PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 6th, 2018, Cincinnati, OH Harvesting Health in the Heartland: This Investment Will Expand the Produce Perks Program, Helping Millions of Ohioans receiving SNAP Benefits Access Healthy Foods while Supporting Local Farmers On Aug. 2, 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced an award [...]

Thanks to program evaluation by our partner Case Western Reserve University, we can proudly say that Produce Perks saw statewide growth in 2017. The program, offered at 77 farmers' markets in 15 counties across the state, impacted thousands of customers and hundreds of Ohio farmers. Increase in SNAP Dollars and Incentives Spent at Farmers' [...]

Since January 2018, Sparkle customers have redeemed 2,602 vouchers in the amount of $12,671.82 spent on produce. Click HERE to read more about the success of the Produce Perks program in this report from our partners Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation.