The Montgomery County Food Council will be hosting a table at the Crossroads Farmers Market on Wednesday, July 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., to celebrate gardening and spread the word that SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) dollars can be used to purchase plants and seeds. Community Health & Empowerment Through Education and Research (CHEER) will also have a table where you can meet and greet the CHEER gardens’ Long Branch Gardeners, ask them your garden question and learn about their programs.
Crossroads Farmers Market was the first farmers market in Maryland to accept nutrition benefits as forms of payment and the first farmers market in the county to launch a “double dollar” incentive program to match them.
Crossroads Farmers Market is located on Anne St. at University Blvd. In Takoma Park, one block west of New Hampshire Ave. (next to Mega Mart).
Find out more about the Montgomery County Food Council at
https://mocofoodcouncil.org/
