Many of you have asked, “What can I do to support the market?” You can invest in your local community and food system by making a donation today. Becoming a Friend of the Market allows us to grow our mission to inspire a healthier community through partnerships, educational programming, and support for organic farmers and local food producers.
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Emergency SNAP Funding
Nearly half a million Minnesotans depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on their table each month. Over 50% of those recipients are children and seniors. Since 2019, the number of SNAP redemptions per market day have nearly tripled at MCFM, demonstrating a rapidly increasing need for access to fresh food within our community.
November SNAP food benefits will not be issued until the federal government shutdown ends. This means many of our neighbors will go hungry. It also means the small family farms relying on that dedicated shopping base will lose critical sales during the holiday season, setting them back as they begin to prepare for the next growing season.
At MCFM we believe that EVERYONE deserves access to fresh, nourishing local foods. Starting November 1st, MCFM will provide $10 in MCFM Bucks to any customer who presents their EBT card at the Info Booth, regardless of their current balance. These MCFM Bucks can be used on any SNAP eligible items at MCFM.
100% of every dollar you donate at the link below will be given directly to SNAP recipients for food.
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Your support enables us to:
- Ensure the viability of a thriving, supportive marketplace for more than 115 small local farms and businesses who employ over 625 individuals and depend on us as their primary storefront.
- Support the economic development of small local farms and food makers by providing vendors with guidance on marketing, regulations and operations.
- Provide consumers with a direct connection to the source of their food, educates and empowers them to support a local, sustainable and resilient food economy.
- Fund and support Next Stage Grants to keep small family farms on the land and increase their sustainability and production.
- Ensure access to healthy, sustainably-produced local food through our Market Bucks program, which stretches the buying power of shoppers using EBT cards by matching purchases 3:1 up to $10 at the market.
- Provide 60 families in Cedar Riverside with free, weekly CSA through our food donation program Greens for Good.
By joining the Friends of the Market at any level, you become part of a circle of supporters that receive exclusive communications designed for folks who are passionate about making a difference in the local food community. Your donation is tax-deductible.
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To make a contribution by mail, please send a check to Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund (MCFM-CF) at 704 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55401. To update or change your recurring donation information, please call or text Amy at (612) 367-6664 or email amy@millcityfarmersmarket.org.
We’d also like to say thank you for all of the ways you are committed to supporting a thriving local food community. It’s truly a team effort, and everything you do – from shopping at the market, getting to know your local farmer and food maker, making a donation, to simply spreading the word about why you support local food with a friend – has a reverberating impact.