Barriers to EBT Use at Farmers' Markets: Lessons in Empowerment Evaluation from Rural Ohio

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Increasing attention and funding are being directed toward enabling low-income individuals to use federal food assistance at farmers' markets. Empowerment evaluation was conducted of the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown's electronic benefit transfer (EBT) program to identify and address barriers preventing individuals from using EBT as payment for locally produced goods. The evaluation revealed that shopping for goods at the farmers' market could be affordable and culturally appropriate but that lack of knowledge about payment options and the perception that the farmers' market was more expensive prevented higher utilization of EBT. Empowerment evaluation produced broadly and locally applicable knowledge and change.View full textDownload full textKeywordsEBT, farmers' market, empowerment evaluation, public health, ruralRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2011.549801