge of nutritious vs. less nutritious food products vary across ethnic identities. Baseline knowledge should be assessed.

and know the serving sizes of FV ( p¼.011) at baseline compared to follow-up. The focus group responses revealed that environmental and monetary barriers hindered their purchase of healthy foods, but that social enablers such as cooking together helped them eat healthier. Conclusions and Implications: Results demonstrated that a nutrition intervention can promote a positive change in dietary/purchasing habits and revealed important information about the homeless individuals' nutritional lifestyle. Further research will be necessary to discover the degree to which positive nutrition knowledge and behavioral changes are retained by transitional populations.