SHOP LOCAL: ‘Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry’ event takes place at Deschutes County Fairgrounds
KTVZ – News Team
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Happening Saturday, November 8th, the 10th annual Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry event is taking place at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond. This event is a community bulk b uying farmers market created to fill your pantry and freezers with local products for the winter.
You can use your SNAP benefits card at the Bend Farmers Market Booth. They’ll exchange benefits for tokens. Through an Oregon Department o Agriculture Grant, a $100 matching grant will be offered for each participant on SNAP, as well as $20 Protein Perks matching grant. That means if you have just $1 you can still receive the matching grant and protein perk.
If you do not have any benefits left on your card, you can still receive $20 in the matching grant and $20 in protein perks. They’ll also have a ‘Fill All Pantries’ free food bin.
The event is happening 11am to 3pm at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds.
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From the Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry website:
If you would like to use EBT/SNAP at the Fill Your Pantry event, please bring your SNAP benefits card to the Bend Farmers Market booth at the Fill Your Pantry event. The Bend Farmers Market will be exchanging SNAP benefits for tokens. These tokens can be taken to any of our vendors to use just like you would your SNAP benefits. If you would like to use your FDNP vouchers, please take these vouchers directly to the vendors. Vendors that can take FDNP include: Boundless Farmstead, Canyon Moon Farm, Cultivate Farm, Deschutes Canyon Garlic, The Farmer in Odell, Rainshadow Organics, Rooper Ranch, Sungrounded Farm, Upriver Organics, and Zajac Farms.
We were just awarded a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture to offer a $100 Double Up Food Bucks matching grant for each participant. We are also able to offer a $20 Protein Perks matching grant for each participant this year as well.
So that means if you ring up your EBT/SNAP card for $120, you will receive $240 total in benefits to use at Fill Your Pantry!