Rich Man's Food

I’ve joined up with five other bloggers – all wonderful women writing on a variety of subjects – to raise money to support one of my favorite organizations!

Wholesome Wave works to increase fresh food accessibility in over 25 states, working with 50 community-based organizations who manage more than 250 farmer’s markets. I love what they’re doing and I’m so glad for this chance to promote their organization.

They implement programs with farmer’s markets including the Double Value Coupon Program which provides an incentive when using SNAP (food stamp) benefits at farmer’s markets by doubling the value of the benefits, increasing the  purchasing power of low-income households when buying fresh produce while supporting local economies and farms.

They’ve just doubled the amount of their grant to the International Institute of New England Farmers’ Market for this program and have recently established this in Northern Ohio with farmer’s markets managed by the Countryside Conservancy.  In some communities, vouchers are distributed in the form of fruit and vegetable “prescriptions” and redeemed at participating farmers markets for fresh produce.

The third leg of what Wholesome Wave does is to “help the channels for ‘local food’ expand so regional farms can more reliably, safely and efficiently source product to institutional buyers like hospitals, schools and large dining outlets.”  How great is that?

As of this writing, I am behind the other blogs in posting my auction items but you can see the other unique, handcrafted and Made in the USA items available to bid on below and check back with me later!  I am, however, getting some confirmations of wonderful products from some fantastic companies! As you might expect, mine are pretty relevant to my real food focus here and I think you’re going to like them a lot!

The individual auction items are listed below, in convenient links so you can go directly to each item to place your bids. Don’t worry, this joint venture will run through April 12th, 2012, so you’ll have plenty of time to bid!  These auction items are worth the wait and I adamantly believe this organization deserves the support! I’m so excited!

Welcome to the new Rich Man’s Food site!

I have been trying to figure out how to use the blog and this new “real” site most effectively, but I have not gotten very far!

The one thing I do know is that I’ll be posting the grocery store match ups here, and the advantage to that is that you’ll have a print function within the post, so you can take the list with you to the store!

Whenever I finally find the time to post recipes and creative ideas for gardening or other activities, you’ll be able to “pin them” to Pinterest right from the post, even if you don’t have that tool downloaded in your browser.

And, when I post a giveaway (which will happen, I promise!) I’ll be able to use a plug-in called “And The Winner Is…” to select an entry from the comments on the blog!  Several are in the works, but it’s quite not as simple as it may appear.

Anyway, for now, I’ll send links to both sites, although this one is obviously still “under construction.”  Frankly, it will probably always be a work in progress, just like people are!

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I appreciate each of you who are following!  Thank you for your patience and for your feedback.  You inspire me!

Cyndi