Agricultural and Food Policy
 Agri Outlook Radio
Number 189
Policy: USDA Awards $21.8 Million in Grants to States for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (1:37 minutes)
Audio/Video Script:
Robert Coats, Ph.D.
Extension Economist and Professor
University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture
USDA awards $21.8 million in grants to states for the Senior Farmers’ Market
Nutrition Program
USDA awards $21.8 million in grants to 49 state agencies and tribal
organizations for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. These senior's
markets provide low-income seniors with coupons to exchange for fresh produce.
These grants will serve more than 900,000 low-income senior citizens
nationwide this season. This year, coupons for fresh produce will be accepted by
over 14,000 farmers at more than 5,100 markets, roadside stands and/or
community-supported agriculture programs.
The new Farm Bill provides $20.6 million to operate the seniors' market
grants this year, an increase of $5.6 million in appropriated funds
USDA's nutrition assistance reaches one in five Americans every year, serving
as the nation's first line of defense against hunger. USDA's 15 assistance
programs include the Food Stamp Program, Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition
Program, school meals programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC.
This has been Robert Coats Extension Economist University of Arkansas
Division of Agriculture.
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