FEED Your Neighbors!

Your neighbors are about to go hungry. You can feed them by purchasing Shutdown Dollars.

Families who rely on nutrition benefits are about to go hungry. SNAP benefits are issued at the start of each month, but NONE will be given out until the government reopens.

$12k of nutritious food, and $12k of sales to small farmers & vendors, will be lost unless neighbors step up to feed one another.

Farm Habit markets are making this easy with “Shutdown Dollars.” Every shutdown dollar will go directly to shoppers who are out of SNAP benefits, and will be redeemed directly by our local food vendors. 

Shutdown Dollars will carry the same exclusions as EBT benefits which can only be used for fresh farm products and pre-packaged foods such as breads and yogurts. Eligible customers can receive Shutdown Dollars once per-market-day. We will record them using the tracking system in place for market EBT. 

If you’re remembering past shutdowns that didn’t put millions at risk of hunger, you’re not wrong. SNAP benefits are safeguarded against government shutdowns by a large emergency fund which USAID oversees. Our government is opting not to use it. Low income families are suffering unnecessarily. As their neighbors, we can ease their hardship by stepping up, showing love, and sharing food. 

If, by some miracle, donations exceed the demand for EBT in our markets, 100% of excess proceeds will benefit Cooking Together, a Good Habits program that pairs cooking classes with food donations for at-risk families in our communities.