Market Match is Saved! Governor Newsom Restores Funding
We did it! After months of grassroots organizing in coalition with community partners, we saved our flagship Market Match program from a killing budget cut!
Funding for the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), which, in turn, funds programs like Market Match, has been fully restored at $35 million – the biggest allocation for the program… Read more »
Food Access in the Central Valley – Introducing F-Street Bakersfield Farmers’ Market, new partner with Market Match
Ecology Center’s Market Match Program partners with farmers’ markets all over California. Some counties—like Kern County, despite its location in the southern Central Valley—don’t have many farmers’ markets or Market Match locations. April Verhoef operates F Street Bakersfield Farmers’ Market, the only Market Match site in Kern County. This site launched in 2021, and the… Read more »