Evaluating Barriers to SNAP/EBT Acceptance in Farmers Markets: A Survey of Farmers

Kellegrew, Krysta P.; Powers, Alicia; Struempler, Barb; Parmer, Sondra; Funderburk, Katie; Griffin, Jamie; Tran, Cecilia

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2018.081.010

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“…Farms, are seeking to respond to food insecurity is through joining the growing number of farmers markets accepting SNAP benefits. However, even when markets successfully navigate the cumbersome process of obtaining the necessary approval and technology for SNAP, high costs, lack of transportation, and an overrepresentation of whiteness in the cultural organization of market spaces remain barriers for low-income and marginalized customers (Alkon & McCullen, 2010;Hoover, 2013;Kellegrew et al, 2018;Larimore, 2018). The amount of funding spent at farmers markets through SNAP remains a very small portion of overall expenditures (Farmers Market Coalition, 2020).…”

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Farms and gardens everywhere but not a bite to eat? A critical geographic approach to food apartheid in Salt Lake City

Joyner

Yagüe

Cachelin

et al. 2022

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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Through community-engaged research, we investigate how political and economic practices have created food apartheid and the ways in which this legacy complicates efforts toward equitable urban agriculture in Salt Lake City (SLC). The study takes place in SLC’s Westside, where an ample number of farms and gardens exist, yet food insecurity is a persistent issue. We partner with a small urban CSA farm operating in a USDA-designated food desert in SLC’s Westside to explore the farmers’ own questions about whom their farm is serving and the farms’ potential to contribute to food justice in their community. Specifically, we examine (1) the member distribution of this urban CSA farm and (2) the underlying socio-political, economic, and geographic factors, such as inequitable access to land, housing, urban agriculture, food, and transportation, that contribute to this distribution. GIS analyses, developed with community partners, reveal spatial patterns between contemporary food insecurity and ongoing socioeconomic disparities matching 1930s residential redlining maps. These data resonate with a critical geographic approach to food apartheid and inform a need for deeper and more holistic strategies for food sovereignty through urban agriculture in SLC. While resource constraints may prevent some small farmers from attending to these issues, partnerships in praxis can build capacity and engender opportunities to investigate and disrupt the racial hierarchies enmeshed in federal agricultural policy, municipal zoning, and residential homeownership programs that perpetuate food apartheid.

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Farms and gardens everywhere but not a bite to eat? A critical geographic approach to food apartheid in Salt Lake City

Joyner

Yagüe

Cachelin

et al. 2022

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

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“…This is in contrast to prior research that found barriers to using farmers’ markets in rural settings. 41 Higher rates of SNAP use at the farmers’ markets located in rural areas may be due to the fact that there is higher farmers’ market density in metropolitan areas, which provides greater choice to SNAP consumers but distributes the consumer base among multiple markets. This may result in lower rates of SNAP use at some of the markets in metropolitan areas.…”

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Predictors of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use at Farmers’ Markets With Monetary Incentive Programming

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Purpose: Healthy food incentive program implementation targeting people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits is supported by the federal Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant program. This study examined factors contributing to increased SNAP use at farmers’ markets with an FINI-funded incentive program. Design: Implementation evaluation. Setting: Sixteen states and District of Columbia. Participants: Two hundred eighty-two FINI-funded farmers’ markets open in 2016. Measures: Weekly SNAP sales and transactions per 1000 SNAP households in the Zip Code Tabulation Areas around markets. Analysis: Two-level hierarchical regression modeling. Results: Most farmers’ markets (53%) had less than 100 SNAP transactions in 2016. Weekly SNAP sales and transactions per 1000 SNAP households were 69.9% and 47.7% higher, respectively, if more than 1 incentive was available versus 1. Not having paid market staff resulted in declines in these sales (−34.3%) and transactions (−38.1%) compared to markets with paid staff. There was a 6.2% and 5.1% increase in SNAP sales and transactions for each additional produce vendor. Weekly SNAP sales and transactions were about 2 to 3 times higher in rural areas compared to metropolitan. Clustering of markets within states explained 10% of the variation in weekly SNAP sales and transactions. Conclusion: Four implementation factors were identified that may facilitate the reach of SNAP-based monetary incentive programs at farmers’ markets to maximize reach and impact among SNAP shoppers.

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“…Food stamps and supplemental nutrition assistance programs (SNAP) are publicly funded and administered responses to food-related issues; however, not all individuals who face food insecurity qualify for or utilize these programs (Daponte 2000). Food stamps and SNAP can also restrict food choices including choices to eat fresher and healthier foods (Guthrie et al 2007;Hunt 2018) or local foods (Kellegrew et al 2018). Relatedly, most U.S. farmers markets (~60%) do not accept SNAP and/or EBT benefits (Kellegrew et al 2018).…”

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“…Food stamps and SNAP can also restrict food choices including choices to eat fresher and healthier foods (Guthrie et al 2007;Hunt 2018) or local foods (Kellegrew et al 2018). Relatedly, most U.S. farmers markets (~60%) do not accept SNAP and/or EBT benefits (Kellegrew et al 2018). Community responses to help individuals in need can include community gardens, community kitchens, co-ops, food banks, food cupboards, food drives, food pantries, and gleaning programs (Brashers et al 2002;Carney et al 2012;Daponte 2000;Riches 2002;Tarasuk and Eakin 2005;Tarasuk and Reynolds 1999).…”

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Measuring the Impacts of Community Innovations: the Little Free Farmstand in Geneva, New York

Talmage

Meyer

Rath

2020

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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Various community innovations can positively impact food insecurity and hunger, while also addressing food waste issues. This article focuses on a community innovation known as the Little Free Farmstand (LFF) of Geneva, New York. Little free approaches have appeared across the world to improve access to resources as well as promoting kindness in many communities. This case article undertakes an investigation of the impacts of two LFF's regarding food security and food waste in the City of Geneva. An applied mixed method approach using photojournalism, formal and informal data solicitation from community members, note-taking, and team reflection were undertaken to analyze the impacts of the LFFs. Despite limitations with the study methods discussed in this article, the LFFs demonstrated positive impacts indirectly and directly regarding decreasing food waste and improving access to free, healthy food. While the results of the two LFFs' impacts in the city are interesting, this study showcases accessible methods that other communities can use to measure the impacts of their own community innovations regarding food security and food waste. This study concludes by sharing the various challenges of the LFF project, especially regarding measuring community innovations' impacts. These challenges are separated into economic, social and environmental categories.

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Evaluating Barriers to SNAP/EBT Acceptance in Farmers Markets: A Survey of Farmers

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Farms and gardens everywhere but not a bite to eat? A critical geographic approach to food apartheid in Salt Lake City

Farms and gardens everywhere but not a bite to eat? A critical geographic approach to food apartheid in Salt Lake City

Predictors of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use at Farmers’ Markets With Monetary Incentive Programming

Measuring the Impacts of Community Innovations: the Little Free Farmstand in Geneva, New York

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