Napa Farmers Market
What They Do:
Provide access to healthy, farm-direct produce for all. Double the assistance available to our low-income neighbors and help fill the nutrition gap. Welcome CalFresh households to shop at the market through a token-matching program that provides a dollar-for-dollar match to spend with market vendors on eligible items.
When CalFresh shoppers visit the Napa Farmers Market and swipe their EBT card to withdraw $25 from their CalFresh account, they receive $50 in tokens to spend on eligible items. They now have double the access to healthy, local, sustainably or organically grown products.
In five years, Napa Farmers Market’s token-matching program has grown from $500 to more than $12,000. This means that in 2017, CalFresh families were able to purchase more than $24,000 in eligible items: fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy products, breads, cereals, and seeds and plants that produce food.
Other Ways to Help:
The Market always needs volunteers. Volunteer activities include:
- Children’s education
- Produce tasting
- Assisting with Chef Demos
- Market set-up and breakdown
- Tending the information booth
- Taking customer surveys
- Providing general assistance to the Market Manager
Shifts are a minimum of three hours. Volunteers help the market thrive and receive discounts from some market vendors.
Business Partners:
The Market’s business partner is The Peter and Vernice Gasser Foundation. The Foundation provides our rent-free location, assists with our business needs and helps promote us.
Testimonial:
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Robert and Carolyn Passmore
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Mark Anisman
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Kristy Dikeman
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ZD Wines in honor of Jessica Prince
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Halley Lauer and Quinn Arntsen
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David Busby
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Nancy Fireman in honor of hilary zunin and her tireless efforts to help others
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Carol Dick
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David Layland
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Anne S. Percelay
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Kendra Bruno
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Anonymous in honor of Joan Lyon
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Alison Rodriguez in honor of Domingo Rodriguez
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Don & Ellen Wulf
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Hilary Zunin in honor of ...Yeshe Tschupel
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Sarah Galczynski
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Grania Lindberg
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Connie Evans
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Sherri Gallagher
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Kelli Marchbanks
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Rochelle Heskett
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Jessica Harcourt
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Markley Sutton, Ph.D.
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Sarah Aguilar
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Douglas Cole
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Stephanie Turnipseed
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Bill Imada in honor of Ms. Anita Howe
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Derek Bromley in honor of Ohm Coffee Roasters
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Carol Nelsen
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John Adams
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Karen Garcia in honor of My friends who love the Farmers' Market
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Deirdre Bourdet
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Anne Baker
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Carrie & Curtis Strohl
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Sandy Sauter
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Shelly Hanan
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Andy and Shelley Dowdle
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Anonymous in honor of the memory of Isabelle Devean Berry
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Meredith Lavene in honor of The Latinos who work hard in Napa’s gardens and vineyards.
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Marilyn OConnell
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Tia Butts
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Sheryl deLeuze
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Carol Glaser
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John and Lisa Stewart
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Janet Fletcher
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Greg Cole
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Anonymous in honor of Candace Coffee