Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

 

Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provide eligible seniors with resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from approved farmers' markets.  The purpose of the SFMNP is to increase the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables with low income seniors and to expand the awareness, use of and sales at farmer's markets.

Low-income seniors generally defined as individuals who are at least 60 years old and who have household incomes of not more than 185 percent of the Federal Income Poverty Guidelines (published each year by the Department of Health and Human Services), are the targeted recipients of SFMNP benefits.

In Illinois checks for seniors are distributed at local senior

Facilities through the cooperation of the Illinois Department on

Aging, Area Agencies on Aging and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago.  In Clinton, Madison, St. Clair and Washington Counties the checks are distributed at the local Farmers Markets only.

The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program season begins July 1^st and ends October 31st.

Applications are available at the Farmers markets listed below.  

 

For a downloadable and printable copy of ‘Illinois…What’s in Season’  go to  http://www.agr.state.il.us/markets/WhatsInSeason.pdf