$104 Million

in SNAP sales and $55m in credit/debit sales for a total impact of nearly $160m since the start of the MarketLink program in 2013.

$35.5 Million

in SNAP sales alone in 2022 from direct marketing farmers and farmers markets who used MarketLink equipment. That's an increase of 36.5% from 2021.

49%

of total farmers markets and direct marketing farmers SNAP sales nationally in 2022 were redeemed through the MarketLink program.

Media Coverage

• 2023 - Modernizing SNAP Transactions with Local Farmers (USDA)

• 2022 - Dianne Rose on bringing food sovereignty to Queens, NY (Tent Talk)
  

• 2022 - Covid-19 has forced large-scale farms that supply institutions to dump produce they can't sell. Why can't it just feed hungry people? We've got answers (The Counter)

• 2021 - MarketLink Helps Farmers Make More Direct-to-Consumer Sales (American Farm Bureau Federation)

• 2021 - Amy Crone on Using MarketLink to Accept SNAP at the Farmers Market (Thriving Farmer Podcast)

• 2020 - How Can Technology Connect SNAP Recipients to More Food Options? (Heritage Radio Network - The Big Food Question)

• 2020 - Linking Local Farms and Food Insecure Families (The Farm Report with Lisa Held)

Press Releases

• 2023 - Marketlink Offers SNAP Online Payment Solution for Direct Marketing Farmers
  

• 2022 - National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs MarketLink Program Unveils Innovative Online SNAP Payments Solution

• 2020 - NAFMNP's MarketLink Program Accepting Applications for Free SNAP/EBT Processing Solutions
  

Media

Phil Blalock

Executive Director

phil@triangleassociatesinc.com

Phil Blalock is the founder and President of Triangle Associates, Inc. and serves as the Executive Director for the National Association of Farmers Market Nutrition Programs. He is also the primary developer of MarketLink. Phil has thirty years of entrepreneurial experience in the agriculture industry where he has both founded and led several commercially successful agriculture companies. Mr. Blalock is an expert in technical/scientific, commercial/marketing, and regulatory aspects of agribusiness. He has extensive experience in managing, coordinating with and lobbying commercial and government entities, including Congress, on rural development and agricultural matters.

Amy Crone

Program Manager

amy.crone@marketlink.org

Amy Crone is a nationally recognized expert on federal nutrition assistance programs, was the founder and Executive Director of the Maryland Farmers Market Association (MDFMA), an entrepreneurial farmer, and a mother. Amy's roots are in Maryland, where she grew up and returned back to after living in a variety of states and countries. She lives on a small, diversified farm just south of Annapolis with her husband and two children.