We will also have registration coming up soon so keep an eye out for that as well..

- NAFMNP STAFF

Well you are probably getting your letters with your grant awards about now with not so great news. The appropriations bill was passed with a 25% cut to our WIC FMNP program. The initial allocation will be somewhat lower than that until we see what carryover is.

I wish I had an answer for why we are receiving such a drastic cut. I would like to say that it was due to budget constraints and everyone had similar cuts but in our area that was not the case. In the House mark of the appropriations bill we received a small but workable reduction in our funding. The Senate had the much larger cut in our funding. With all the rhetoric lately of helping farmers markets I would not have expected that kind of animosity to Farmers Market Nutrition Programs. It seems that the priorities are not what most are claiming them to be.

The reason that we know this is the administration will announce in the next few days 4 million dollars in grants to expand the use of EBT to farmers markets. It will be rolled out to states and given out in grants to companies and non profit entities to develop EBT systems for farmers markets. In most years this would be a great thing. In any year this would be great thing EXCEPT, they took this money out of the small farmers pockets. They took it from the one program that everyone has held up as the great example of how to deliver nutritious produce to nutritionally at risk children using small family farmers. They cut this deal with the Senate appropriators in back door negotiations very quietly.

We were told that farmers markets and local food systems were a priority. Well obviously it is only a priority if it goes through a few of the non-profits hands rather than directly to the people that need it and the small farmers.

The next time we shake their hands we will have to keep the eye on the other one.

Thanks,

Phil Blalock

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(Left to Right) Phil Blalock – North Carolina, Rick Macsuga-Connecticut, Rick Dosedlo- Premier Marketing, Andy Barbusca- California

Thanks to everyone who attended this years conference and its contributors. Let’s continue to work together to make it even better in 2012.

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From concept and product selection, online ordering systems to on-time fulfillment, consider PMG the best choice to administer your non-dues income program. To learn more, call or email us today at 1-800-427-6767 or info@pmginc.biz

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- NAFMNP Staff

Dear Partner,

We are excited to announce the arrival of How To Get Food Help: A Consumer Guide to FNS Programs! How To Get Food Help is a low literacy, clear language brochure targeted at consumers who may be new to navigating social services and assistance applications. The brochure clearly explains all FNS programs that consumers apply to directly, and it gives them basic information to identify which programs might be right for them. It also gives basic next steps to get them started in the application process, as well as links and toll-free numbers for more information. How To Get Food Help will be a useful tool to add to your outreach strategy.

We encourage you to distribute the attached content piece and PPT presentation to your email listservs and publish it in your newsletters. Use the PPT presentation with the brochure for outreach events, volunteer/employee training, and meetings with funders/supporters.

This new brochure is available to order printed copies for free at:

http://snap.ntis.gov

To download a PDF of the brochure and get more information and tips on how to use it in outreach activities, visit:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/Publications/food_help.htm

Thank you for your support,

Office of Strategic Initiatives, Partnerships & Outreach
USDA Food and Nutrition Service

Please take time to download and view the following video.

Oregon WIC Farmer Training

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF6NXICHpDk

2010SampleFarmerApp Story Board Script

WIC Fruit & Veggie Voucher farmer training DVD

Farmer Agreement Just FVV 01-26-10

Story Board Script

Visit Oregon.gov to read more.

Partnership Raised Over $122,000

National Association of Farmers’ Market Nutrition Programs received a check for more than $122,000 from Premier Marketing Group at their October 2010 Conference in Portland, OR. NAFMNP worked closely with PMG’s Rick Dosedlo to create a program their limited membership could easily support. While PMG offered the membership products to assist in fulfilling their initiatives, the association benefited from their alliance with PMG. Both Rick Dosedlo and Mike Whitman, PMG’s president, were on hand for the presentation. “Creating custom programs that generate non-dues income for associations is a specialty of ours,” Whitman said. “From creating the partnership to handing the association a big check, we love it.”

For more than 10 years, Premier Marketing Group, Inc. has partnered with associations to raise non-dues income. Our most successful program raised over $770,000 for a national association in a 3 year period. Another very successful program raised over $15,000 in 60 days!

From concept and product selection, online ordering systems to on-time fulfillment, consider PMG the best choice to administer your non-dues income program. To learn more, call or email us today at 1-800-427-6767 or info@pmginc.biz