Open a world of Healthy Options with Online Grocery Shopping
Online Grocery Shopping is good,
Research by No Kid Hungry, the University of Kentucky, and Instacart has shown that online grocery shopping helps low-income families, including SNAP households, stretch their food budgets, save time, reduce potential stigma, and purchase more fruits and vegetables without increasing their overall grocery bill. Want to give it a try? Click here, to check for surprisingly affordable options today!
Stretch your $$ buying local, through SNAP + Healthy Bucks!
Buy $5 of local fruits & vegetables with SNAP, get $15 in Healthy Bucks!
Did you know with a $5 purchase of locally grown fruits & vegetables at participating retailers like our local Farmer's Market in Barnwell, using your SNAP EBT card, you can get $15 in Healthy Bucks to purchase additional fruits and vegetables? To access a current list of participating vendors, which is always updating, click here, https://www.schealthybucks.com/vendor-locations
the Healthy Bucks program adds to existing SNAP benefits for purchasing fruits & vegetables
Benefits for Income-Eligible Seniors buying Locally Grown!
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program South Carolina will begin Summer 2024!
The Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) is a seasonal USDA grant program that provides participants with access to fresh, nutritious, unprocessed fruits and vegetables from local farmers’ markets and is designed to increase awareness and use of community markets.
Eligibility & Benefit:
Benefits are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. To be eligible for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program you must be:
- Age: 60 years of age or older on the date of application; AND
- Residence: South Carolina resident; AND
- Income Level: self-declare eligibility
Purchase fresh fruits & vegetables from authorized farmers.
In 2023, eligible participants received 5 SFMNP checks worth $10.00 each; for a total benefit of $50.00 that can be used at participating farmers’ market to purchase fresh, locally grown produce.
To use the S.C. Farmers and Roadside Market App, visit http://gis.dhec.sc.gov/farmersMarkets/.
SFMNP Contact:
Willie Nixon, SFMNP Program Coordinator (803) 898–1760, between 8:30am-5:00pm.
Did you know buying local helps keep the earth healthy?
Healthy Food Choices help make a Healthy Planet
MD and Chef, Dr. Michelle Hauser shares, "Shopping for local produce and other local food items at farmer’s markets and stores reduces additional greenhouse gases used in transportation of food." It also includes some bonuses, "local produce tends to be fresher and tastier, too! Learning to purchase the proper amount of food and using fresh produce before it spoils can also benefit the environment and your pocketbook by reducing food waste."