Leadership (5)
- Robert Andrew Smith
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Executive Director
robert@leaflight.org - Julia Carolyn Hicks
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Secretary, Board of Directors
Juliana.Hicks@leaflight.org - Emelia Chabot MPH RD LDN
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Board of Directors
Mia@leaflight.org - Godi Godar Moteke Molanga
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Treasurer, Board of Directors
godi.godar@leaflight.org - R Dean Deboer
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Chair, Board of Directors
rdean.deboer@leaflight.org
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North Carolina’s Food & Nutrition Services recipients now purchase food from farmers at 21st Century Farmers' Markets
March 10, 2010
By: Triangle non-profit launches statewide program
Now North Carolina’s EBT cardholders from ‘mountains-to-the-sea’ may purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at N.C. 21st Century Farmers’ Markets. LEAFLIGHT of Chapel Hill operates and directs the NC 21st Century Farmers’ Markets program, enabling cash-less consumers an ability to purchase healthy, locally-grown NC food and farm products with convenient payment options. NC’s 21st Century Farmers’ Markets program provides NC Food and Nutrition Services recipients, and debit and credit card consumers access to farmers’ markets, tailgate markets, mini mobile-markets, community supported agriculture, and Certified Roadside Farm Stands enrolled in the USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Eleven 21st Century Farmers’ Markets locations will be open in 2010: Asheville City Market, Columbus County Community Farmers’ Market, Davidson Farmers’ Market, Lincoln County Farmers’ Market in downtown Lincolnton, Madison County Farmers’ & Artisans’ Market, Onslow County Farmers’ Market, Riverfront Farmers’ Market, Rockingham County Farmers’ Market, Salisbury-Rowan County Farmers’ Market, Watauga County Farmers’ Market, Yancey County Farmers’ Market. Additional locations will be announced this spring.
The N.C. 21st Century Farmers’ Markets program is developed in cooperation with the U.S.D.A Food and Nutrition Service, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is a program of the Leaflight, Inc, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), Got to Be NC Agriculture, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), North Carolina Division of Social Services, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) program, and Physical Activity & Nutrition Branch of the North Carolina Division of Public Health.
For inquiries on program promotions and incentives for fruit and vegetable consumption, contact Mia Chabot MPH RD LDN
Tags: 21st Century, EBT, Farmers Markets, Food and Nutrition Services, NC
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