title: Reducing Food Insecurity and Improving Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Farmers' Market Incentive Program Participants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether participation in a farmers' market incentive pilot program had an impact on food security and fruit and vegetable (F&V) intake of participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program were eligible to receive a dollar-per-dollar match up to $10/wk in farmers' market incentives. The researchers used a pretest-posttest design to measure F&V intake and food security status of 54 adult participants before and after receiving farmers' market incentives. The 6-item Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System questionnaire and US Household Food Security Survey Module were used to measure F&V intake and food security, respectively. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare scores of F&V intake.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After receiving incentives, fewer individuals reported experiencing food insecurity-related behaviors. A significantly increased intake (P < .05) was found among selected vegetables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participation in a farmers' market incentive program was positively related to greater food security and intake of select vegetables among participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University Extension, Logan, UT. Electronic address: Mateja.savoie@usu.edu.
authors.forename: Mateja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Savoie-Roskos
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University Extension, Logan, UT.
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durward
authors.affiliation: Utah State University Extension, Salt Lake City, UT.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeweks
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences, Utah State University Extension, Logan, UT.
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000067565:Farmers; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance; D005523:Food Supply / Q000379:methods*; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; farmers' markets; food security; fruits, vegetables