We did it!
The coalition and supporters like you have preserved CNIP in the CA State budget.
Market Match / CNIP Overview
Important Update from June 29, 2024
On June 29, 2024, Governor Newsom signed the joint budget bill which preserves all $35 million of funding for CNIP / Market Match in the California state budget. This is a huge milestone in a challenging budget year, and we owe it in large part to the strength and voice of this coalition.
Thank you for your support! Please also thank the Governor by clicking the link below.
Keeping Fresh, Locally-Grown Food Accessible to All
In the face of a statewide budget crisis, the Governor’s January budget proposal presented cuts that would have ended the Market Match program, funded through the California Nutrition Incentive Program (CNIP), a critical lifeline for food-insecure families and California farmers. This coalition of 250+ strong organizations and thousands of supporters helped change that by convincing the legislature and governor to reinstate CNIP in the State budget.
- Started in 2009, Market Match is a statewide food safety net program that brings critical federal dollars to California.
- Market Match provides CalFresh, and other federal nutrition benefit-using shoppers, a dollar-for-dollar match to purchase even more fresh produce at farm-direct sites, like farmers’ markets.
- It simultaneously generates vital income for California’s small and mid-sized farmers. It’s a win-win!
Demand fresh, healthy food for all Californians. Contact your state representative TODAY and urge them to keep Market Match/CNIP in the state budget.
Hundreds of thousands of low-income shoppers and thousands of farmers depend on YOU to help save Market Match/CNIP.
Bipartisan Support for Healthy Food Incentives:
Providing incentives to low-income households to purchase healthy locally-grown food has always enjoyed uniquely widespread bipartisan support. Market Match and CNIP deliver so many benefits that they bridge common gaps:
- Food Insecurity and Farm Support – this one program simultaneously feeds hungry California families and provides critical revenue for small and midsize California farms.
- Urban and Rural Communities – certified farmers’ markets and other farm-direct outlets, directly serve communities in both cities and rural towns. While more farmers’ market customers live in more highly-populated urban areas, the CalFresh benefits and incentives they spend at farmers’ markets tend to flow to rural California communities where most participating farms operate.
- Public and Economic Health – incentivizing the purchase and consumption of California-grown fruits and vegetables not only improves nutrition and prevents diet-related health problems, it also directs federal and state nutrition dollars directly into the pockets of California growers instead of national corporations and international exporters–keeping those dollars circulating in the State.