We are happy to announce that Vicente L. has been promoted to serve as a CalFresh at Farmers' Markets Program Coordinator! Vicente originally joined Achemist in the CalFresh Associate role at the Midtown Farmers' Market, and we are excited to see his passion for the work of creating equitable food access extend across more markets with more responsibilities! Help us congratulate him in the comments!
We need your help! Join us tomorrow from 12:30 - 1:30 on the west steps of the Capitol and rally to #SaveMarketMatch!
Find details and RSVP at https://savemarketmatch.org/rally (you are welcome to show up, even if you forget to RSVP!)
This program is an essential safety net for hungry families and California's small farms, and we are fighting its extinction. If you can't make it tomorrow, please take a few minutes for other action steps: https://savemarketmatch.org/act
We need your help. In the January state budget proposal, the Governor proposed $33.2 million in cuts to the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), which had been allocated $35 million over 3 years in the previous state budget. If adopted, these cuts will permanently end the Market Match program which provides CalFresh/EBT customers with extra grocery money for California-grown fruits and vegetables at farmers' markets and farm stands across the state. #MarketMatch has operated successfully for years and is a crucial safety net program for hungry families and for California's small and midsize farmers.
Please join the statewide #SaveMarketMatch coalition right now by taking just 2 minutes of action:
1. Visit https://savemarketmatch.org/act
2. Sign the petition (30 sec)
3. Fill out the form to write your representatives (1 min)
4. Sign the coalition letter if you are authorized to represent and organization, business, farm, etc.
5. Share this post with your network and ask friends to take action as well
Alchemist CDC - Sacramento, CA