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Please call Your Legislator

Ask them to protect the Farmers Market Nutrition Programs

CALL 1-800-562-6000

Background:   Dept of Health and Dept of Social and Health Services manage the Farmers Market Nutrition Programs which provide vouchers to low-income mothers, childern and seniors to purchase healthy food from local growers at farmers markets across WA.  With only $100,000 of state funds, FMNPs brought more than $894,000 of federal dollars to Washington farmers in 2011!  These are such win win programs. They levearge federal dollars 9 to 1, benefiting poor families and local farmers! 

Problem: The Governor’s budget proposal eliminates the program completely.  Without a Washington program the federal funds will go to a different state and it is very unlikely we will ever get them back.

Legislator Request: Keep $100,000 in the 2012 budget to keep the program. This will leverage approx. $900,000 of federal $$$ for Washington State farmers to feed poor families.

Please call your legislator and email them a flyer about the program.  Click here to find your legislator and click here to download the flyer.

Many of our legislators do not know about this program. Your call will help raise their awareness!











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Help Our Farmers and Poor Families! Call Olympia 1-800-562-6000. Ask your legislator to protect the budget for FMNPs




  1. •FMNPs are good for our farmers: 887 farmers participated in the programs this year.


  1. •FMNPs generated $1.3 million in sales in 2011


  1. •FMNPs operate in 38 out of 39 counties

  2. •FMNPs served more than 76,000 low income Moms, kids and Senior


  1. •FMNPs leverage  approx $900,000 of federal dollars into the state for farmers to sell fresh fruits and vegetables to low income families and seniors

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