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Outcome Evaluation
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Purpose (2016-2018) Goal of Farmers Market SNAP Support Grant:
Increase awareness among SNAP recipients that farmers’ markets accept SNAP and double SNAP Double Value Coupon (DVC)
Approach: Range of in-person, word of mouth marketing activities to aggressively promote the markets’ acceptance of SNAP and DVC
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Background (2013-2015) Farmers Market Promotion Program USDA
Grant, executed by Hartford Food System, 2013-2015
Household surveys (2013-2015) found
Less than 1/2 of all respondents who had familiarity with FMs were aware that some markets accepted SNAP
Less than 1/5 of all respondents were aware of double the value of SNAP (i.e., DVC incentive program).
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Promotional Efforts (2016-2017)1. Informal communication
2. Printed materials and signage
3. Consistency city-wide
4. Social media
5. Mass media
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Evaluation (2017-2018)As a result of promotional strategies…
1. Was there an increase in awareness of SNAP at farmers’ markets among SNAP users?
2. Was there an increase in familiarity and participation at markets among SNAP users?
3. Was there an increase in the use of SNAP at markets?
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Evaluation Method Conducted household surveys in in each of the
4 participating neighborhoods/markets
Randomly selected of households/street addresses
Pre-post outcome evaluation: baseline data in fall 2013 (pre) and after promotion in fall 2017 (post)
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Survey Information Household demographics
Meal and shopping habits
Familiarity with neighborhood farmers’ markets
How often they attended
Awareness of SNAP and Double SNAP
How they heard about their local farmers’ market
Why they do/don’t attend the market
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Findings included:1. Demographic Data, Outcome Data, and
“How Heard” Data
2. All respondents, SNAP recipients and Non-SNAP
3. Comparison between 2013 and 2017
4. Comparison between neighborhoods 2017
5. Main focus for today: SNAP subgroup, outcomes, and how heard
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Outcome Data: Familiarity with Famers’ Market, 2013 and 2017
67%60%
73%79%
85%75%
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All Respondents SNAP Recipients Non-SNAP
% Familiar with Neighborhood Famers' Market
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Outcome Data: Attendance at Farmers’ Market, 2013 to 2017
47% 43%50%
64%71%
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All Respondents SNAP Recipients Non-SNAP
% Attended the Market at Least Once
2013 2017
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Outcome Data: Attendance at Farmers’ Market, 2013 to 2017
12%9%
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25%27%
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All Respondents SNAP Recipients Non-SNAP
% Attended Market at least 4 Times/Month
2014 2017
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Outcome Data: Awareness and Use of SNAP EBT at FMs, 2013 and 2017
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55%49%
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Were aware FMsaccept SNAP
Were aware FMsdouble SNAP
Used SNAP at Market
Percentage of SNAP Recipients who...
2013 2017
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“How Heard” among those who used SNAP at market
73%
51%43%
27%
16%11%
3% 3%0%
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Sign, Display, Walked by Friends/Family
Flyer Other
Street Team Newspaper
Radio Social Media
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“How Heard among SNAP Recipients: Those who didnot hear about it from sign, display or walking by
46%
21%25%
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Why SNAP Recipients go to the market
91%
63%74%
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What have you liked most about the market?
Fresh food Social Interaction
Affordability Use SNAP
Cooking Demonstrations Contribute to Local Business
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A senior woman goes to her local market about once a month specifically for the cabbage and collard greens. She learned about the market from the street team and from a flyer she saw on a bulletin board at the hospital, and goes with another person who lives in her apartment building. She says the farmers’ market is good for the community because, “there are a lot of people like me who don’t have a car.”
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A mother who lives with her two teenage children learned about the market from the sign, friends or family, and walking by. She goes 4 times a month. The first time she went was because “the food looks good, for the fresh produce,” and further shared that she is diabetic and “the healthy food is an alternative to grocery store food.”
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A middle aged man who attends the market two times a month and goes by himself, learned about it from the sign, walking by, and from family or friends. He says that the market is “better than the grocery store: fresh!”
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A mother with 7 children 15 years of age and younger, learned about the market from the sign, friends/family, a flyer, the street team, and at the WIC office. She attends the market 3 times a month, and goes there “first, before the supermarket, first place I go with food stamps.” It is where she buys her fruits, vegetables, and eggs. She said “they [organizers at the market] treat people very well over there, with respect.”
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An older woman learned about the market by walking by but also from someone at the senior center “who called me on the phone.” She attends the market 4 times a month and goes because “I need fresh fruits in my daily menu, nutritious.” She said that for the neighborhood, the market “is convenient for some people who don’t have transportation, they can walk.”
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A young man who lives by himself and goes to the market 4 times a month went for the first time because, “I was approached by the street team and they told me about EBT at the market.” He also learned about the market from friends/family, walking by, and the newspaper. “My grandmother tells me what to get for vegetables and [cooks] them for me.” He says that the market is good for the neighborhood because the food is “more healthier, people don’t have much [healthy food] to eat.
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Why some SNAP Recipients don’t go to market, 2017
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Why haven’t you gone to the market?
Not a Priority Lack of Awareness
Not Affordable Don't Have Time
FM Does Not Fit Schedule Food Spoilage
No Transportation Don't Know How It Works
Don't Fit In
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Conclusion: Main OutcomesCompared to the SNAP recipients we
surveyed in 2013, in 2017, there was a much higher percentage of SNAP recipients who:
Attended the market
Were aware that Hartford farmers' markets accept SNAP and double SNAP
Used SNAP at the market
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Conclusion: What’s workingMajority of SNAP recipients learned about
the FMs by signage/display and walking by. However…
There was not any one promotional effort that made the difference but that it was from learning and hearing about it in many contexts
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What’s next/recommendations