MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) – Qualifying senior residents can apply for a $30 profit card to buy recent vegetables and fruit from licensed farmers at farmers markets and farm stands in Alabama by means of the Senior Farmers Market Diet Program (SFMNP).
This system has restricted funding and meals advantages can be found on a primary come, first served foundation. This 12 months’s program launched in January however funds are nonetheless accessible, officers mentioned.
To qualify, candidates should be 60 years of age or older on the day of software; and have a gross family revenue lower than $1,772 month-to-month for a family of 1 or $2,396 for a two-person family. Go to http://fma.alabama.gov/SeniorNutrition/ if there are greater than two individuals within the family.
The profit card will change the paper vouchers issued up to now. Seniors who’ve already utilized ought to obtain their profit playing cards later this month. Candidates should reapply yearly. Nevertheless, it is very important maintain the advantages card since new advantages might be loaded on the cardboard annually after an software is acquired, officers mentioned.
Candidates should apply on-line at http://fma.alabama.gov.
SFMNP is a federally funded program administered by the Alabama Division of Agriculture and Industries’ Farmers Market Authority Part.
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