04/04/2024
Cuts to this budget will most impact small local farmers and families in need. Please get involved! Maybe suggest to the governor offsetting savings by pausing the next THPs in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest while we bring in true tribal consultation and re-work the mission of the program?
📣 Urgent Call to Action! 📣
❗ The California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), which funds Market Match and Senior Bounty Bucks, is in danger of being cut from the proposed state budget starting in 2025. This means that without our collective actions, Market Match will disappear in 2025 and Senior Bounty Bucks will not be renewed. ❌
🥦 In 2023 alone, $8.1 million was spent at California farmers markets through the Market Match program, resulting in an estimated 16.2 million servings of fruits and vegetables! 🍎 This incredible initiative also had a $24.3 million economic impact on local communities statewide. 💪
🌱 Closer to home, in Sonoma and Northern Marin Counties, Market Match had an equally impressive impact through the Farmers Market L.I.F.E. (FM LIFE) network. This network, consisting of 19 farmers markets and two CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture programs), saw $118,004 in Market Match utilization in 2023. This led to a whopping 8,719 transactions, attracted 426 new customers, and had a $350,000 economic impact on our local community! 🌾
✋ We urgently need your help! Here's what you can do:
1️⃣ Visit savemarketmatch.org to stay informed and learn more about this issue.
2️⃣ Join the Coalition Letter on change.org to show your support for preserving Market Match and Senior Bounty Bucks.
3️⃣ Share your testimonial and let your voice be heard! You can submit your story through the Google Form provided on SaveMarketMatch.org
or
👉 👉 👉 ✨✨see the Santa Rosa Original Farmers Market Ambassador Carlee THIS SATURDAY at the SROCFM and she will document your story! 🗣✨✨
4️⃣ Take action! Write a letter to your local representatives using the resources available at savemarketmatch.org/write. Every letter counts in defending this valuable program!
5️⃣ 📞 Call your local representatives and let them know how important Market Match and Senior Bounty Bucks are to you. You can find their contact information at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.
🙌 Together, we can make a difference and save Market Match and Senior Bounty Bucks!🌿💚
