Cap senior FM food

The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awarded the California Department of Food and Agriculture $764,685 on October 1, 2025, under the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.576). The award funds the distribution of benefits—checks, coupons, or electronic benefits—to low-income seniors in California that can be exchanged for fresh, nutritious, unprepared locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, and fresh-cut herbs at farmers' markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture operations. Performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with all work performed in California. The program is authorized as a formula-based grant to state agencies, with funding distributed on the basis of established allocation formulas; grant payments are made by letter of credit. The California Department of Food and Agriculture, a state government entity headquartered in Sacramento, serves as the prime recipient and maintains responsibility for benefit issuance, redemption, outlet agreements and monitoring, nutrition education delivery, and compliance record-keeping under 2 CFR Part 200 and USDA implementing regulations.