Politics & Government

Fresh Produce for Seniors

Town of North Hempstead notebook: Vouchers available from state Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.

A federally-funded program is making farm fresh food options available to cash-strapped seniors.

Income-eligible seniors can receive a one-time coupon book worth $20 to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at a local farmers’ market, Nassau County announced.

The coupons, courtesy of the state Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, will be available at no cost after July 15. Call the Nassau County Office for the Aging at 516-227-8919 for more information.

Participating markets in North Hempstead include:

  • Great Neck Farmers’ Market, 125 Community Drive parking lot
  • New Cassel Farmers’ Market, First Baptist Cathedral of Westbury
  • NHP Farmers’ Market, Municipal parking lot across from Village Hall
  • Port Washington Organic Farmers’ Market, Town Dock, Main St.
  • North Hills Farmers’ Market, Christopher Morley Park, 500 Searingtown Rd.

Growing the Next Gen

As part of Sustainable Long Island's technical assistance to a number of youth-staffed farmers' markets, the organization recently facilitated training sessions for all staff, managers, and volunteers who will be running the markets this season.

Training sessions for the youth-staffed markets in Nassau County were coordinated by Traci Caines of the New Cassel Farmers' Market and took place at the Town of North Hempstead's "Yes We Can" Community Center in Westbury.

Sustainable LI also organized a training day for the newest market: A hybrid of the youth-staffed model and a traditional farmers' market in Great Neck, sponsored by North Shore-LIJ and operated by LI Greenmarket.

Since 2010, Sustainable LI has worked closely with numerous community partner organizations and the Long Island Farm Bureau to provide technical assistance to specific youth-staffed farmers' markets throughout Nassau and Suffolk.

Notes & Quotes

East Williston Mayor David Tanner has been named president of the Nassau County Village Officials Association, which is comprised of the 64 Incorporated Villages in the county . . . The Town board meets Thursday.


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