This summer and fall the Justice At Last Team of Volunteers, Staff and Board members will be doing community outreach at farmers’ markets throughout the Greater Bay Area to create awareness about our work and impact within the communities we serve.
On September 27 from 9AM to 1PM we will be tabling at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market in San Francisco and if you are in the area, please stop by, introduce yourself, and let us know why you support the work we do in the community.
We are delighted to be partnering with the Heart of the City and to help promote the local farmers and vendors in our community. Heart of the City Farmers’ Market is a uniquely independent, farmer-operated, 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that operates a year-round farmers’ market on Sundays and Wednesdays from 7am-4pm in San Francisco's Civic Center.
If you would like our Team members to table at an upcoming event your agency or organization is hosting, please reach out to us at info@justiceatlast.org
Did you know …?
Heart of the City is a leader in serving vulnerable communities. They facilitate food assistance programs that increase fruit and vegetable consumption, including CalFresh (EBT), WIC, EatSF, and VeggieRX in partnership with Fresh Approach.
Here's how food assistance programs work with Heart of the City:
EBT Cards can be used at the market information tent during market hours to purchase tokens and vouchers. Customers receive $5 yellow EBT vouchers and $1 yellow EBT tokens to buy produce and eligible packaged food items at vendors' stalls. No hot food or non-edible items like flowers may be purchased with EBT tokens or vouchers, and no change will be given. The tokens and vouchers never expire and can be used at any future market day. Each EBT customer will receive up to $30 in free Market Match nutrition incentives every month.
EatSF (Vouchers 4 Veggies) Vouchers can now be used directly with farmers to purchase produce. Visit us at the info tent if you have any questions.
WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program Vouchers, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Vouchers, and VeggieRX Vouchers can be used directly with farmers at their stalls.
Credit cards can be used at the information tent to purchase green $1 tokens and black $5 vouchers. There are no purchase restrictions; they never expire, and you receive change when you use them with our vendors.
Also, Heart of the City has a Market Match program, in partnership with the Ecology Center and the California Market Match Coalition,doubles the spending power of CalFresh customers by matching EBT purchases dollar-for-dollar up to $30 a month.