National Association Of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, Inc.

National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, Inc. is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Rougemont, North Carolina, that has established itself as a prime recipient of federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The organization specializes in expanding access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) at farmers' markets across the United States, working to bridge the gap between SNAP beneficiaries and local agricultural producers. Through its federal grant awards, the organization provides strategic infrastructure development, technical assistance, and capacity-building services to help farmers' markets become SNAP-authorized vendors and facilitate electronic benefit transfer (EBT) transaction processing.

Since 2021, National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs, Inc. has received five consecutive prime federal grant awards totaling approximately $16.27 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service under the Farmers' Market Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Support Grants program (CFDA 10.545). The grants, awarded in September 2021 ($3.756 million), September 2022 ($1.731975 million), September 2023 ($3.279986 million), September 2024 ($3.5 million), and September 2025 ($4 million), fund the organization's core mission of increasing SNAP accessibility and participation at farmers' markets. The organization's work includes assisting farmers' markets in obtaining SNAP authorization, developing and implementing EBT transaction processing infrastructure, training market staff and farmer-producers, disseminating SNAP outreach materials, and expanding access to fresh, locally-grown produce for SNAP beneficiaries. The grants support geographic expansion across various locations, with notable emphasis on markets in Alexandria, Virginia, and track performance metrics including increases in SNAP transaction values, the number of SNAP-authorized farmers' markets, the count of participating farmer-producers, and overall SNAP benefit utilization at retail farmers' markets.