Check out Market Match in the News:
Northern California
Bea Kearns, Berkeley Patch, Apr 10, 2015
“Berkeley’s Ecology Center Gets Grant to Expand Access to Produce”
Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeyleyside for KQED, Apr 2, 2015
“East Bay: Grants awarded for low income healthy eating programs”
Doug Oakley, Contra Costa Times, Apr 2, 2015
“Berkeley’s Ecology Center Receives $3.7 Million Grant for Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program”
Sam Levin, East Bay Express, Apr 1, 2015
Southern California
Russ Parsons, LA Times, Apr 3, 2015
“$3.7 Million Grant Aims to Get Poor Families to Buy More Produce”
Rebecca Pelvin, KPCC-FM, Apr 1, 2015
“New $2.5-million grant will help poor buy fresh, locally grown produce”
Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2014
Central Valley
John Holland, Modesto Bee, Apr 3, 2015
Online Stories
Robert Digitale, Press Democrat, Ap 29, 2015
“Area farmers markets to benefit from USDA grant”
The Times Standard, Apr 4, 2015
“Why Cities Should Pay People To Eat Their Veggies”
Kriston Capps, City Lab, Apr 6, 2015
“Small Farms and Low Income Families Benefit from This New Grant Program”
Ruth McCambridge, Nonprofit Quarterly, Apr 3, 2015
“Market Match: Making California’s Farmers’ Markets Accessible”
Brie Mazurek, Civil Eats, Dec 12, 2014
“How ‘Double Bucks’ for Food Stamps Conquered Capitol Hill”
Dan Charles, NPR, Nov 10, 2014
“Program helping Vallejo families stretch their fresh produce-buying dollars extended”
Times-Herald staff report, Times-Herald, Oct 7, 2014