AGENCY TESTIMONY
Efforts to make local food more affordable and accessible
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MOUA is exploring ways to increase affordability and accessibility of local food, with a focus on leveraging existing programs and expanding access points.
- New York City has over 100 community supported agriculture (CSA) sites and other direct farm-to-consumer models.
- MOUA is working to increase the number of sites and farmers that can accept and process SNAP EBT, making local fresh food more accessible to food-insecure community members.
- SNAP benefits have a multiplier effect on economic activity, positively impacting local economies and strengthening urban-rural linkages in the food supply chain.
Qiana Mickie
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Muwe is also exploring how to make local food more for affordable and accessible.
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New York City is home to over a 100 plus community supported agriculture sites, also known as CSAs, and other direct farm to consumer models.
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Providing resources and training to increase the number of sites and farmer that can have access oh, sorry, that can accept, and process SNAP EBT would provide additional opportunities for food and security community members to leverage their SNAP benefits to purchase locally fresh grown food.
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There are other benefits to utilizing SNAP.
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The USDA Economic Research Service has found that government programs that focus on low income households, like SNAP, have a multiplier effect of up to $2 of economic activity per dollar spent.
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This favorably impacts our local economies in areas, including production, processing, distribution, helping both our urban rural food systems and historically divested, neighborhoods, as well as strengthening urban rural linkages and our food supply are top priorities of our office.
