JCFM Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner

August 25th, 3:30-7:30pm, Kodama Farm & Food Forest

Join us for our third annual Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner at Kodama Farm & Food Forest on Sunday, August 25th. This intimate community gathering and meal on the farm generates critical funds for the JCFM food assistance programs. The first $15,000 in proceeds from the event directly provide nutritious food to children and adults experiencing food insecurity. Learn more about JCFM's food access programs here. Additional funds raised support our continued work hosting farmers markets that build community and support agriculture and art as viable parts of our local economy. The dinner is a 21+ event.

Dinner Tickets Include:

Farm tour with Grace and Ben Thompson of Kodama Farm
Happy hour, hours d'oeuvres, and oysters with the Bar Car
Music and merriment
Local, seasonal dinner by Planted
Presentation by the JCFM Team

Dinner sponsored by:

JCFM Combating Local Food Insecurity:

Did you know that 11% of Jefferson County's population lived below the federal poverty line? That's over 3,600 of our friends and neighbors.

The Jefferson County Farmers Markets' mission is to support local farmers and artisans with vibrant marketplaces that cultivate community and provide access to healthy food for all. "Health food for all" is more than words for us. We deeply value community access to fresh, locally grown, and made food. The Jefferson County Farmers Markets (JCFM) nourish our community through three food access programs-- SNAP Market Match, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) Match, and VegRx. We need your help to continue and grow these vital food assistance programs.

Community support is necessary to ensure that JCFM's food assistance programs are viable and sustainable for our small nonprofit.

With your support, JCFM will:

Match Senior FMNP with $30 per participant. Combining federally funded Senior FMNP benefits and community match funds gives low-income seniors $110 to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables at the farmers market this summer.
Grow the reach of Senior FMNP through outreach at local food banks, meal sites, Recovery Cafe, and farmers markets. JCFM is administering Senior FMNP this year. Your support helps us reach seniors experiencing food insecurity all over Jefferson County.
Provide matching funds to children and families utilizing the Women Infants and Children (WIC) FMNP. $30 match per qualifying child.
Nourish children 0-18 years old through the VegRx program. This program provides income-qualifying children who receive care from Jefferson Healthcare with $20 per month, June-December, for fresh fruits and vegetables at the Jefferson County Farmers Markets.
Stretch Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP/EBT) benefits with an extra $5 per shopper per day when shoppers spend $30 on their EBT card. Combining community support with grant funds, JCFM provides a dollar-for-dollar match for the first $30 spent per SNAP shopper daily.
Administer our food access programs serving ~800 households experiencing food insecurity.

Learn more about JCFM's food access program here.

Thank you so much for your support!

Photo: Rose Harris at the Port Townsend Farmers Market. A full bag of locally grown and made food purchased with SNAP and SNAP Match. By Andrew Wiese.

JCFM Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner

Nourishing our Neighbors with Locally Grown Food

Team Members