{"id":259008,"date":"2026-08-04T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259008\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:12:07","slug":"celebrating-national-farmers-market-week-in-pittsburgh-just-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259008\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating National Farmers Market Week In Pittsburgh \u2014 Just Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">PITTSBURGH, PA &#8211;\u00a0 Farmers Market Week kicked off across the country on Sunday, running from August 2nd through the 8th. Join us in celebrating our Fresh Access season, a program that helps connect SNAP recipients to affordable local produce. Also starting this week, for every $2 spent in SNAP, shoppers will earn $2 in Food Bucks to spend on fruits and vegetables at Fresh Access markets. The match will help families stretch their food budgets even further, while prioritizing local, nutritious and fresh fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Previously bringing SNAP shoppers an extra $2 to spend for every $5 spent, the Food Bucks program administered by the Food Trust will now double SNAP shoppers purchasing power at <a href=\"https:\/\/thefoodtrust.org\/what-we-do\/food-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">participating Food Bucks farmers markets and farm stands<\/a>. This investment in nutrition programs is critical, especially at a time when the cost of living is continuing to rise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Last year, Congress passed the deepest cuts to SNAP in the history of the program, and since then, over 200,000 Pennsylvanians have lost access to SNAP. In October of 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/frac.org\/blog\/snap-cuts-in-obbba-h-r-1-billionaires-win-working-families-lose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Food Research &amp; Action Center<\/a> stated that \u201cfarmers stand to lose $24 billion over the next decade as household food purchases decline.\u201d Every SNAP purchase connects families to vital nutrition, fuels local economies, and supports local farmers who work hard to bring the best produce to our tables. Nutrition incentive programs drive even greater sales for local farmers, and help strengthen food access for low income households.<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">For a limited time during the 2025 and 2026 market seasons, Just Harvest brought a SNAP match to 8 Fresh Access markets within the city of Pittsburgh, thanks to the City of Pittsburgh\u2019s Food Justice Fund. Fresh Access tokens paired with Food Bucks coupons for a full dollar for dollar match. During the 2025 season, Fresh Access shoppers spent over $100,000 in benefits, accessed over $40,000 in Food Bucks, and spent over $52,000 in SNAP match tokens. The SNAP Match program became especially vital during the government shutdown, providing SNAP recipients at markets with emergency funds during the lapse in benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\">Whether you have a favorite market that you visit weekly, or are new to Pittsburgh\u2019s farmers markets, be sure to stop by a Fresh Access market this week in celebration of National Farmers Market Week. Swing by a Fresh Access tent to swipe your EBT, debit, or credit card to receive tokens that can be used like cash to purchase a variety of fresh produce, baked goods, meat and dairy products. Tokens are accepted by nearly all market vendors, and can be used to make any EBT eligible purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH, PA &#8211;\u00a0 Farmers Market Week kicked off across the country on Sunday, running from August 2nd through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-259008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}