Amy Crone is Expanding Food Access with Technology

Send us Fan MailWe have all heard about the impending cuts that will be impacting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - also known as SNAP.  SNAP is  a food program that provides assistance to more than 40 million people across America and also provide income to farmers who are able to accept SNAP.  The program impacts 2 sets of people  - those in  need of assistance AND the farmers that feed them.  Today’s conversation is with Amy Crone - founder of The Farmers Food Assistance Bureau (acronym is FFAB).  FFAB is a nonprofit organization formed with the mission of working with ALL federal nutrition benefits programs as well as all financial transactions to simplify them for farmers.When I was farming, we were part of the Farmers Market Nutrition Program in NY.  A farmer had to apply to be part of the program, get accepted and then go through training on how to facilitate the program and reconcile with NYS on a regular basis to receive reimbursement.  It was a time-consuming process, especially for a farmer who needs to be out in the fields.  So when I heard about what Amy was doing through FFAB and specifically with the MarketLink technology she created to help farmers get setup and utilize these food assistance programs with the use of an app, I was so interested to learn more.  Amy’s commitment to giving more farmers the ability to easily enroll and use these food assistance programs is commendable…and it is having such a tremendous impact to the recipients of these programs and to the farmers who are now able to support these programs.   MarketLinkFarmers Food Assistance BureauThank you for taking the time to listen to The Agri-Tourist Podcast, for supporting our inspirational guests, and for sharing my personal journey back to agriculture.  Agri-Tourist.comHeartBeet FarmsInstagramAbout Jen Ross, The Agri-Tourist Podcast HostGlobal Agritourism Network