INTRODUCTION Maryland Market Money (MMM) is a statewide food access program that feeds Marylanders and supports farmers. The Maryland Market Money program, in operation since 2014, is a nutrition incentive program that increases food access at farmers markets and direct-marketing farms (farm stands, on-farm markets, CSAs, etc.) to increase food security and build sustainability for farmers, markets, and communities.
Farmers Market Nutrition Program (eFMNP) benefits—at farmers markets and direct-marketing farms. In June 2020, the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (SMADC), a division of the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, whose mission is to cultivate a dynamic food system that is profitable for farmers and producers, empowering for communities, and environmentally sound, acquired the Maryland Market Money program from the Maryland Farmers Market Association after it closed. As of July 2024, SMADC has partnered with the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) to administer the program. Maryland Market Money is supported by partners including the Farms and Food Access for a Resilient Maryland (FFARMD) Foundation.
At the same time, the program strengthens Maryland foodways by increasing revenue for farmers selling at farmers markets and direct to consumers. The way the program works is simple: Maryland Market Money removes economic barriers for shoppers experiencing food insecurity, providing a dollar-for- dollar match for purchases made using federal nutrition benefits— SNAP/EBT/P-EBT/SUN Bucks, eWIC- CVB, and electronic Senior and WIC
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