Maine Farmland Trust Inc.

Farm Fresh Rewards helps low-income Mainers put more healthy food on their tables by doubling the buying power of their SNAP benefits. For every $5 of local foods purchased, we provide a $5 voucher toward local fruits and vegetables.
Farm Fresh Rewards vouchers enable customers to stretch their dollars while contributing to the local economy and feeling greater control over their choices—an empowering way to get more food on the table. While food banks help to bridge this gap, the experience can be difficult and isolating for some low-income residents. Providing increased purchasing power for our participants strengthens their sense of community and agency. As one customer shared, “This program is on many levels a life-saver, in that I get to eat good quality food, I get to support my local farmers and vendors, and in my mind all of that is a win-win.”